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# technology - Thursday 27 January, 2011
Five arrested over Anonymous attacks
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.
# technology - Wednesday 26 January, 2011
First Irish political party iPhone app launched
Social media election campaigning getting seriously underway as Labour’s election app hits iTunes.
# technology - Tuesday 25 January, 2011
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’.
# technology - Tuesday 11 January, 2011
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.
# technology - Monday 10 January, 2011
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.
# technology - Thursday 6 January, 2011
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.
# technology - Tuesday 4 January, 2011
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…
# technology - Friday 17 December, 2010
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.
# technology - Monday 13 December, 2010
'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.
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.
# technology - Saturday 11 December, 2010
4chan hackers abandon attacks on WikiLeaks 'opponents'
The Anonymous gathering of ‘hacktivists’ instead decide to spread WikiLeaks’ documents as much as is possible.
# technology - Tuesday 7 December, 2010
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.
# technology - Monday 6 December, 2010
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.
# technology - Wednesday 24 November, 2010
'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.
# technology - Friday 12 November, 2010
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.
Xbox Kinect already hacked
Hacker wins $3,000 prize after creating drivers for Microsoft’s motion detection device.
# technology - Monday 8 November, 2010
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.
# technology - Sunday 7 November, 2010
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.
# technology - Monday 1 November, 2010
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.
# technology - Friday 29 October, 2010
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.
# technology - Wednesday 27 October, 2010
You can have an iPhone 4 in any colour you want, as long as it's black
…because the white one is delayed again.
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.
# technology - Sunday 24 October, 2010
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.
# technology - Friday 15 October, 2010
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.
Facebook makes Skype, Bing deals
But will Microsoft’s latest social network integration put pressure on Google?
# technology - Thursday 14 October, 2010
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.
# technology - Tuesday 12 October, 2010
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.
Google: supporter of odd inventions?
A self-driving car is just the latest in Google’s strange investments…
# technology - Monday 11 October, 2010
Microsoft unveils Windows 7 phones
Nine new smartphone devices will be launched later this month and early in November.
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.
# technology - Friday 8 October, 2010
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.
UAE and BlackBerry resolve security dispute
Research In Motion reaches an agreement with the Emirates to avoid having the handsets banned from the country.
# technology - Wednesday 6 October, 2010
Hacker collective uncovers 'blacklisted' Google Instant terms
Exploiting the new ‘Google Instant’, users discover search terms that Google deliberately keeps blank.
# technology - Tuesday 5 October, 2010
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.
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.
# technology - Thursday 30 September, 2010
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.
# technology - Tuesday 28 September, 2010
Is this the device to beat the iPad?
Research In Motion, the manufacturers of the BlackBerry, launch the PlayBook: a business-focused tablet machine.
# technology - Friday 24 September, 2010
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…
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.
# technology - Wednesday 22 September, 2010
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.
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Poll: Will you pay attention to the Seanad general election?
COUNTING IN THE Seanad general election will begin today despite the Covid-19 public health emergency.
Postal voting in the election closes today at 11am for the 43 seats on the five vocational panels and tomorrow at 11am for the six seats on the university panels.
There are 118 candidates seeking election to the vocational panels.
Counting of the votes begins this morning and is expected to continue until Friday 3 April.
So, today we want to know: Will you pay attention to the Seanad general election?
Poll Results:
No (5415)
Yes (2731)
I'm not sure / no opinion (267)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
The Irish For: Kiltartanese and a passionate affair. The story of Galway's Lady Gregory
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Darach Ó Séaghdha follows the artistic path of one of Ireland’s most fascinating historical women.
Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
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