[20.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]It has been one week since Yahoo! came out and quashed all rumours of a possible merger with Microsoft by announcing its non-exclusive search advertising partnership with reigning web kings Google.
While Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang feels this deal is perfect because the “convergence of search and display is […]

[20.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The High Court case between Digital Rights Ireland and the Irish Government over the contentious EU Data Retention Directive kicks off today and will see an intervention from the Human Rights Commission of Ireland, siliconrepublic.com can report.
The civil rights group Digital Rights Ireland says the action against the […]

[19.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Cork-based internet services provider Strencom and communications technology firm Damovo are joining the ranks of supporters for the STIG (Student Til I Graduate) charity campaign in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Association of Ireland.
While Strencom is donating a €250 voucher for Brown Thomas, Damovo gave a €200 […]

[18.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The way in which news is delivered online could soon change as the definition of fair use and copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is currently being hashed out between the Associated Press news agency and the blogosphere.
News aggregation site Drudge Retort has been served with […]

[17.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]As Disneyland in California today unveils its vision of the home of the future, it has coined a new word, ‘innovention’.
Hideous portmanteaus aside, the Innoventions Dream Home showcases Disney’s take on the kitchen, living room and bedroom of tomorrow using Microsoft’s Surface and HP’s TouchSmart technology, amongst others.
Inside […]

[17.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Next year, Microsoft will open a new Search Technology Centre (STC) in Europe, a move it said is designed to “disrupt the search and advertising marketplace to the benefit of both the consumer and the advertiser” – in other words ‘we want to blow Google out of the water’.
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[17.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Irish-headquartered IPTV technology company Digitsoft..tv has launched its eRental Movie Download Platform.
The technology enables customers to download high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) movies from an in-store kiosk to a portable storage device for later viewing at home.
The system was developed in conjunction with Australian home video franchise Video […]

[17.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Where would you rather witness the cream of Irish tech start-ups demonstrate their wares? In a stuffy conference room or under the open sky served up with a few beers, good music and some good BBQ beef burgers?
No contest? Then get along to the Irish Open Coffee BBQ […]

[16.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A survey by eBay.ie has shown up huge discrepancies between the prices of the same products online and in retail outlets.
The auction site compared prices of a range of products retailing in high-street stores and the same products selling as new in the ‘Buy it now’ section of […]

[16.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A Cork-based internet television player has struck a major retail deal that will see its set-top boxes deployed across 10,000 stores in Thailand and China.
Digisoft, which in the last 18 months has struck up key partnerships with some of the world’s biggest technology companies, including EDS, Sun Microsystems, […]