[31.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]The fast-growing social network for graduates and professionals Facebook is being probed by a US attorney general’s investigators over allegations that a number of convicted sex offenders had registered on the site as well as other claims the site contains inappropriate material.
Established in 2004 originally as a site […]

[31.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Global networking company Cisco is heading into the virtualisation market with the impending purchase of US$1.5m in shares in VMware which will represent 1.6pc ownership in the company.
Cisco said it plans for this investment to speed up customer adoption of virtualisation products together with the company’s network infrastructure.
The […]

[31.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Although most documents pass through a business each day via email there is still a myriad of signed sheets, order forms, articles and so on that require scanning.
This leaves the salesperson, engineer on site, mobile businessperson et al trudging back to the office-based scanner with a pile of […]

30.07.2007 Jinny cracks US rural mobile marketDublin mobile software firm Jinny Software has completed a major breakthrough messaging project for US rural wireless carrier Viaero Wireless in Colorado. …
30.07.2007 Fixed voice on the decline in EuropeFixed-mobile substitution is continuing relentlessly across Europe and, according to research by Analysys, is actually showing signs of accelerating in […]

[30.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Dublin mobile software firm Jinny Software has completed a major breakthrough messaging project for US rural wireless carrier Viaero Wireless in Colorado.
The system deployed by Jinny includes email, SMS, push and pull content and web-to-SMS messaging as well as helping Viaero resolve a number of existing mobile number […]

[30.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Technology to filter out illegally uploaded copyright material has been in development for some time by video sharing site YouTube and will be in use by September.
The Google-owned site is busy implementing changes and defending itself following legal action taken by Viacom to the tune of US$1.1bn for […]

[30.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Fixed-mobile substitution is continuing relentlessly across Europe and, according to research by Analysys, is actually showing signs of accelerating in countries that have already seen substantial migration.
In one such market – Finland – the research estimates that 90pc of all voice minutes will originate on mobile phones by […]

[30.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]One in five Irish SMEs still accesses the internet via dial-up, new research commissioned by Vodafone reveals. However, patchy coverage and take-up of DSL is leading to growing demand for mobile broadband services like HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access).
The study of SMEs across the Irish business universe was […]

30.07.2007 Enterprise Ireland brings Paddys to the ValleyA group of Irish tech entrepreneurs has received support from Enterprise Ireland for plans to travel to Silicon Valley this December with a view to building contacts with investors and technology companies there. …
30.07.2007 O2 reports 5.6pc jump in ARPUO2 Ireland this morning revealed that it is bucking […]

[30.07.2007 first posted on silicon republic]A group of Irish tech entrepreneurs has received support from Enterprise Ireland for plans to travel to Silicon Valley this December with a view to building contacts with investors and technology companies there.
Enterprise Ireland will not only endorse the trip but also provide facilities and contacts for the […]