Séamus Carroll is Head of the Data Protection Unit in the Department of Justice and Equality. He recently addressed a conference on cybersecurity organised by AON Insurance and held at the Convention Centre Dublin, on the subject of the new standards for data protection which are currently being discussed at EU level. Current legislation is in need […]
Yesterday we wrote about the Eircode postcode system which is going to be introduced in Ireland in 2015. We posted a video by Gary Delaney, CEO of rival company Loc8Code, whose complaint to the EU about the conduct of the Government’s tender for the service, resulted in a declaration that the Department of Communications had […]
The new postcode system is set to come in to effect next year, but Communications Minister Alex White is facing growing objections from business and industry interests, as well as concern from emergency services. In April, the then Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte, announced that the new postcode system would be rolled out by next spring. The […]
Netflix will be available for desktop users of Linux without users needing to spoof their UserAgent or implement other hacks according to an article on The Verge. Netflix has been moving away from using Microsoft Silverlight in favour of HTML5. Related articles Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) Finally Available for Linux Users, Sans Hacks Desktop Linux […]
Michal Boleslav Měchura is a language technologist, which must be the coolest job description in the world, in my geeky opinion. I take it to mean that he uses his programming skills to build software resources for languages, and that he uses his understanding as a linguist to make that software as good as it can be. We’ve never met, but I use some […]
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White TD, yesterday opened ESB Networks new electricity distribution control centre in South Dublin, which provides the capacity to centrally control Ireland’s electricity distribution network. The new control centre uses state-of-the-art technology to centrally manage electricity flows around the network, allowing safer management of the system […]
Jimmy Kimmel’s style is quite different from John Oliver‘s, but his way of explaining Net Neutrality is pretty clear: [youtube]http://youtu.be/xqgmUURct4I[/youtube] And if you think Net Neutrality is only a US issue then I think you’re a bit naive ..
Some of the biggest names in Irish online retail are set to address Ireland’s first Ecommerce Expo. The Expo, in association with Willows Consulting, is to be held in the Crowne Plaza, Santry on Wednesday, October 7. The line-up of speakers include Mick’s Garage, Schoolbooks.ie, Buy4Now, DPD, Eurobase, Taxback and Realex Payments. The event is […]
There’s been some interesting talk lately about national and cultural domain extensions. Scotland may have rejected independence in yesterday’s referendum, but for those who’d rather not use a .UK domain name, .SCOT opens for general availability on Tuesday next. For the Welsh there’s .CYMRU and .WALES, .GAL (Galicia) will have general availability in November, and .CAT is already well […]
It looks like College Green on a typical day, but this video of the world’s craziest intersection is more about editing than reality. It’s a giggle, though. HT: The Verge, via Stewart Curry
