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Vodafone raises Kabel Deutschland offer after rival bid

Company willing to pay €85 a share, increasing bid which was previously rejected

Third Point founder Daniel Loeb suggested Sony adopt “a semi-independent governance structure”. Photograph: Reuters/Steve Marcus Hedge fund calls for independent Sony board

Third Point says struggling electronics maker has failed to find synergies

“We have to separate very clearly the difference between the seduction of modern technology, which is a phenomenon of short duration, and the necessity of European education which goes right back to the Acropolis and Socrates,” Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has said. Quinn warns against ‘seduction’ of technology in education

Short-term gadgets will not replace history of learning, says Minister

US data scandal highlights need for businesses to review their IT policies

Controversy raises issues around data security, processing and outsourcing

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Industry finalists

Austin Ryan & Jimmy Martin, AMCS Group

EuroNanoForum a ‘major’ opportunity for Irish researchers

David Puttnam: the renowned British film-maker will address the Digital Agenda Assembly in Dublin on Thursday. Photograph: David Sleator Forum to examine digital jobs agenda

Speakers include Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte and renowned film-maker David Puttnam

Facebook said it received between 9,000 and 10,000 US requests for user data in the second half of 2012. Photograph: Reuters Facebook, Microsoft reveal US user data requests

Social network it recieved 10,000 orders for information about users in second half of 2012

“Instead of using the Patriot Act, we should use the rules which have been drawn up. We have a formal channel, the MLA (Mutual Legal Assistance agreement),” EU vice-president Viviane Reding said in Dublin yesterday. Photograph: Getty Images EU says US should use existing rules to request citizens’ data

EU vice-president and US attorney general meet in Dublin

All eyes on Big Brother: the NSA is building an apparatus that can watch anybody who communicates digitally. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters Dataspying: Does it work?

Revelations about the US National Security Agency’s vast Prism surveillance programme highlight privacy and security issues. Is there any benefit to it?

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US data scandal highlights need for businesses to review their IT policies

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Vodafone raises Kabel Deutschland offer after rival bid
Third Point founder Daniel Loeb suggested Sony adopt “a semi-independent governance structure”. Photograph: Reuters/Steve Marcus Hedge fund calls for independent Sony board
“We have to separate very clearly the difference between the seduction of modern technology, which is a phenomenon of short duration, and the necessity of European education which goes right back to the Acropolis and Socrates,” Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has said. Quinn warns against ‘seduction’ of technology in education
Facebook said it received between 9,000 and 10,000 US requests for user data in the second half of 2012. Photograph: Reuters Facebook, Microsoft reveal US user data requests
“Instead of using the Patriot Act, we should use the rules which have been drawn up. We have a formal channel, the MLA (Mutual Legal Assistance agreement),” EU vice-president Viviane Reding said in Dublin yesterday. Photograph: Getty Images EU says US should use existing rules to request citizens’ data

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