15.05.2008 Microsoft declares victory in console warThe Xbox 360 has tipped the 10 million customer mark in the US, making it the first of the current crop of gaming consoles to do so. …
15.05.2008 In-car infotainment market records steady growthIn-car entertainment and information systems are expected to raise US$39.8bn in revenue in 2008, up 7.9pc […]

15.05.2008 Samsung enters a Blue Phase with new LCD TVIn a few days time Samsung will unveil its new LCD TV containing Blue Phase technology, which is said to give image quality of 240Hertz, in other words, twice the quality of the best LCD screen on the market today. …
15.05.2008 Hunt is on for Europe’s […]

14.05.2008 MySpace wins US$236.8m against spammersIn what is thought to be the biggest-ever court judgement against spammers, social networking site MySpace won a payout of US$236.8m in damages when hundreds of thousands of junk emails were sent out to its members. …
14.05.2008 Space: Microsoft’s final frontierThe armchair observer has come one step closer to the […]

14.05.2008 O2 Ireland’s ARPU falls in Q1Mobile operator O2 said this morning that monthly blended average revenue per user (ARPU) – combining voice and data revenue – fell from €45.2 in the fourth quarter to €44.2 in the first quarter of 2008. …
14.05.2008 O2 brings out flat-rate package for SMEsIreland’s second largest mobile operator O2 […]

14.05.2008 ‘Last mile’ problems will dog triple play hopesUnresolved issues such as the increasing broadband bottleneck at local exchanges and overcoming the ‘last mile’ between the exchange and home will mean deploying triple play services – broadband, TV and telephony – a struggle for providers in countries where copper is the dominant access method. …
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13.05.2008 Nintendo launches online Wii store for indie gamesBypassing the physical game store, Nintendo is making it easier and less risky for games developers to design and launch Wii games by selling them directly through the new WiiWare online store that launched yesterday. …
13.05.2008 HP buys EDS for US$13.9bnAn IT services company started by Texan […]

13.05.2008 Internet video views up 64pc year-over-year in USSome 11.5 billion videos were viewed on the internet in the US in March, a 64pc jump from a year ago, web analytics firm ComScore has said. …
13.05.2008 Mobile e-commerce payment processors make US$1.1bn Mobile e-commerce service providers earned US$1.1bn in 2007, analyst firm MultiMedia Intelligence has […]

13.05.2008 Google’s Friend Connect designed to make entire web socialA new service from Google, with one line of code, will now allow websites to easily add a social networking element to their site rather than linking to a large networking portal like Facebook or MySpace to connect to their audience. …
13.05.2008 A matter of educationThe […]

12.05.2008 BT Ireland consortium outlines bid for DTT licenceA consortium involving BT Ireland, media holding company Communicorp and Swedish digital terrestrial television (DTT) operator, the Boxer Group, outlined its case for a DTT license to the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) today. …
12.05.2008 Music technology website launched by NI firmA new website aimed at giving […]

12.05.2008 Dublin-based firm wins NHS contracts worth £1.75mFinancial and purchasing applications provider iB Solutions has won five contracts with 16 NHS (National Health Service) trusts in the UK worth a total of £1.75m sterling. …
12.05.2008 Fujitsu Services creates 150 NI jobsIn the latest addition to what has been a dizzying array of new job announcements […]