NASA satellite imagery captures Chilean volcanic ash plume over Australia and New Zealand

15 years ago

As a huge ash plume from the Puyehue volcano in southern Chile continues to cause travel chaos in many countries,…

Google announces Search by Image for desktop

15 years ago

Google have announced Search by Image for desktop at their Inside Search event in San Francisco today. This latest feature…

New Irish broadband task force to help deliver ubiquitous 30Mbps broadband

15 years ago

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte, along with colleague Fergus O’Dowd, convened a high level task force…

Scientists genetically engineer a cell that can shoot frickin’ laser beams

15 years ago

US scientists who were just "really curious" have genetically engineered the world’s first organism that can shoot laser beams.

International BBC News Android app launched

15 years ago

BBC Worldwide has today launched the BBC News Android app to audiences internationally. An iOS version of this free app…

Facebook growth slows for second consecutive month

15 years ago

While Facebook is still experiencing user growth, having reached 687 million monthly active users at the start of this month,…

Astronauts onboard International Space Station capture image of Ireland and UK at night

15 years ago

Although this image has been published for a few months now, it's definitely worth sharing. Astronauts onboard the International Space…

IMF suffer “major breach” in sophisticated cyberattack

15 years ago

It would appear that Google and Sony are not the only organisations to have fallen victim to a recent spate…

That amazing 9 minute, single shot, Grand Rapids LibDub music video

15 years ago

Grand Rapids is a dying city, or that’s what Newsweek said in a feature published in January. But Robert Bliss…

The 6th Dublin Web Summit in photos

15 years ago

The sixth Dublin Web Summit took place in the RDS, Dublin yesterday and was undoubtedly a great success. As well…