[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Digital media graduate Brian Deane didn’t even realise his short film had been seen by viewers of Dublin-based internet TV company Babelgum when he got the call that he had been chosen as one of the finalists in the Babelgum Online Film Festival.
With a panel of high-profile judges […]

30.05.2008 From Cork to Cannes via BabelgumDigital media graduate Brian Deane didn’t even realise his short film had been seen by viewers of Dublin-based internet TV company Babelgum when he got the call that he had been chosen as one of the finalists in the Babelgum Online Film Festival. …
30.05.2008 Irish firm Clicshare.com alert to […]

[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Casual gaming for the hardcore smoker? The Nintendo DS handheld games console has added a new title to its range that claims to help smokers kick their habit: Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking.
This new title from games company Ubisoft will be released in November of this year […]

[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Dublin-based web company Clicshare.com has signed a deal with 17 broadcasters in the US to provide school- and business-closing weather alerts by text and email.
The three-year agreement will see the company provide the 17 broadcast media outlets in Cincinnati, Ohio with the regular alerts.
http://www.clicshare.com/cs/home.aspx is an online reminder […]

[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The BBC’s web services were almost £36m sterling over budget in the past financial year, it has emerged.
The http://www.bbc.co.uk/ site, which has 16.5 million visitors a month and is one of the most popular websites in the UK, was 48pc above its allotted budget for the year ending […]

[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Dave Rand , chief technology officer for Trend Micro, talks about the scale of security threats and what can be done to stop them
Why should we worry about botnets? In 2005, there were about 2.1 million compromised computers used in an average month to send spam. In 2006, […]

[29.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]US technology firm Symantec has confirmed it is to cut 75 jobs from its Irish operation in Dublin.
The company announced 150 jobs were being placed under review at the manufacturing facility in Blanchardstown in early March.
Manufacturing and distribution operations are being moved from the Blanchardstown site to the […]

[29.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Google has brought its popular Google Earth feature to the browser.
The search company has unveiled the Google Earth API and browser plug-in.
The API will allow developers to quickly and easily use 3D mapping information on their own web pages, utilising the same technologies Google uses in its desktop […]

[29.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Digital metrics firm ComScore has acquired M:Metrics, a specialist in measuring the mobile sector.
The acquisition augments ComScore’s capabilities in measuring the mobile internet market and adds to its expertise in measuring PC-based internet usage.
The transaction involves a cash payment of US$44.3m and the issuance of approximately 50,000 options […]

[29.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Eight years ago the Nasdaq reached its highest point in history due to the surge in valuations of dot.com companies with little to show for themselves other than a cool-sounding name.
Investors got vertigo. Some US$5trn was wiped off the markets, businesses folded, thousands of people were laid off […]