UK police say they have arrested five men, aged between 15 and 26, in connection with the online activist group supporting WikiLeaks. Anonymous has also attacked Fine Gael’s site.
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1.3k
Jan 27th 2011, 2:23 PM
GE11
First Irish political party iPhone app launched
Social media election campaigning getting seriously underway as Labour’s election app hits iTunes.
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3.0k
Jan 26th 2011, 9:17 PM
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing could create 20,000 Irish jobs - Microsoft
A report compiled by Goodbody and commissioned by Microsoft says Ireland’s cloud computing base could be the ‘next IFSC’.
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1.7k
Jan 25th 2011, 8:34 AM
Twitter Prisoner
Lawyers ask Twitter to campaign for jailed Chinese user
A Chinese woman was sent to a Labour camp for retweeting a sarcastic anti-Japanese message – and lawyers want help.
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434
Jan 11th 2011, 7:59 AM
Fine Gael
Fine Gael website breach: party statement in full
The full text of the party’s statement on the “hacking crime” that saw the details of almost 2,000 people compromised.
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665
Jan 10th 2011, 1:51 PM
App Store
Apple opens doors to new App Store for Mac
The new store – the equivalent of the iTunes store, but for Mac software – may help Apple make further dents in the PC market.
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599
Jan 6th 2011, 2:47 PM
3D TV
10 reasons why 3D TV just won't take off
Business Insider remains convinced that 3D TV is done for. Check out their reasons why…
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1.5k
Jan 4th 2011, 4:14 PM
Wikileaks
Assange: I'm the victim of a smear campaign
The WikiLeaks founder says the sexual assault allegations against him are part of attempts to discredit him and his site.
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513
Dec 17th 2010, 9:41 AM
Wikileaks
'Secret' grand jury assembled for WikiLeaks trial
Julian Assange’s lawyer tells al-Jazeera that a grand jury in Virginia is considering criminal charges for WikiLeaks.
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673
Dec 13th 2010, 2:50 PM
Amazon
Amazon says site downtime not caused by ‘hacktivist’ group
The online retailer – which went down for 30 minutes last night – says its disruption was the cause of a technical fault.
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435
Dec 13th 2010, 10:00 AM
Anonymous
4chan hackers abandon attacks on WikiLeaks 'opponents'
The Anonymous gathering of ‘hacktivists’ instead decide to spread WikiLeaks’ documents as much as is possible.
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4.1k
Dec 11th 2010, 4:49 PM
Wikileaks
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in UK
The controversial WikiLeaks editor will appear at a Magistrates court this afternoon in relation to sexual assault claims.
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1.2k
Dec 7th 2010, 12:50 PM
Wikileaks
Chinese officials forced Google censorship after searching for themselves - WikiLeaks
China ramped up pressure on Google to censor its results after senior officials searched for their own names, a leaked cable says.
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538
Dec 6th 2010, 12:15 PM
Twitter Joke Trial
'Twitter joke trial' convict to appeal to High Court
Paul Chambers has opted to appeal his conviction for “menace”, after joking about bombing an English airport on Twitter.
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331
Nov 24th 2010, 5:14 PM
Facebook Mail
Facebook will launch integrated email service on Monday
The next step in Facebook’s war for global domination: an integrated email product for every user.
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416
Nov 12th 2010, 3:23 PM
Xbox
Xbox Kinect already hacked
Hacker wins $3,000 prize after creating drivers for Microsoft’s motion detection device.
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362
Nov 12th 2010, 12:13 PM
Wake Up!
Third time unlucky: iPhone alarm bug strikes in America
The same bug that caused Irish iPhone owners to wake an hour late last week strikes for the third time – this time, in the US.
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964
Nov 8th 2010, 3:38 PM
Tax Evasion
Revenue uses Google Earth to check up on tax evaders
Internet site could be very useful tool for Revenue Commissioners in their search for evidence of undeclared wealth.
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1.8k
Nov 7th 2010, 1:06 PM
Oops
Ireland awakens… an hour late, thanks to iPhone glitch
You got an extra hour in bed yesterday… and if you have an iPhone, you may have stolen another one.
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919
Nov 1st 2010, 9:33 AM
Digital TV
Trial RTÉ digital TV service launched
Minister Eamon Ryan says digital switchover in 2012 could net Ireland €500m by allowing more mobile and broadband services.
