Categorised as: Legal & News
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Red tape and trench digging could cost up to 80pc of Digital Agenda rollout News
13.11.2012 In revealing measures to ensure the European Commission’s 2020 Digital Agenda targets of 100Mbps broadband connectivity for 50pc of Europe’s population can be reached, a new... -
Google ordered to pay AUD$200,000 for defamation in search results News
12.11.2012 A court in Australia has ruled in favour of a man who claimed he was defamed by Google’s search results, which linked him to a notorious figure in the Melbourne drug trade,... -
Ofcom reveals 4G spectrum auction rules – total reserve price stg£1.3bn News
12.11.2012 The UK’s telecoms regulator Ofcom has published the final rules and a timetable for the 4G mobile spectrum auction, the largest sale of wireless airwaves in the UK. It has... -
ComReg fines Eircom €525k for failing to meet USO targets News
09.11.2012 Ireland’s incumbent telecoms operator Eircom has been fined €525,000 for failing to meet customer service targets as set down by ComReg in its Universal Service Obligation (USO)... -
UPC signs on-demand movie deals with Warner and 20th Century Fox News
08.11.2012 UPC has signed content licensing agreements with Warner Bros Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox to bring their movies to the cable service provider’s on-demand TV service....Categories: Multimedia, Legal, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
How companies are tracking you on the web (infographic) News
07.11.2012 Ever feel like you’re being watched online? Well, you are, according to a new infographic that looks at how companies track internet users online and what they do with that... -
New start-up aims to bring Ireland’s legal profession into digital age News
05.11.2012 LegalPanda.ie is a new Irish website that’s aiming to be an online hub for Ireland’s legal profession. The site features a legal directory of qualified solicitors across... -
OPINION – Ireland’s public sector needs greater direction on legal implications of cloud computing News
03.11.2012 Ireland’s public service needs to develop a greater understanding of the legal implications of cloud computing in terms of where the data resides, argues Dr Bob Strunz from the... -
Apple ordered to revise and repost Samsung statement on its website News
01.11.2012 Consumer tech giant Apple must revise and repost a court-ordered statement on its website pertaining to its ongoing IP legal battle with Samsung, a judge in Britain has said. -
Kim Dotcom announces Mega will replace Megaupload and skirt internet laws News
01.11.2012 Kim Dotcom, the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload, who is battling an extradition bid by US authorities from his adopted home in New Zealand has announced Mega, the... -
Microsoft sued over use of Live Tiles in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 News
31.10.2012 A company in Oregon called Surfcast is suing software giant Microsoft, alleging Microsoft has infringed its patents by using Live Tiles in Windows 8 and in Windows Phone 8.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Legal, Intellectual Property, Apps -
Weekend news round-up: Ethiopian kids teach themselves via computers; Google's next big thing News
30.10.2012 In our trawl through some of the tech news from the weekend, we discover how an experiment whereby illiterate kids in Ethiopia are using tablet computers to teach themselves is...Categories: Search, Legal, Internet, Hardware, Education, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Steve Ballmer, Eric Schmidt, Surface, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, RIM, Android, Search, Tablet Computers, MIT, Google -
ITC judge rules that Samsung infringed four of Apple’s patents News
25.10.2012 An administrative law judge from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a preliminary ruling that Samsung violated one design patent, one hardware patent and two... -
UPC denies plans to block The Pirate Bay in Ireland - 'our position has not changed' News
24.10.2012 Cable TV and internet giant UPC has dismissed reports that it plans to block users of torrent sharing site The Pirate Bay and suggested that Irish users who got notices warning... -
European Commission threatens Microsoft with massive fine over browser choice failure News
24.10.2012 The European Commission has told Microsoft it faces a fine of up to 10pc of its total annual turnover over its failure to comply with a commitment to enable consumers to easily...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Legal, Internet, Financial, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Apple loses copyright appeal against Samsung News
18.10.2012 Consumer tech giant Apple will have to place ads in UK newspapers and magazines, explaining that Samsung did not copy its iPad tablet computer, following a ruling from The Court... -
Free lectures look at how psychology and technology interact News
18.10.2012 The Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire (IADT) is hosting two free public events as part of the Innovation Dublin 2012 festival next week, offering an insight... -
Google policy changes spark EU fears over risks to user privacy News
16.10.2012 Google’s decision to consolidate more than 60 different privacy policies into a single workable policy to better target advertising and serve users has raised the ire of 24 of... -
IBM appoints chief privacy officer News
16.10.2012 Tech giant IBM has appointed Christina Peters as its chief privacy officer to guide and oversee the company’s global information policy and practices that affect more than... -
OPINION – Authors vs Google – search giant may yet win the right to scan the world’s knowledge News
13.10.2012 Google wants to scan and publish all the books in the world. But this ambitious goal has met with opposition from authors and publishers guilds in the US and Europe. Now, in the...