Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has come out in support of Google's tax avoidance practises in an interview with the BBC. In 2011, Google made £395m in the U.K and paid just £6m in tax. More...
Starbucks is the latest big brand to end up red-faced thanks to social media, after a tweet to its customers in Ireland asked why they're proud to be British - a contentious enquiry, to say the least. More...
Ireland has now passed a new online copyright law that will allow content providers to ask that entire web sites to be blocked. The "Irish SOPA" was passed despite a number of protests from others. More...
Striking government websites once again, Anonymous is taking credit for bringing down several Irish government websites, in protest of copyright reform laws that are being called the 'Irish SOPA.' More...
The streaming movie and TV show service Netflix, which has over 20 million subscribers in the US, is now finally available for UK and Ireland residents via the PC, game consoles, and other platforms. More...
Netflix has confirmed it will offer its streaming movie and TV show service to the United Kingdom and Ireland sometime in early 2012. But there's no word on what content will be available. More...
Sony has had quite the PR disaster on its hands after the exposure of its PlayStation Network. While Microsoft has, so far, not had its systems compromised to the degree that Sony is currently facing,... More...
According to a report released by Microsoft in Ireland today, the company believes that cloud based computing could end up creating around 8,600 jobs in the country by the end of 2014. The report, mentioned on... More...
A judge in Ireland has given Eircom permission to start cutting off internet access to illegal music downloaders. The judgment by Mr. Justice Peter Charleton may compel other internet service providers to cut off... More...
Overview This is a desktop theme for Windows XP Home and Professional Editions. It includes a desktop wallpaper and a screensaver depicting images from around the island of Ireland. The images have been kindly... More...
NT[hel]L is to blow €100m (£66.6m) to upgrade its cable network in Ireland so that its punters can hook up to broadband. By the end of the year NTL Ireland will be able to deliver... More...
Honest guv... some bloke gave me this shiney disk thingy in da pub the other night and said it was all registered and all, give it a "whirl"... Despite experiencing the highest drop... More...
It's still good to see the tech advance of computers and networking in schools within Northern Ireland, ah, my homeland... (I just hope it's not that RM stuff... eek! Ed.) ... More...
Thannks to Gab983 for mailing us in this story. The Register Reports... Microsoft Ireland on Tuesday confirmed that about 55 staff would be made redundant, as 113 positions... More...
Reiterating its plans to concentrate on the U.S. market, Gateway confirmed Monday that it will pull out of Ireland and England. The direct PC seller, which also recently exited Asia, had notified its... More...