Technology

International interest has been gathering lately around an innovative concept from Dublin based animations company, Igloo Animations, known as ‘Gimme The Short Version’.

The Gardaí are continuing their push into digital media with the release of a Google Map and Google Earth addon showing the most dangerous roads for speeding accidents in Ireland.

One month after the launch of Google Instant, Google has today introduced “Instant Previews”, a search feature that shows an image-based screenshot of each site beside their relevant search result.

Fancy a new camera for Christmas or perhaps something with HD in it? Well Sony want to tempt you with their seasonal offer of up to 21% off the retail price of their electronics.

Google have just released a small amount of high resolution aerial and satellite imagery of Ireland. The imagery is only available to view in Google Earth but will be expanded to Google Maps “soon”.

Figures from StatCounter Global Stats to the end of October 2010 have revealed that once again Android OS is the fastest growing mobile OS in Ireland. In fact, it’s the only mobile OS that has shown growth in the last month.

A really interesting talk has been posted on TED.com today about a proposed method of electronic voting that offers greatly reduced possibilities of fraud. In this video [07:03] David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting

In keeping with Mozilla’s vision of innovation and progression around its popular browser Firefox, Mozilla have extended the browser’s media capabilities by adding audio and video recording functionality to the browser also. Mozilla Labs have released an early developer prototype of a Firefox add-on called Rainbow that allows users to record audio and video with a few lines of JavaScript.

We have published a few stories about security and privacy threats recently so we felt it was time to have a look at how you can securely browse online.

In an official blog post Google have announced the availability of Google Boost, an online advertising solution that aims to make it easier for local business owners to begin advertising on Google.

In a blog post today, Google announced their plans to trial an ultra-high speed broadband network on part of Stanford University’s campus. This is the first time Google will experiment with new fiber optic technologies outside of their own premises, with speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second achievable.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled several new products at the “Back to the Mac” special event in California yesterday. We've summarised all the main announcements, including the new MacBook Air, iLife '11, Mac OS X Lion, and FaceTime for Mac.

Google and the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) have reached a deal that will allow Google to scan the complete collection of Dead Sea Scrolls, and publish them online for the world to see.

Solar panels will be installed on the White House in spring 2011 according to the Obama administration as part of...

In a decision that would have Gene Roddenberry spinning in his space urn (if it hadn’t burned up on re-entry) several UN scientific committees are set to discuss the possibility of appointing a full-time ambassador for alien affairs.

The Royal Society, the oldest scientific research body in the world, will this week conduct one of the worlds first 'scientific examinations' of the World Wide Web.

The neo-punk rockers are publicising the release of 'A Thousand Suns' with the inclusion of QR-codes on billboard advertising. The codes give fans the opportunity to listen to tracks or download the album directly to their phones or camera-enabled smart devices.