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Microsoft & Muzu challenge unsigned acts to go social

Microsoft Ireland & Muzu TV are challenging unsigned acts to use social media & free applications to promote themselves online.

Michael Carroll’s 95% spoiler free review of The Avengers

2 weeks ago by Michael Carroll

Judge Dredd author for 2000 AD, Michael Carroll, reviews Marvel’s The Avengers (Avengers Assemble). Don’t worry-it’s 90% spoiler free!

Anticipating The Avengers

4 weeks ago by Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll takes a look at Marval’s Avengers film & tells us of his love for the comics & why we should never call it Avengers Assemble!

Amazon’s video service now available on PlayStation 3

5 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Amazon Instant Video, Amazon’s version of Netflix, is now available to stream on the PS3. Previously, the video on-demand service was only available on select connected TVs, and select set-top boxes and Blu-ray players.

BBC iPlayer arrives on Xbox with Kinect functionality

8 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Starting today, Xbox LIVE users in the United Kingdom can download and watch the BBC iPlayer video-on-demand service – and what’s more, it’s completely free.

Netflix and new Apple TV play well together

9 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

The Netflix experience on Apple TV just got simpler. With yesterday’s Apple TV 3 announcement, would-be Netflix users can now sign-up for the service directly on their Apple TV device and pay via their iTunes account.

VLC Player launches in 2.0 with some impressive media improvements

12 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

Video Lan has launched VLC Player 2.0 with some impressive new video and audio specs, but limited support for BluRay.

The New York Times wants your second screen for the Super Bowl

14 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

The New York Times has commissioned Livefyre to develop a custom social commenting app for the Super Bowl so it can target your second screen.

LOVEFiLM Instant bags BBC & ITV content for video on demand service

18 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

LOVEFiLM Instant has just swept up two of the UK’s largest broadcasters, the BBC and ITV, which will see their content become available through the site.

Irreverent and cute: What the Irish watched on YouTube in 2011

21 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

From the cute to the irreverent the Irish have a broad taste when it comes to what we watch on YouTube, although one thing is clear: we like our comedy – especially if it’s Irish.

The Button Factory goes international with two AerTV live-streams this weekend

22 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

This weekend AerTV goes live with two international live streams of The Button Factory’s Christmas bash on Friday & O Emperor’s gig, on Saturday.

YouTube announces Ireland’s top 5 homegrown video ads of 2011

22 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

It sounds like a typical Irish shopping list; Club Orange, Captain Morgan’s, Vodafone credit, Lyons Tea, & some Cadbury’s Dairymilk. But these are the official top five Irish YouTube ads in 2011.

Twitter’s first crowdsourced charity Christmas single challenges the X Factor

23 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

The world’s first Twitter-crowdsourced charity Christmas single has been released on iTunes & Amazon; will it beat the X Factor to the Christmas number one?

NASA’s spinoff technologies and their surprising uses

25 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

NASA has today revealed the technologies it has developed for the Space Program which help us (and Santa Claus).

How to use the web to scare yourself stupid this Halloween

28 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

As Halloween approaches we have collected some of the scariest sources online.

Complete list of the 2011 Irish Web Awards winners #iwa11

29 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

The Journal has taken home the grand prize at the fourth annual Irish Web Awards, held in Dublin’s Mansion House tonight.

Data: The Irish Web Awards’ shortlist in numbers

on October 10, 2011 by Piers Dillon Scott

In this edition of the data blog we look at the Irish Web Awards in numbers. The awards’ nominations were revealed today and we are very pleased to be nominated in The Best Technology Site.

Jurassic Park returns to Irish cinemas this month

on September 15, 2011 by Daniel Anderson

To celebrate the arrival of the Jurassic Park trilogy on Blu-ray for the first time, Universal Pictures are proud to announce that the ground breaking 1993 original will be heading back to theatres for a limited run from September 23rd.

Radiation watchdog issues warning for South Tipperary homes

on September 9, 2011 by Piers Dillon Scott

People living in South Tipperary are being urged by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) to test their homes for the cancer-causing Radon gas.