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Google pleads the First – wants removal of gagging order on data requests News
19.06.2013 Citing the First Amendment, Google has petitioned the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national US security requests. In the... -
Google invests US$7m in bid to eradicate child abuse imagery online News
17.06.2013 Internet giant Google is to step up its efforts to eradicate child abuse imagery online and is investing US$5m as well as supporting organisations in the frontline fighting this...Categories: Web, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Search, Legal, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests News
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it... -
Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp News
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to... -
Ireland’s Trustev named Europe’s Top Start-up by European Commission News
14.06.2013 European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes last night named fast-emerging digital fingerprint start-up Trustev as Europe’s Top Start-up, as part of the commission’s Tech...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, R&D, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week News
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US... -
Google asks US govt to report full scale of NSA data requests News
12.06.2013 In a letter to the US Attorney General and the FBI, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond has asked the US government to publicly reveal the full scale and volume of... -
Mozilla, Reddit and 4chan join call for US Congress to stop NSA surveillance News
11.06.2013 Internet firms Mozilla, Reddit and 4chan have joined their voices with 86 other organisations, including Access and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, urging US lawmakers to...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Search, Legal, Internet, Government, Digital Media -
Crowdfunding campaign launched to raise legal funds for Edward Snowden News
10.06.2013 A Crowdtilt crowdfunding campaign has been launched to raise legal fees for the NSA whistleblower and former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who is currently in exile in Hong Kong. -
Weekend News Round-up: US cyber spying whistle-blower revealed; is Snapchat worth US$1bn? News
10.06.2013 The weekend’s tech news agenda was dominated by the fallout of the massive revelations around how US intelligence agencies have been spying on the servers of the top internet...Categories: Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Business Intelligence, Apps -
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies knowledge of PRISM News
08.06.2013 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed claims that the social networking platform cooperated with US intelligence bodies like the National Security Agency (NSA) in allowing... -
Is this for ‘rail’? Thousands of Irish Rail customers to pay out over systems glitch News
07.06.2013 Irish Rail customers will have to stump up after a glitch in the railway company’s systems meant over 9,000 payment cards were not charged from Iarnród Éireann ticket vending... -
US intelligence boss slams reports alleging internet surveillance of citizens News
07.06.2013 The director of National Intelligence for the US Government James R Clapper has dismissed as “containing numerous inaccuracies” newspaper reports claiming intelligence agencies... -
US intelligence mines data from nine internet giants, including Google and Facebook News
07.06.2013 Just a day after reports surfaced that the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US interpreted the Patriot Act in such a way as to seek phone records of millions of US citizens...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Data Centre, Computers, CommunicationsTags: YouTube, Skype, AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, National Security Agency, FBI, Barack Obama, Cyber security, -
The Five Minute CIO: Brendan Healy, Irish Life News
07.06.2013 A major mainframe to Microsoft re-platforming project at Irish Life was a success but the outcome could have been so different. Group CIO Brendan Healy says the key was a... -
NUI Galway now accepting applications for cloud master’s degree News
28.05.2013 NUI Galway is now taking applications for its MSc in cloud computing research. The first intake for the course occurred in September. -
Global server shipments fall by 0.7pc in first quarter News
28.05.2013 Worldwide server shipments fell 0.7pc in the first quarter compared with last year and revenues for the sector fell by 0.5pc, according to Gartner.Categories: Servers, Investments, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Enterprise, Digital Business, Computers, CIO -
Intel and Tyndall sign a new €1.5m three-year collaboration pact News
24.05.2013 Chip giant Intel has renewed a three-year contract with the Cork-based Tyndall Institute worth around €1.5m. The relationship, described by Intel as unique in the world, sees... -
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 -
Irish500 begins task of listing Ireland’s supercomputers News
09.05.2013 Today, the 12th Information Technology and Telecommunications Conference in Athlone will see the launch of the Irish500 project to raise the profile of high-performance...