Dublin Web Summit

Date: October 27-28 Location: RDS, Dublin 4
Speakers & mentors include the founders
of YouTube, LinkedIn, 4Chan & Angry Birds,
the CTO of Amazon & many more

Life Cycle Analysis - The European Experience

This workshop has been organised by the Irish Green Building Council in partnership with Engineers Ireland and supported by SEAI
Location : Engineers Ireland Clyde Road.
9:30 - 4:00pm
Course fee : €245
Irish Green Building Council and Engineers Ireland Members : €195
Booking through Engineers Ireland CPD: (01) 665 1300 - Book online at http://www.engineersireland.ie/cpd/

Oracle offers a glimpse behind its cloud - Irish Times

BIG DATA management and analysis, cloud computing and social networking filled the headlines this year at Oracle Open World, a technology event so large that several central San Francisco streets are closed off and filled with marquees to manage its 45,000 attendees.

Google for audit on avoidance of US federal taxes - Irish Times

THE US Internal Revenue Service is auditing how Google avoided federal income taxes by shifting profit into offshore subsidiaries, including Irish-registered companies, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Dublinked to support open data for businesses - Irish Times

IRISH BUSINESSES and communities are being given the opportunity to tap into data collected by the Dublin regional authorities through a new online portal, which it is hoped will generate new business opportunities.

The lessons of Priory Hall - Irish Times

TTHE PLIGHT of nearly 300 residents of Priory Hall, on Dublin’s northside, must send shivers down the spines of apartment-dwellers throughout the State. They are being forced to evacuate their homes by the High Court and move into a hotel for up to five weeks while urgent remedial works are carried out to deal with serious fire safety risks that should have been put right two years ago.

BlackBerry services collapse again after company said problem fixed - Technology, Business - Independent.ie

BLACKBERRY users have been cut off from online services again today, after RIM, the Canadian firm behind the smartphone brand, said it had fixed the problems that caused an outage yesterday that lasted up to 20 hours. - Technology, Business - Independent.ie

Games firms 'may create 2,500 jobs' - The Irish Times - Tue, Oct 11, 2011

The games industry in Ireland could significantly increase the number of people it employs in the next two years, a new report has claimed.- The Irish Times - Tue, Oct 11, 2011

Forfas report on the games sector in Ireland

http://www.idaireland.com/news-media/publications/library-publications/external-publications/games.pdf

Sage e-journals trial - Journals of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Registration for free trial for October.

Event: 'National Offshore Wind Association National Conference'

"Ireland – A Green Energy Exporter"
NOW Ireland Conference
Tuesday, 15th November 2011
9.30am – 2.15pm - Burlington Hotel, Dublin

Event: 'See The Light 2011 - Ireland's Built Environment Reaching For Zero

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) Renewable Energy Information Office in association with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI), is hosting the ninth See the Light Conference on Thursday, 13th October 2011 at the Memorial Hall, UCD School of Architecture, Richview, UCD, Dublin.

Xbox 360 to launch new TV and film services - Technology, Business - Independent.ie

Microsoft has launched a new bid to make the Xbox 360 gaming console a comprehensive home entertainment device by adding new TV and film services including the BBC iPlayer, LoveFilm and Channels 4 and 5. - Technology, Business - Independent.ie

Building workers to get EUR 35m EU aid

THE EUROPEAN Union plans to provide €35 million to the Republic to help almost 6,000 builders get back to work. Irish Times.

Sony may seek buyout of joint venture

Sony is in talks to buy out Ericsson's stake in their mobile phone joint venture, a source said, in a bid to catch up with rivals. Irish Times.

Tweet it now: the tech sector remains a key economic force

NET RESULTS: We need to rethink our generally weak system of support for our indigenous tech and internet firms, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON, Irish Times.

The serious side to having internet firms based here

NET RESULTS : Expect the Irish data protection office to have to carry out more audits like its current one on privacy on Facebook, Irish Times.

Relentless visionary who did it his way

BY ANY measure of business achievement, Steve Jobs was the most successful executive of his generation, possibly ever. Even more remarkably, Jobs did it his way and was far from the typically cautious chief executive of a massive US corporation, writes JOHN COLLINS, Irish Times.

Open House Dublin 2011, 7 - 9th October.

Open House Dublin is Ireland’s biggest architecture festival, allowing you to explore the architecture of the city. Dublin buildings of all types and periods will open up their doors, with special tours by hundreds of professionals and enthusiasts, completely for free!

Big companies like Facebook and Google bid for shortest domain names - Technology, Business - Independent.ie

Facebook, Google and Mercedez Benz were among big name companies which reportedly bid in an auction of pithy new UK domain names which included several single letter addresses. - Technology, Business - Independent.ie

Apple stays tightlipped but iPhone5 launch expected in London tonight - Technology, Business - Independent.ie

APPLE is expected to unveil its new iPhone today. The technology firm is staying tight-lipped, but invitations have gone out for "a special event" in central London which say "Let's talk iPhone".- Technology, Business - Independent.ie

Overseas contracts and healthcare interest boost profits 11% at Sisk

PROFITS AT construction group Sisk grew 11 per cent last year to €9 million on the back of strong performances in a number of overseas markets and increased returns from its recently acquired healthcare distribution businesses. Irish Times.

Irish subsidiary of Adobe made profit of $531m in 2010

AN IRISH subsidiary of the successful Adobe software group had a turnover of $2 billion (€1.48 billion) last year and made a pre-tax profit of $531 million, according to recently-filed consolidated accounts for it and its mainly foreign subsidiaries - Irish Times.

Pushing the right buttons

BioWare creates some of the most emotionally engaging games in the world, writes CIARA O'BRIEN, Irish Times.