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IAB Europe awards MEP Sean Kelly for standing up for data privacy rights (video) News
24.05.2013 Sean Kelly, Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South, has been selected to receive the prestigious IAB Europe Award for Leadership and Excellence for his approach to dealing with privacy...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Digital Media, Data Management, Consumer Tech -
The five minute CIO: John Hayes News
24.05.2013 Blackrock Clinic’s head of IT John Hayes talks about getting the hospital’s infrastructure to a healthy state, and why it sometimes makes sense to invest in technology without a... -
AVG moves into social media security with PrivacyChoice acquisition News
23.05.2013 Not content with just securing your computers and mobile devices, security software player AVG has branched into protecting users on social networks with the acquisition of... -
Twitter introduces two-factor authentication, Kim Dotcom threatens to sue (video) News
23.05.2013 Following a string of high-profile Twitter hacks, the microblogging network has introduced two-factor authentication for enhanced security. However, controversial entrepreneur... -
US software developer DreamHammer launches drone control software News
23.05.2013 DreamHammer, a software development company based in California, has rolled out a beta version of its drone control software, a platform that aims to integrate robots and... -
Presence app lets you turn an old iPhone into a security camera (video) News
23.05.2013 With 50m iPhones replaced worldwide in the past year, what can be done with these disused devices? US-based software company People Power has a solution that can repurpose an... -
Facebook Ireland complying with Data Protection Commissioner on recommendations - report News
21.05.2013 Facebook Ireland has been implementing recommendations from Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner to its satisfaction, the agency’s follow-up review of an audit... -
More complaints, data breach notifications in 2012 - Data Protection Commissioner report News
20.05.2013 Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner opened more complaints for investigation last year than the year before, saw an increase in the number of data breach... -
Weekend news roundup: Google accused of avoiding UK tax, Facebook a year after IPO News
20.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, a former Google executive claims to have proof the internet search giant has avoided tax in the UK, Facebook... -
#io2013 – Google+ gets a revamp with new multi-column layout News
16.05.2013 Google’s social network Google+ has been given a bit of a facelift, moving away from the linear stream to a more progressive multi-column layout. Google senior vice-president... -
Tech Defenders links tech community to protect human rights defenders News
14.05.2013 Tech Defenders, a new frontline group comprised of the tech community, is kicking off in Dublin this evening to support and protect people fighting for human rights in...Categories: Web, Telecommunications, Social Media, Security, Leadership & Management, Internet, Communications -
The technology business week: Shareholders sue HP over autonomy acquisition, Facebook to buy Waze? News
13.05.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
McAfee to acquire firewall protection player Stonesoft News
08.05.2013 Software security firm McAfee is jostling for leadership position in network security with its bid to acquire Stonesoft Oyj, a provider of next-generation network firewall... -
Irish start-up Trustev to compete in TechCrunch Disrupt NYC finals News
29.04.2013 A young Irish tech company out of Cork called Trustev, which specialises in social fingerprinting technology, has been named as one of the 30 finalists competing for the coveted...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business -
LivingSocial cyberattacked – users urged to reset their passwords News
27.04.2013 Amazon-owned daily deals site LivingSocial has been hacked, with hackers gaining access to the private details of potentially more than 50m people, including their names, email... -
EU researchers develop gadget that can sniff out explosives at 20 metres News
25.04.2013 EU scientists have come up with a prototype device that could prove invaluable in the fight against bomb attacks. The gadget capable of detecting extremely small quantities of...Tags: EU Commission, Security, -
Irishman Brian Honan wins global IT security award News
24.04.2013 Brian Honan from BH Consulting has been named “Information Security Person of the Year” by influential IT security publication SC Magazine.Tags: IT Security, Information Security -
Twitter tests two-factor authentication, AP accounts suspended following hack News
24.04.2013 Yesterday, a fake tweet claiming there had been explosions in the White House and that US President Barack Obama had been injured was sent from the Associated Press (AP) Twitter... -
Ireland’s average broadband speeds fall almost 7pc – global study News
24.04.2013 A global study of average measured broadband connection speeds by Akamai for the fourth quarter of 2012 has shown that although Ireland ranked a respectable 15th out of 98... -
Battle for the ‘internet of things’ begins as CA acquires Layer 7 News
23.04.2013 Just a week after Intel acquired Mashery for an estimated US$180m, software giant CA has signed an agreement to acquire Layer 7 Technologies, a privately-owned API management...