- Get your life back from Facebook
You can download all the information Facebook holds on you and it’s sobering to hear that the file is gold dust for scammers
- Bringing technology to bear
As chief information officer at Cisco, Rebecca Jacoby admits it’s both challenging and a lot of fun staying ahead of the game
Net Results »
- Missing the point of piracy protesters
NET RESULTS: Younger people rightly recognise that changes to copyright legislation could affect their use of the internet in legitimate ways
- Data measures will bring extra responsibilities for the State
NET RESULTS: Many web giants have European bases here. The data protection office must be assisted as arbiter in disputes over privacy issues, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON
Wired »
- Gov.uk brings government IT projects into the 21st century
WIRED: The model for the UK’s new government-wide system should be an inspiration to Ireland
- Criticism puts tech firms on the back foot
WIRED: IF CORPORATIONS are people, can they sometimes provoke a modicum of pity from us, their human counterparts? Three tech companies last week made a sidelong plea for sympathy, even as they were being roasted over a fine internet flaming for their behaviour.
Consumer Tech »
- Facebook 'defriending' leads to murder
A Tennessee couple who "defriended" a woman on Facebook were murdered in their home by the jilted woman's father and another man, US police said.
- Is customer loyalty all in the games?
FOR THE past few weeks, Kenneth Brown has reigned over Samsung Nation, an online loyalty programme that offers virtual rewards to consumers who talk up Samsung, the electronics giant.
Business Tech »
- Eircom customer data breached
The details of up to 6,845 current and former customers with Eircom's mobile divisions may have been compromised after three laptops containing the data were stolen.
- New Sony chief plans strategy
Incoming chief executive Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony by linking hardware and software through online networks - a model he used at its PlayStation unit - dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centred strategy under his management.