30.03.2007 The Friday Interview: Nicky Gogan, director, Darklight Film FestivalThis week’s interviewee is Nicky Gogan , director of the Darklight Film Festival, a film and arts symposium coming to Dublin 21-23 June. …
30.03.2007 Irish music industry goes open sourceIrish-based SonikDub, the first open source record label of its kind, will open its doors to […]

[30.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Irish-based SonikDub, the first open source record label of its kind, will open its doors to unsigned artists next month.
Although many open source labels already exist, SonikDub are the only to provide chart ranking. All sales are reported and sent daily to the OCC and Chart Track.
The purpose […]

[30.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]This week’s interviewee is Nicky Gogan , director of the Darklight Film Festival, a film and arts symposium coming to Dublin 21-23 June.
What does the internet mean for the film industry in Ireland?
As a huge advocate of digital filmmaking and low-budget projects, I think it gives people […]

[30.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Bebo-based social networking enterprise Bigulo has launched a website that allows voters to view all the candidates running for election in their area and view their Bebo page if they have one.
Election.bigulo.com uses Google Maps to enable visitors to view all the candidates around the country and access […]

[30.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]The chair of lobby group Digital Rights Ireland has dismissed claims that a blogging code of conduct is needed.
TJ McIntyre, who is also a law lecturer in University College Dublin, was speaking in light of death threats posted on the blog of prominent tech blogger Kathy Sierra. The […]

[29.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Reports from the Irish public about child pornography on the internet which was confirmed as illegal increased by 10.6pc in 2006. However, none of the material reported was traced to sources in Ireland, enabling the country to retain its ‘clean record’ for seven years.
Hotline.ie, an organisation set up […]

[29.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]The EU has warned that the full benefits of the single market for telecoms in Ireland is not being felt and warned that the long-delayed extra powers for ComReg “would appear to be more than necessary”. It also warned that the Appeals Panel set up by the Government is taking […]

29.03.2007 EU concern over Irish telecoms competitionThe EU has warned that the full benefits of the single market for telecoms in Ireland is not being felt and warned that the long-delayed extra powers for ComReg “would appear to be more than necessary”. It also warned that the Appeals Panel set up by the Government is […]

[29.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]A music website that was considered ahead of its time prior to its demise in 2001 has returned to cyberspace today with a look and feel that will appeal to the YouTube and MySpace generation.
Muse.ie was part of the Rondomondo division of Eircom that folded in 2001. The […]

[29.03.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Earmarking server virtualisation as one of the key technologies to adopt in 2007, analysis firm iReach estimates that a third of Irish organisations will go down this route this year.
“IT buyers are becoming more and more aware of the benefits a virtualised environment can bring and with this […]