Oct 6, 2010
If you’re an Xmarks user like myself by now you will probably have recieved the news via email saying they’re hanging up their hats and closing in 3 months time. This is such a shame, I have been using Xmarks for quite some time as I jump between various computers and its great having all [...]
Sep 28, 2009
A 3-D iPhone application, allowing the user to rotate, zoom and navigate their way through the human heart, has been developed by eMedia, a campus company at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology’s Innovation in Business Centre.
Pocket Heart is the first 3-D medical application to come to Apple’s iPhone App Store and offers students a unique [...]
Jun 13, 2009
Apple’s latest version of its Safari web browser has accumulated a tally of 11 million downloads in its first 3 days, of which six million-plus have been installed on Windows machines.
Safari 4 has some new innovations, including Top Sites, which shows the user a collage of their favourite sites within one window, and Cover Flow, [...]
Jan 19, 2009
One of the world’s fastest-spreading viruses – code-named “Downadup” or “Conflicker” – has already infected over nine million computers.
Data security firm F-Secure has warned the virus is infecting corporate networks at a rate previously unseen.
According to F-Secure, Downadup uses several different methods to spread. These include using the recently patched vulnerability in Windows Server [...]
Jan 8, 2009
Microsoft announced that Windows 7 is going into public beta yesterday evening. The first beta version of the successor to Windows Vista is immediately available as a downloadable disk image to MSDN, TechBeta, and TechNet subscribers, while the general public will get to test-drive the new operating system starting Friday.
Windows 7 is expected to hit [...]
Jul 3, 2008
Dublin-based Delphi Technologies has been acquired by US firm SunGard for an undisclosed sum.
Under the deal, Delphi, which provides consulting and managed professional services to the telecoms and financial services sectors, will become part of SunGard’s European consulting business. Financial details were not revealed but reports suggest the Irish firm is worth around EUR20 million.
Delphi [...]
May 7, 2008
Microsoft on Tuesday resumed the availability of Windows XP SP3 at its website. Last week, the company pulled the update from its public servers due to some compatibility issues; it delayed the general release of Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), due to a last-minute discovered incompatibility. The update, released to [...]