Articles Tagged ‘Internet’

European Space Agency thanks Twitter man

Space centre gives VIP tour in gratitude for Twitter name

Donegal student wins Google contest

Milford schoolgirl’s winning design for Google’s website

World Maths Day on 3 March

Over one million school students around the world are already registered to play in World Maths Day on 3 March.
In the online competition, you can play at home or at school against other students around the world in live games of mental arithmetic.
Each game lasts 60 seconds and you can ...

Junior Spiders celebrate schools’ online successes

Awards celebrate innovation among Internet users in primary and secondary schools

2009 BT Young Scientist winners set up hearing firm

Company commercialises idea to help temporary tinnitus sufferers

Students win $100k for app which recognises paintings

Two Irish students win $100,000 Google prize for mobile phone app which recognises paintings

Web researchers from UCD win big award

Prestigious European award for new way of organising search results

Junior Spiders seek school internet stars

The Eircom Junior Spider Awards have been set up to recognise internet achievements by students at primary and post-primary schools

Irish breakthrough in ‘recommender’ systems

A UCD scientist has made a major breakthrough in online “recommender” systems. Professor Barry Smyth has been granted US and China patents on his system to improve online shopping and information

New high-speed underwater cable for Ireland

A new underwater cable to North America will mean faster broadband speeds for large areas of Ireland.