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Wicklow start-up Smart Storage wins Eircom award News
16.05.2012 Smart Storage, a new venture set up in Wicklow in 2010, has won the April finals of the Eircom Start Up competition. Paul Jacobs, a qualified engineer, started Smart Storage... -
Science event to explore future of silicon microneedle tech News
14.05.2012 The future of low-cost, painless drug and vaccine delivery is the topic of discussion this week at Tyndall National Institute in Cork, where up to 180 clinicians, scientists and... -
New competition for start-ups to win €50,000 package News
14.05.2012 Business mobile service Blueface is teaming up with Carphone Warehouse to launch a new competition for start-ups and those with business plans to pitch their ideas. Seven... -
New Sweat for Equity programme to get start-ups going News
11.05.2012 Techies, creatives and those with ideas for new start-ups can now apply for Swequity Exchange, a new programme that the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Ireland is... -
California cloud start-up Box looks to 2013 IPO News
11.05.2012 Box, the cloud-based start-up that was spawned in 2005 from a college project, appears to be heading for an IPO in mid to late 2013. -
Tesla’s shares rise as Model S electric sedan to arrive in June News
10.05.2012 Tesla Motors may have just reported first quarter losses of US$89.9m, but the electric car maker also saw its shares jump yesterday after it said that it expects to start...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Mobility, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Engineering, Energy -
Will Google self-driving car be future's safety vehicle? (video) News
10.05.2012 This week, Nevada was the first state in the US to grant Google a special licence to test out its self-driving car, essentially a modified Toyota Prius vehicle, on its streets...Categories: Design, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, R&D, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Green handset shipments may reach 392m by 2017 News
09.05.2012 Are we about to witness a massive splurge in green handsets hitting the marketplace? Juniper Research appears to think so, as its latest analysis is predicting that green...Categories: Engineering, Green, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Mobile, Recycling Services, Sustainability -
US judge tosses Proview's iPad lawsuit News
09.05.2012 A US judge has dismissed computer display maker Proview Technology's case against consumer tech giant Apple over the rights to the iPad name. -
Google self-driving cars to take to Nevada’s roads News
08.05.2012 If you happen to be around Carson City or Las Vegas in Nevada state, you could soon see one of Google’s self-driving cars swish by you. -
NASA and ESA confirm hacking attack from ‘The Unknowns’ group News
08.05.2012 A new hacking group calling itself The Unknowns managed to breach the security of sites belonging to NASA and the European Space Agency in recent weeks. The group, which claims... -
US jury decides Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s Java copyright News
08.05.2012 The US jury in the high-profile copyright battle between Google and Oracle has decided Google’s Android operating system infringes Oracle’s rights to Java.Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property -
New surveillance tech can spot human activity, prevent false alarms News
03.05.2012 Global security provider Netwatch and a team of researchers from the CLARITY Centre at DCU have developed an advanced surveillance technology which can distinguish whether an... -
Virgin Media is the first UK ISP to block The Pirate Bay News
03.05.2012 After the UK High Court ruled on Monday that internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, it has emerged that Virgin Media is the... -
New ISA post-grad software degrees are first of their kind globally News
03.05.2012 The Irish Software Association (ISA) Skillnet last night unveiled two new post-graduate level qualifications in the area of product management which are understood to be the...Categories: Upskilling, Training, R&D, Project Management, Intellectual Property, Enterprise, Education -
Irish Times Digital Challenge gives start-ups chance to win €50k prize News
03.05.2012 The Irish Times, as part of its digital development strategy, has devised a plan to create an incubator hub for a number of lucky start-ups with venture capital firm DFJ Esprit....Categories: Research, R&D, Media, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business -
New start-ups make their debut at Dublin Beta News
01.05.2012 Dublin Beta held another of its informal get-togethers for Ireland’s tech community last night, when 11 start-ups demoed their wares. And, while he was in town, the San...Tags: Beta, Funding, Angel Investors, Developers, Hackers, Software, Digital Media, SaaS, NDRC, Music -
A world first as Dublin firm reveals test technology for connected TVs News
02.05.2012 Dublin technology firm S3 has become the first company in the world to create a programmable solution for automating the testing of unmodified connected TVs. -
Oracle vs Google – patent trial likely to begin in earnest today News
02.05.2012 After two days of deliberations by the jury in the Oracle vs Google copyright infringement lawsuit, a decision looms and it appears the case will now go into the patent phase.Categories: Software, Phones, Open Source, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Software & Web Development -
Micro-businesses need support, argues new CPA president News
01.05.2012 Self-employment is an area of “untapped opportunity” in Ireland and needs encouragement and support. That’s according to Niall Byrne of Niall Byrne & Co, who has just been...