Watch a Bowling Ball and a Feather Fall in a Vacuum [Video]
One of the most suprising things we learn in Physics class is that the acceleration due to Earth's gravity is constant for any mass (9.81 m/s/s). Gallileo demonstrated it in 1589 by dropping objects of different mass from the Leaning Tower
Come and talk to Technology.ie and Blacknight at Web Summit
I'm at Web Summit for the next three days reporting for Technology.ie, and the Blacknight team are here too. You can talk to Gianni about domains and hosting, dedicated servers and colocation in our state-of-the-art datacentre. Or you
Silicon Valley CEOs Evacuated by Dublin Fire Brigade as Web Summit gets Underway
The CEOs of Dropbox and Evernote were among a group of about 50 high profile technology figures who were evacuated from the home of Paddy Cosgrave last night after his chimney caught fire. The Web Summit founder told the story as
Two Irish Startups Find Success in San Francisco
Hot on the heels of the announcement by Intercom that it raised €23m in Series B financing, Stripe, the online payments company founded by Patrick and John Collison, have announced a Series C round of $80m
A Lick of Paint [Audio]
Today's podcast (40:09, 24MB, MP3) was recorded by Michele and Conn at Blacknight HQ, as painters put the finishing touch to the recent rennovations, in preparation for the official launch of Blacknight's brand new datacentre (more
Let It Go (Frozen) In 25 Languages
Disney films are popular in the four corners of the globe, so they get dubbed into a lot of different languages. And with the animated films the songs are, in many cases, an extension of the
Realex Payments Announce Stellar Growth (again)
Realex Payments have announced their Q4 results by way of a nice graphic, as they've done in the past. Their growth is continuing with over 40% growth in Q4 2013 compared to Q4 2012. Here's the
