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Queen’s gets £25m sterling to counter malicious cyber attacks
21.11.2008 Queen’s University Belfast is to become the UK’s leading centre for the developing technology to counter malicious cyber attacks, after receiving a £25m sterling funding boost from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). More »
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Storm delivers semantic web business opportunity for Nortel
14.11.2008 A collaboration between technology firm Storm and the National University of Ireland Galway Digital Enterprise Research Institute has resulted in a semantic web system revolutionising catalogue and document management for communications giant Nortel. More »
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Nintendo Wii used in psychology experiment
07.11.2008 A psychology expert is using the Nintendo Wii to investigate how people think and make decisions. He has so far found that people who use the device have a ‘truth bias’. More »
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Irish teacher top of the world class for innovation
07.11.2008 An Irish school teacher has come third in the ‘Innovation in Content’ category at Microsoft’s 2008 Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum (ITF) in Hong Kong. More »
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UCD tech transfer centre spins out 15 companies
04.11.2008 Some 44 knowledge-intensive companies have occupied incubation space at NovaUCD, including 15 University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out companies commercialising research undertaken in the university. More »
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Microsoft and LG in mobile and console patents pact
03.11.2008 Microsoft and Korean technology giant LG Electronics have entered into a patent cross-licensing agreement to boost both companies’ future product lines in the areas of mobile devices, computing and games consoles. More »
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Green energy tech strategic to Ireland’s economic future, says Minister Ryan
31.10.2008 Global investment in clean energy reached record levels of US$148bn, and the Irish Government has plans to position Ireland at the centre of innovation in this field, it emerged yesterday. More »
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Mobile internet leader to locate R&D centre in Belfast
31.10.2008 Mobile internet solutions leader Bytemobile is to open a new R&D and customer support centre in Belfast as part of an investment supported by Invest NI. More »
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Intel global IT R&D director joins university academic staff
30.10.2008 The global director of IT Innovation and Research at Intel has been appointed to the academic staff of NUI Maynooth to spearhead the university’s industrial collaboration efforts. More »
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High-potential start-up locates software R&D centre at IT Sligo
23.10.2008 A promising young tourism marketing software company has opened a software development centre at Institute of Technology (IT), Sligo. Three software developers from the company will be awarded student status, which will allow them to avail of a tax-free salary. More »
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