[26.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Ireland’s technology news service, Siliconrepublic.com, will today launch a newly designed website – www.siliconrepublic.com.
The new rich media site will be available to users across the world from this afternoon.
Our aim is to enhance our audience’s experience and to provide new and exciting ways for them to engage […]

[26.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A Dublin-based company with a US subsidiary Flint Telecoms has acquired another Dublin-based telecoms software company PrimeCarrier, for an undisclosed sum.
Flint Telecoms is fashioning itself as a ‘on demand’ provider of services to the global telecoms industry and is to offer businesses ‘white label’ services that allow them […]

26.06.2008 PrimeCarrier acquired by Flint TelecomA Dublin-based company with a US subsidiary Flint Telecoms has acquired another Dublin-based telecoms software company PrimeCarrier, for an undisclosed sum. …
26.06.2008 XP exits (almost) but support remains until 2014If you want to grab a standalone copy of XP the last chance is on 30 June, but if you plan […]

[26.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The projected amount of worldwide spending on internet advertising is expected to hit US$65.2bn in 2008, representing 10pc of all ad spending across all media.
IDC forecasts that the digital ads marketplace is set to grow by between 15pc and 20pc a year to reach US$106.6bn, or 13.6pc of […]

[26.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]If you want to grab a standalone copy of XP the last chance is on 30 June, but if you plan to order a new machine with XP pre-installed prepare to say your final farewell by this evening.
Today’s deadline is due to Microsoft’s Windows life-cycle policy for the […]

[26.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]WLAN is being tipped as the next prevalent connectivity technology in mass-market mobile handsets by analyst firm Berg Insight..
The number of handsets with integrated WLAN is forecast to grow from 27 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71.5pc to reach 400 million in […]

[26.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The smart money is on the next generation of Irish campus companies that could drive future jobs and investment
After a slow start, there are promising signs that efforts to turn ideas from Irish universities into products or companies are having some success.
The indigenous technology sector in particular looks […]

25.06.2008 Has Google bitten off more than it can chew with Android?In the past few days, Google has had it rough with Android. While the 3G iPhone release date is approaching, Google has had to delay its plans for getting the Android platform onto mobiles, and in the meantime Nokia has just bought the leading […]

[25.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Some 16pc of people are still dumping their electronic items in bins, skips and landfill sites, despite free electronic recycling being widely available.
WEEE Ireland, Ireland’s national compliance scheme for electronic recycling, found that 10pc of people it polled said they do not know what to do with such […]

[25.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]In the past few days, Google has had it rough with Android. While the 3G iPhone release date is approaching, Google has had to delay its plans for getting the Android platform onto mobiles, and in the meantime Nokia has just bought the leading smart phone operating system Symbian for […]