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

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How to protect your smartphone data from being stolen

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Record companies want to control what we access online, Irish Government obliges

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New Media: Audio, Video, and Photography in the Victorian era

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Google secures patent for driverless cars

Google has been awarded a US patent which would allow them to bring self-driving cars to the road. It originally…

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iTunes Match now available in Ireland, Germany, United Kingdom and others

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How to go social shopping this year, with Wajam

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76% of British Facebook users’ photos depict alcohol consumption

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When Google Search ranking gets it wrong

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

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Google gifts Dublin’s Science Gallery with €1 million to help develop global network

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Getting started with Google Schemer

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Sulu calls for Star Wars/Star Trek peace, war with Twilight

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Explore tsunami-affected Japan with Google Street View

The Street View team announced in July of this year plans to digitally archive the areas most affected by the…

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New submerged fibre optics will let us keep our heads (& businesses) in The Cloud

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The US Military is crowdsourcing its next UAV spy craft, and they want your help

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Irish enterprise continues online trend

Figures published today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that more and more Irish businesses are getting online, with…

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YouTube “would just go dark immediately” if SOPA passed

YouTube would cease to function if laws such as the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) were passed, Google's director…

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