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- Jury rules in favour of GoogleThu, May 24, 2012Google’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.
- Focus on entrepreneurship at European science forum in Dublin
Thu, May 24, 2012IF YOU have an invention and want to sell it to the world make plans to attend the Euroscience Open Forum in Dublin this July. - Key role at Paddy Power for McCarthyThu, May 24, 2012FORMER ULSTER Bank chief executive Cormac McCarthy will take over as chief financial officer of listed bookmaker Paddy Power this year.
- Windows 7 shipments to reach 350mWed, May 23, 2012Microsoft expects 350 million devices running its Windows 7 software to be shipped globally this year as it prepares the next version of the operating system to challenge Apple's dominance in tablet computers.
- Vodafone cuts sales target on European woesTue, May 22, 2012Vodafone today cut a medium-term sales growth target as customers in southern Europe slashed spending and regulators upped the pressure on the world's largest mobile operator.
- Hearing-aid specialist turns up the sales volumeTue, May 22, 2012 FUTURE PROOFING - Bonavox: WHEN DANISH company Widex acquired Dublin hearing-aid specialist Bonavox in 2009, it decided against launching its own range of branded products into the Irish market.
- Business north of Border struggling less for growth during downturnMon, May 21, 2012BUSINESSES IN the Republic of Ireland are suffering more than their counterparts across the Border as a result of the economic downturn, according to research from cross-Border body InterTradeIreland.
- Control of State telecom infrastructure should draw in MinisterMon, May 21, 2012THE INTEREST shown by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the ownership of Independent News and Media is commendable, but you would have to wonder if Pat Rabbitte might be better off focusing his efforts on Eircom right now.
- Judges reveal shortlist for 2012 awards
Mon, May 21, 2012TWENTY-FOUR Irish businesses have been shortlisted for this year’s Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. The finalists, who will travel to Silicon Valley next month for the annual Entrepreneur of the Year chief executive retreat, were chosen from an initial list of 150 nominees. - When the server becomes the master
Mon, May 21, 2012As the cloud grows more ubiquitous, and many archives of the digital age cease to exist outside of the server, we need to take better stock of how we are preserving the records of the modern world for posterity - Wild buffalo strikes back at management consultantsMon, May 21, 2012THIS STORY is about a terrifying encounter between one of the world’s most senior management consultants and one of the world’s scariest wild animals.
- For your diaryMon, May 21, 2012 MONDAY
- Irish students are among the award winners at international science fairSat, May 19, 2012Two of the three Irish projects in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have won awards.
- Datalex on target for 2012Fri, May 18, 2012Datalex is performing in line with expectations, the Irish travel software firm said this morning in an update to the market.
- IBM to create up to 300 jobsFri, May 18, 2012IBM is to create between 200 and 300 jobs at its Dublin-based technology campus with the opening of a new global services integration hub in Mulhuddart.
- MCD back in profit last year as ticket sales rose
Fri, May 18, 2012CONCERT PROMOTER MCD Productions returned to profit last year after recording an 8 per cent increase in the number of concert tickets sold. - Fees and loans cost United £75mFri, May 18, 2012MANCHESTER UNITED’S net debt has risen by £26 million (€32.3 million) and revenue is down 5.8 per cent, according to quarterly figures released yesterday. The figures also show that £75 million flowed out of the club in fees, interest and bond buy-backs in the past nine months.
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LAURA SLATTERY - Eircom survival plan to be approvedThu, May 17, 2012A survival plan for Eircom is expected to be approved tomorrow after the High Court rejected what was described by the companies and their examiner as a groundless attempt to "derail" the process.
- 'Barren' season hits United profitsThu, May 17, 2012Premier League football club Manchester United, rated by Forbes as the world's most highly-valued sports team, showed the first effects of a rare barren season when reporting a dip in quarterly revenue and underlying profit.
