"The new information and communications technologies enable revolutionary change in how Irish companies can grow business rapidly and profitably." - The Minister for Enter- prise, Trade and Employment, Ms Harney, announcing a £10 million e-business fund to boost the number of Irish companies operating across electronic networks.
"I would like to thank the nice people at all the sites I cracked for having left their entire sales database, readable and writeable for any one who bothered to check their site out. Maybe one day people will set up their sites properly before they start trading because otherwise this won't be the last page I post to the Net." - Cracker going under the moniker of Curador who claims to have attacked at least eight small e-commerce sites and seized more than 23,000 credit card numbers.
"We always recognise that we can't get too caught up in our own view of our brilliance." - AOL CEO Steve Case, getting caught up in his own brilliance while announcing plans to bring the AOL ISP to anyone, anywhere.
News monitor column compiled by Conor Pope.
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