Irish company Openet has announced the roll-out of a flexible data payment system for Apple’s iPad on a major US carrier, believed to be ATT. The company manages the transaction process that users are guided through when activating their iPad’s 3G connection and allows the network to provide fixed and ad hoc data packages. Prepay [...]
Small firms still have a lot of catching up to do online, according to David Curtin, chief executive of the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) which manages Ireland’s .ie internet address space. Mr Curtin said many companies still had a “picture postcard” website containing little more than contact details, with few using their sites for e-commerce [...]
With no desks, fixed computers or phone lines in sight, you would be forgiven for thinking Microsoft’s office in Schiphol, Amsterdam, had fallen prey to an overzealous cost-cutter. However this jarringly informal workplace, which looks more like a giant cafe than an office block, is actually the work-life balance theory taken to its extreme. According [...]
Microsoft has launched the latest version of its Office software suite with new features allowing for easier collaboration and multimedia editing in documents. According to the company, its Irish offices played a significant role in the product’s development, sharing responsibility with Microsoft Seattle for bug fixes in the months leading up to its launch. In [...]
About a week ago I tweeted about a “super (not so) secret project” that had finally gotten under way. It was a vague reference to something that I had finally made a reality after over a year of thinking, talking, planning and procrastination. So what is it? Well, I am proud to announce that teic.ie [...]
With cheaper options now available, printer firms have to justify the high cost of cartridges, writes Adam Maguire. Staff at HP are quick to list interesting facts and figures about the company’s print technology, and they do so with a certain sense of pride. An ink cartridge’s nozzle is one-third of the width of a [...]
As a journalist – particularly a technology journalist – I am regularly given things. More often than not these are on a loan-basis and have to be returned after two weeks. However every now and again – and it’s rarer than you might think – I’m given something to keep. For the record I have [...]
Microsoft hopes the latest version of its browser will win back market share, writes Adam Maguire. The fact that Microsoft is airing primetime television advertisements to promote its Internet Explorer 8 web browser says more than bragging by its competitors ever could. Years of security threats regarding Internet Explorer and innovation by more nimble rivals [...]
The Times and Sunday Times in the UK has announced that it will charge for access to its website from June of this year, making users pay £1 for a day’s access or £2 for a week’s. This decision is no real surprise and has been anticipated for some time, due to the many comments [...]
The BBC have announced plans to cut a number of services with the main focus being on the closure of 6 Music and the Asian Network, two DAB stations run by the corporation. The official reasoning is to refocus funding on the BBC’s core functions and create better quality news and programming, while the unofficial [...]
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