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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:12:00 +0000 30 http://siliconrepublic.com/img/silicon-republic-logo-144px.gif http://siliconrepublic.com/news/section/29/digital-21 144 18 New legislation granting telecoms companies access to ducting running along Ireland's motorways will avoid the costly duplication of road openings by multiple telecoms operators. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15618/comms/govt-passes-legislation-to-open-motorway-ducts-for-broadband http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15618/comms/govt-passes-legislation-to-open-motorway-ducts-for-broadband Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:30:00 +0000 Comms BT has commenced the latest chapter in its 21st Century Network (21CN) rollout with the deployment of Etherflow fibre/radio access points across Ireland. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15532/comms/bt-begins-ngn-etherflow-rollout-in-ireland http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15532/comms/bt-begins-ngn-etherflow-rollout-in-ireland Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:06:00 +0000 Comms There is something about the way Microsoft Ireland managing director Paul Rellis describes Ireland's way out of the economic morass that suggests while things aren't perfect, things aren't all bad either. His tone indicates urgency but also a kind of exasperation that, as a country, we need to select areas we're good at and, fundamentally, we need to start believing in ourselves. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15365/digital-21/entrepreneurial-nation-needs-to-start-in-schools-microsoft-md http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15365/digital-21/entrepreneurial-nation-needs-to-start-in-schools-microsoft-md Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:01:00 +0000 Digital 21 A team of scientists at the Tyndall National Institute have designed and fabricated the world's first junctionless transistor that could revolutionise microchip manufacturing in the semiconductor industry. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15331/randd/nanotech-breakthrough-to-revolutionise-microchip-manufacturing http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15331/randd/nanotech-breakthrough-to-revolutionise-microchip-manufacturing Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:18:00 +0000 R&D Broadband-based innovation has the potential to create up to 1 million new jobs and generate additional economic activity worth €849 billion, groups representing Europe's six million-strong ICT industry have told European governments. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15311/digital-21/europes-700bn-ict-industry-calls-on-govts-to-get-digital http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15311/digital-21/europes-700bn-ict-industry-calls-on-govts-to-get-digital Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:32:00 +0000 Digital 21 If you're new to the whole decimating the zombie population thing, then this is the game for you: Resident Evil 4 for Beginners on the iPhone gives you a taste of slaying the undead without making you totally commit. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15308/digital-21/resident-evil-4-lurches-onto-iphone-again http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15308/digital-21/resident-evil-4-lurches-onto-iphone-again Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:18:00 +0000 Digital 21 The director of Trinity College's nanotechnology R&D operation CRANN proves how smart people with smart ideas will be vital to keeping FDI and creating new industries out of Ireland. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15218/digital-21/irelands-knowledge-pipeline-is-the-way-out-of-economic-crisis http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15218/digital-21/irelands-knowledge-pipeline-is-the-way-out-of-economic-crisis Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:03:00 +0000 Digital 21 The EU Commissioner responsible for R&D, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, has revealed the EU will reveil a strategic science and technology action plan called Europe 2020 to steer Europe through the recession. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15204/digital-21/eu-to-reveal-2020-strategic-randd-stimulus-plan http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15204/digital-21/eu-to-reveal-2020-strategic-randd-stimulus-plan Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:01:00 +0000 Digital 21 Smart people, doing smart things in a smart entrepreneurial environment - these are the ingredients that ex-Intel CEO Craig Barrett said are necessary for the future success and survival of the Irish economy. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15181/business/three-pillars-on-which-a-smart-economy-can-thrive-craig-barrett http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15181/business/three-pillars-on-which-a-smart-economy-can-thrive-craig-barrett Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:17:00 +0000 Business If there's one reason why Ireland must pursue a National Digital Development Plan that must be enshrined in future versions of the National Development Plan, it is jobs. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15105/business/economic-regeneration-the-future-is-now http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15105/business/economic-regeneration-the-future-is-now Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Business