16.06.2008 John Bailey, Sogeti IrelandJohn Bailey has been appointed head of sales by Sogeti Ireland, the IT consulting, applications and test services company. Bailey previously worked with CA, EMC, Ericsson and ICL. He has almost 20 years’ IT experience across the public sector, telco and financial services industries. …
16.06.2008 Disparities in online and store prices […]

16.06.2008 Irish company offers free Wi-Fi rollout to Irish Rail A Wi-Fi company has offered to install public Wi-Fi networks in all Irish trains at no cost to Irish Rail. …

16.06.2008 How MySpace is getting its groove backAlthough MySpace still trounces Facebook in terms of its market share – in the US it has 72pc of the market in comparison to Facebook’s 16pc – it is seen as somewhat of a social networking dinosaur with dated design and a clunky interface that can look hideous […]

14.06.2008 Blog DigestWhen summertime arrives in Ireland we inevitably itch to escape the urban sprawl and look towards open countryside, farmers’ markets and homespun arts and crafts. The blogosphere is a great starting point to get a feel for what’s out there. …

13.06.2008 Canada law to turn iPod users into piratesWe’ve all been there. You buy a CD or DVD and want to transfer it to your MP3 player but the contents have been digitally locked down to prevent this. But you figure that you own the CD/DVD, so you use software to rip the contents onto […]

13.06.2008 Yahoo! fobs off Microsoft, snuggles up to GoogleYahoo! and Microsoft discussions about a possible or partial acquisition of the latter by the former have officially concluded with no deal being done, while Yahoo! has signed a major advertising deal with search rivals Google. …

13.06.2008 New access rules could drive broadband investmentNew proposals by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to expand the definition of wholesale unbundled access to include not just DSL but fibre will incentivise alternative providers to expand their local loop unbundled footprint, siliconrepublic.com has learned. …
13.06.2008 Notebooks to fuel PC shipment growth of 12.5pc in […]

12.06.2008 Credit crunch will lead to spike in VC demandDemand for venture capital (VC) investment is expected to jump as start-ups seeking funding will find other routes such as bank loans firmly closed to them. …

12.06.2008 BT in US$650m deal with P&GBT has signed a US$650m global contract to mange Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) IT requirements. …

12.06.2008 Facebook wins decision in cyber squatting caseThe World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has found in social networking powerhouse Facebook’s favour against an Irish company that registered the domain Facebook.ie, siliconrepublic.com has learned. …
12.06.2008 Dell creates 20 new Irish jobsJust a month after announcing it was cutting 200 jobs in Ireland, primarily at its Cherrywood […]