[30.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The domain name Myspace.co.uk has been wrestled from the grasp of the social networking site after an independent appeals panel overturned a previous decision to award it to the Rupert Murdoch-owned company.
In January Nominet, the official registry of domain names in the UK, ruled in favour of Fox […]

[30.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Colourful telecoms entrepreneur Sean Bolger’s Imagine Communications Group has acquired Irish Broadband from NTR and Kilsaran Concrete in a move that will create a telecoms powerhouse with annual revenues of €100m.
The €47m deal values the enlarged Imagine Group at €187m. NTR and Kilsaran will hold a combined […]

[30.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Every organisation needs to learn how to retain and attract skilled and mobile knowledge workers from Ireland, together with those from every corner of the globe.
Knowledge has long been thought to be an intangible thing; something that cannot be easily anchored, ring-fenced or audited as an asset on […]

[29.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]DX Group recently appointed John Coghlan as its new chief executive. Originally from Cork city, Coghlan will have responsibility for the DX Group, UK and Ireland. Coghlan is former deputy chief executive and group finance director of Exel plc, where he spent 11 years up to the time of its […]

29.04.2008 Mobile TV to outgun games and music in ad stakesThe market for rich media advertising over mobiles is tipped to reach €1.77bn (US$2.79bn) by 2012. …
29.04.2008 250 jobs to go at DellWorkers at Dell’s Cherrywood operation in Dublin this lunchtime received the unwelcome news that 250 permanent jobs are to be axed over the […]

[29.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The market for rich media advertising over mobiles is tipped to reach €1.77bn (US$2.79bn) by 2012.
Media analyst Screen Digest believes mobile TV advertising will account for most of this market at €1.55bn.
Screen Digest said that by 2012, advertising will account for over 20pc of mobile TV revenues, but […]

[29.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Mobile phone users are buying more and more content from their operators, resulting in the mobile content platform market growing almost 20pc to reach US$3.4bn in 2007.
Research firm Multimedia Intelligence said the market for premium mobile content platforms accounted for US$3.4bn share of the US$18.5bn of revenue generated […]

[29.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Shortly after Dell said it would continue to offer the Windows XP operating system (OS) to customers as an option on its new machines, even though this will surpass the official 30 June cut-off date for support by Microsoft, HP has said it will do likewise.
HP customers will […]

29.04.2008 Video games therapeutic and stress bustingPuzzle-solving games that distract and engage players, such as Bejewelled 2 have been proven to reduce stress levels by 54pc when tested against a control group, according to research carried out by PopCap Games, which has offices in Dublin. …
29.04.2008 SIP mobile 2.0 and see says CiceroA Dublin technology […]

[29.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A Dublin technology company labelled a ‘tech pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a new mobile soft phone that uses session initiation protocol (SIP) to deliver mobile voice, presence, messaging and video across multiple networks including 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, LTE and WiMax.
Cicero chief executive Ross […]