[28.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Irish businesses could save €8.6m in electricity bills and slash CO2 emissions by 36,000 tonnes a year if they switched from PCs to thin client network computers, according to new research.
Researchers from the prestigious Fraunhofer Institute in Germany conducted a study on an estimate of 750,000 business desktop […]

[28.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]The Pensions Board has revealed it will use software developed by pTools for a range of multi-language content management and compliance initiatives.
The Pensions Board website, which recently released its online pensions calculators in seven languages, is already available in Irish and English and new initiatives will further enhance […]

[28.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]The first league to be carried in season on internet TV service Joost will be the Canadian Football League (CFL) and is being brought on board by Irish company Wildwave on their ‘indie’ sports channel Wildcard.
“There is a huge pent-up demand for Canadian Sports and the CFL in […]

[27.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Dublin-headquartered international e-learning business Thirdforce has reported an increase in sales and operating profits for the first six months of 2007.
The revenue for the six months to June 2007 was €9m, with operating profits of €653K, reversing a loss of €1.9m in the first half of 2006.
The company’s […]

[27.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]US electronics company Tyco today told staff at its Shannon plant of its decision to relocate 179 jobs to its other bases in China, Mexico, and India, leaving the company operating with just 20 staff in the area of research and development.
This news follows from the recent job […]

[27.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Lotus Symphony, the free productivity suite released recently by IBM has already garnered 100,000 registered users in its first week, not quite making inroads into Microsoft Office’s dominance but carving out a growing niche.
With this productivity suite, IBM is aiming at businesses, schools and home users alike, with […]

27.09.2007 IBM’s Office alternative blossomsLotus Symphony, the free productivity suite released recently by IBM has already garnered 100,000 registered users in its first week, not quite making inroads into Microsoft Office’s dominance but carving out a growing niche. …
27.09.2007 Irish Government is proving harder to contactAlmost a third of the Irish public believe that it […]

[27.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Almost a third of the Irish public believe that it is now harder to contact Government services than it was four years ago, despite the onset of the internet, the advent of intelligent phone systems and a supposed ‘customer-centric’ approach to citizens by civil servants.
The Damovo-commissioned survey of […]

[27.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]Running for over a year now, Microsoft’s Live Search site has received a mini makeover, focusing on improved search results in the areas of shopping, health, entertainment and local interest.
The Microsoft Live Search site is currently at number three in the market with Google in the lead followed […]

[27.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic]BT is on target with its 21st Century Network (21CN) plans for Ireland, its chief executive told siliconrepublic.com, and is in the process of rolling out 8MB broadband services in a number of locations across the country.
BT today revealed that the first phase of its 8Mbps (megabits per […]