Archives: "December 2011"

December 29th, 2011 - What looms large on the media landscape as we hurtle towards 2012?
MEDIA & MARKETING: Too nervous to make new year predictions ourselves, Media & Marketing asked eight people in ...

December 29th, 2011 - Implementation of the law for Website Blocking
The chief of the commission responsible for Ireland’s Data Protection has put an end to the notorious “three-strikes...

December 24th, 2011 - How safe will your medical record be online? David Davis raises spectre of Wikileaks over plan to put NHS data on the web
The privacy of patients could be jeopardised by a decision to give them the right to view their medical records online, ...

December 22nd, 2011 - RIAA: Someone Else Is Pirating Through Our IP-Addresses
A few days ago we reported that no less than 6 IP-addresses registered to the RIAA had been busted for downloading copyr...

December 20th, 2011 - Rules to change on downloading
The Irish government is to change the rules on Internet downloading after record companies threatened they might pursue ...

December 18th, 2011 - Online piracy bill would ‘criminalize’ the Internet
The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, is new legislation in the U.S  Congress which would criminalize linking and the fu...

December 17th, 2011 - Hundreds of computers linked to press hackers
The police investigation into computer hacking on behalf of newspapers is examining nearly 20 machines seized from priva...

December 17th, 2011 - EU seeks Irish volunteers to participate in broadband study
The online market is definitely one that many businesses are seeking to tap into. However, in order to successfully buil...

December 16th, 2011 - ‘We could hack the Queen’s medical records if we needed it’
It's a story which has the potential to make the scandal over the hacking of celebrities' mobile phone voicemails seem l...

December 14th, 2011 - The IT Sector May Be Best Chance of Recovery
As we look back over the past decade, one sector has out performed them all consistently, and that is Information Techno...