Technology & Innovation
- Rebellion manuscripts go digital
Behind the scenes of Dublin academia, a vast digitalisation of historical documents is under way. It may well raise the bar for archiving, writes
KARLIN LILLINGTON - Cashing in on crisis-proof urge to go shopping Eight years ago, Colm Lyon quit a ‘cosy’ job in banking and entered the risky world of internet sales. Things are even cosier today.
IAN CAMPBELL reports
- Portrait of inventor who saw the big picture As a young Kodak employee, Steve Sasson invented the digital camera. Kodak’s failure to commercialise it makes it a bittersweet success, writes
RICHARD GILLIS
- Wi-Fi spots susceptible to data theft, says Deloitte HUNDREDS OF commercial wireless hotspots in Dublin, Limerick and Cork are insecure, leaving users susceptible to having data such as usernames, passwords and bank account details revealed to other users on the network.
- Losses at S3 group narrow following investment drive IRISH TECHNOLOGY firm Silicon Software Systems (S3) recorded a pretax net loss of €1.6 million in 2008, down from €5.3 million a year earlier, according to new accounts filed with the Companies Registration Office.
- Fund to commemorate Dundalk student offers help for start-ups A LOUTH-BASED entrepreneur has launched a fund to help unemployed graduates of DCU and Dundalk Institute of Technology evaluate and develop their best new technology start-up ideas.
- Cork software firm reports rise in revenue to €10.7m in 2008 CORK-HEADQUARTED software firm Qumas has reported revenues of $15.9 million (€10.7million) in 2008, up from $12.1 million (€8.9 million) a year earlier, according to documents filed with the Companies Registration Office this week.
- 'Gourmet' feels internet bite as too many cooks go online NET RESULTS: The Kitchen Computer has finally come to pass, but not as the makers intended, writes
KARLIN LILLINGTON
- Make it harder for prying eyes to decode private files WIRED: Unencrypted backups preserve valuable data at the risk of exposing it to malicious uses, writes
DANNY O'BRIEN
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- The gadget that tells you what you really, really want INSTALL: NEED INSPIRATION for a new book, film or gadget to buy? Then get Glue. Available as a plug-in for the Firefox browser, Glue is a recommendation engine that asks you to rate books, movies and other things in your life, and then makes recommendations based on your preferences.
- The greatest business success stories from home READ: IT MAY have escaped your notice but IDA Ireland is running a major advertising campaign in the US branding this country as the “Innovation Island”.
- Latest theatre, film and gig details - all on your iPhone DOWNLOAD: ENTERTAINMENT.IE is the latest Irish web property to branch out as an iPhone app. The popular listings site launched recently and, at the time of writing, is the number-two free app in the iTunes App Store.
- Take the plunge this winter with new water quality site BOOKMARK: THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency has teamed up with IBM and local authorities to develop bathingwater.ie, a website that provides the latest data on Irish beaches – from water quality to weather conditions and satellite imagery. Although probably less relevant now that long nights and cold weather are the order of the day, this is a useful resource for anyone visiting the coast.
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