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598
Oct 29th 2010, 3:03 PM
Apple
You can have an iPhone 4 in any colour you want, as long as it's black
…because the white one is delayed again.
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294
Oct 27th 2010, 2:51 PM
Junk Email
Russia's 'spam kingpin' goes missing - and junk falls 20% in a month
Emails selling ‘V1agra’ and ‘h0t w0m3n’ fall by 20% in a month after a leading professional spammer goes on the run.
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362
Oct 27th 2010, 11:24 AM
Microsoft
Bill Gates' wife completely bans Apple products from home
Now THAT’S brand loyalty. Melinda Gates says there’s no room for anything Apple in the house – even an iPod.
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874
Oct 24th 2010, 3:43 PM
Online Advertising
Google shares skyrocket on back of massive revenue jump
Shares jump by almost 10% after the company announces a 32% increase in profits for the third quarter.
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277
Oct 15th 2010, 3:56 PM
Tech Deals
Facebook makes Skype, Bing deals
But will Microsoft’s latest social network integration put pressure on Google?
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448
Oct 15th 2010, 2:11 PM
Social Search
Facebook and Microsoft's Bing launch 'social search'
Users of Microsoft’s search engine will be given results including content their friends have ‘Liked’ on Facebook.
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330
Oct 14th 2010, 11:12 AM
CountMeOut.ie
Church defection website suspends service over legal vagueness
CountMeOut.ie puts itself on hold because of “lack of clarity” over whether the church now acknowledges defections.
0
1.9k
Oct 12th 2010, 3:18 PM
Google
Google: supporter of odd inventions?
A self-driving car is just the latest in Google’s strange investments…
0
709
Oct 12th 2010, 2:39 PM
Smartphones
Microsoft unveils Windows 7 phones
Nine new smartphone devices will be launched later this month and early in November.
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254
Oct 11th 2010, 8:42 PM
Autopilot
Google reveals latest innovation: cars that drive themselves
The company has been working on automated cars that pull data from Google Maps to drive where you want.
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594
Oct 11th 2010, 11:56 AM
BaNAMA Republic
New smartphone utility shows properties owned by NAMA
‘NAMAland’ uses your iPhone or Android’s camera and GPS to show you if nearby property is publicly owned.
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1.0k
Oct 8th 2010, 5:55 PM
Data Protection
UAE and BlackBerry resolve security dispute
Research In Motion reaches an agreement with the Emirates to avoid having the handsets banned from the country.
1
236
Oct 8th 2010, 2:09 PM
Censored
Hacker collective uncovers 'blacklisted' Google Instant terms
Exploiting the new ‘Google Instant’, users discover search terms that Google deliberately keeps blank.
0
329
Oct 6th 2010, 5:23 PM
Microsoft
Microsoft to enter tablet race before Christmas
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer says there’ll be tablets running Windows on sale by the end of 2010.
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220
Oct 5th 2010, 4:04 PM
Stuxnet
Irishman shows the world the dangers of Stuxnet
You might not have heard of Stuxnet – but after seeing this video you might get a little bit nervous about it.
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822
Oct 5th 2010, 3:29 PM
WebP
Google unveils alternative image format for faster downloading
Forget JPEG, GIF or PNG: meet Google’s WebP format, which it says can make files lighter without losing detail.
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318
Sep 30th 2010, 8:10 PM
PlayBook
Is this the device to beat the iPad?
Research In Motion, the manufacturers of the BlackBerry, launch the PlayBook: a business-focused tablet machine.
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384
Sep 28th 2010, 3:02 PM
Facebook
Facebook explains epic late-night outage
The 150-minute downtime was down to a process correcting an error, which threw up an error, which it tried to correct…
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308
Sep 24th 2010, 3:58 PM
Gmail
China may have been spying on Gmail accounts
Gmail users begin to see red banners on their pages warning them that IP addresses in China were attempting to log in.
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294
Sep 24th 2010, 12:57 PM
Twitter Attack
Australian teen to blame for Twitter's JavaScript meltdown
A 17-year-old Australian whizkid was to blame for the ‘onMouseOver’ issues that plagued the microblogging site.