Categorised as: Digital Life & News
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Irish politicians favour Facebook as campaign tool News
20.05.2010 Winston Churchill once said that in war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. What about online? I’ll wager you can be killed on a daily basis but this is... -
Facebook launches 'low-fat' mobile flavour News
19.05.2010 Although Facebook Lite - the bandwidth friendly verison of the social-networking site - didn't work out and was closed down less than a year after launch, there's a new 'zero...Tags: Emerging Economies -
Office 2010: made for social media? News
20.05.2010 Did you know that most people in a working week spend more time with their Outlook than their spouse? Did you know that globally some 15 million people every day open Microsoft...Tags: instant messaging, Outlook -
Pakistan blocks Facebook over Mohammad drawings row News
19.05.2010 It has emerged that Pakistan has blocked access to Facebook in response to public anger over a competition on the social-networking site asking people to submit drawings of the...Tags: Facebook, High Court, -
Google launching Chrome Web Store News
20.05.2010 Internet search giant Google is launching the Chrome Web Store, where users can find, download and install web-based services.Categories: Digital Life, Internet -
iPhone voted into Top 10 inventions ever News
20.05.2010 If you look back through the history of humanity; look at all we have achieved; marvel at the vast array of cultural and technological innovations that mark civilisation ... did... -
Hotmail redesign de-clutters the inbox News
18.05.2010 Although still one of the leading webmail services, Microsoft's Hotmail has fallen behind its competitor Gmail in terms of innovation but a big redesign is on the way that will...Categories: Digital Life, Comms -
Weekend news roundup News
17.05.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers.Categories: Digital Life -
HTC Wildfire: the affordable Desire News
17.05.2010 HTC has just announced that its newest handset - the Wildfire - will go on sale in Europe and Asia from Q3 2010 and is aimed at a younger market while providing HTC's slick...Tags: Android, Smartphones, -
YouTube hits 2 billion views per day News
17.05.2010 Google-owned video player site YouTube has revealed its daily traffic now exceeds more than 2 billion views a day – that’s nearly double the prime-time audience of all major US... -
Office Live Workspace to integrate with SkyDrive News
14.05.2010 Microsoft has announced it is upgrading Office’s online file sharing service Office Live Workspace and integrating it into the free Windows Live SkyDrive service.Tags: Office Web Apps, -
Three decades of Pac-Man News
17.05.2010 A turning point in arcade gaming and one of the most famous video game characters of all time, the iconic power-pellet chomping, ghost-fearing superhero Pac-Man turns 30 this year.Categories: Digital LifeTags: Gaming, Video Games, -
CD and DVD favoured over digital downloads News
17.05.2010 A recent HP survey looking at the media consumption patterns and habits of Britons found that while we assume the digital download is now the de facto standard, the majority of... -
Facebook calls crisis meeting to tackle backlash News
13.05.2010 Following last week’s security hole and a series of updates leaving users confused about security and privacy settings, Facebook is today holding an emergency meeting on its... -
BlackBerry tablet coming down the line? News
14.05.2010 Apple does it, HP does it, now even BlackBerry is apparently doing it. Making a tablet device, that is. -
Digitised Irish nation, transformed society requires effort News
13.05.2010 Across Ireland next week, individuals and firms will be encouraged to ‘get digital’ and boost the economy. -
Microsoft confirms Project Natal launch in October News
11.05.2010 Microsoft has confirmed its much-anticpated motion gaming system, Project Natal, will launch globally in October. Final dates are expected to be confirmed following the upcoming... -
Wikimedia dumps porn following FoxNews probe News
10.05.2010 Wikimedia, the parent company of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is executing the immediate deletion from all of its websites of what Jimmy Wales is calling 'pornographic...Tags: Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, -
Archos 8 Android tablet coming later this year News
10.05.2010 Aiming for the home technology market segment, the Archos 8 tablet-computing device, which runs on Google’s Android operating system, will be arriving in the UK and most likely... -
Twitter users are tech savvy and brand-aware News
10.05.2010 Just as My Space and Facebook before it, social-networking site Twitter has truly gone mainstream in the US as a recent report showed that 87pc of all Americans know what the...