[29.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), independent consumer rights protection agency in the US, has filed an antitrust suit against Google on the back of the search engine giant’s proposed US$3.1m acquisition with online ad agency DoubleClick.
Following Google’s announcement on 13 April to buy DoubleClick, Microsoft cried foul, saying […]

29.05.2007 IT workers admit snooping through private dataIn a recent survey carried out by Cyber Ark Software in the UK, it was found that a third of IT workers admitted to using their administrative passwords to access confidential data, such as personal emails, wage details and human resources files. …

[29.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]In a recent survey carried out by Cyber Ark Software in the UK, it was found that a third of IT workers admitted to using their administrative passwords to access confidential data, such as personal emails, wage details and human resources files.
Cyber Ark Software carried out this research […]

[29.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]The .ie Domain Registry (IEDR) has reported after-tax profits of €734,058 for the year ended 31 December 2006, down 15pc from €864,846 the previous year while registration income decreased by 2pc despite a 30pc increase in registrations to 70,000.
The organisation responsible for Ireland’s flagship domain said it made […]

[29.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]A new product launched by US firm Yoggie Security Systems will allow PC users offload their security applications to a USB stick, thereby simplifying PC security and preventing reduced PC performance, the company claimed.
The Yoggie Pico USB stick contains 13 security applications on a miniature, Linux-based computer. Once […]

29.05.2007 Security-on-a-stick device launchedA new product launched by US firm Yoggie Security Systems will allow PC users offload their security applications to a USB stick, thereby simplifying PC security and preventing reduced PC performance, the company claimed. …
29.05.2007 Registrations increase but profits down at IEDRThe .ie Domain Registry (IEDR) has reported after-tax profits of €734,058 […]

[29.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]HP has been awarded a seven-year contract worth up to US$5.6bn by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide a wide range of technology to US federal government agencies.
HP products to be provided under the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, called the NASA Solutions […]

[29.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Despite its parent company acknowledging tough market conditions across Europe, Vodafone Ireland said today that it is one of the fastest growing companies in the entire broadband market, with sales of 3G devices at the end of the last quarter reaching 20,000.
However, for the year ended 31 March, […]

[29.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Meteor, the mobile company Eircom acquired two years ago for €420m from Western Wireless, has turned out to be the ace in Eircom’s pack, delivering 33pc subscriber growth in the past 12 months.
For the year ended 31 March, Eircom reported revenues of €1.95bn up 10pc on the year. […]

29.05.2007 Server virtualisation will be key feature of LonghornServer virtualisation and the 64-bit computing will be the key attributes to feature in the long-awaited successor to Windows Server 2003, until now code-named “Longhorn”. …
29.05.2007 Election coverage drives unprecedented traffic to Rte.ieFive million hits to RTE’s website were recorded last Thursday alone, compared with the average […]