The 13th Golden Spiders internet awards took place in Dublin this weekend and – as has been said – if the internet can be best measured using dog years, then these awards are 91 years old.
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It is now clear that the switchover to touchscreen phones has two phases. Phase one involved high specification handsets (iPhone, Samsung Pixon, Nokia N97, HTC Hero) with sophisticated software, good cameras (except the iPhone) and loads of other bells and whistles. Now comes phase two, as typified by Samsung’s new touchscreen Genio.
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By Adrian Weckler
Despite a lot of dumbing down lately, ‘media servers ‘ and ‘home networks’ still intimidate the hell out of people. Just mention the word ‘server’ and a nightmare emerges: fiddling with IP addresses, searching for ethernet connections and bumbling through multiple configuration screens.
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) are to jointly fund a €3.7 million research programme into nanotechnology.
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Dear moguls, Do you want to know why more and more of your films, TV shows and animations are being freely swapped and illegally downloaded in Ireland, Britain and Europe? It’s quite simple. It is because there is no legal website on which to buy a blockbuster movie.
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Limerick chip developer Powervation has launched a new fundraising round, bringing on board New York-based fund Braemar Energy Ventures as a new investor.
Chip design firm RedMere is close to finalising a new $6 million (€4 million) fundraising round, and expects to have its product on sale across the United States during the first quarter of next year.
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Mobile software firm Zamano has awarded a €250,000 contract to Hibernia Evros to implement new technology to cut operational costs and reduce its carbon footprint.
Cork company Leading Edge has agreed a deal with a hospital group in Canada to deliver educational programmes to healthcare professionals in up to 150 hospitals in Ontario.
The University of Limerick Foundation has agreed a strategic partnership with Bank of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Kernel Capital to launch a new fund for campus spin-outs.
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