Google to create 600 new jobs in Ireland

Google is to create 600 new jobs at its European HQ in Dublin. The new jobs will bring the total number of Googlers in Ireland to around 1400. The company is also reported to have signed the lease on another 9,300 square meters of office space in the Irish capital. ...more

Another call for harsher Microsoft penalties

Expert witness argued to give Microsoft a dose of its own medicine... ...more

Sony Ericsson launches three new phones

Sony Ericsson is launching three GSM/GPRS phones for Christmas. The Z600 is a clamshell device with changeable covers front and rear. It's a GSM/GPRS phone with Bluetooth, a 65,000 colour screen and support for Java. ...more

PlayStation 2 is hacked

The console Sony said was unhackable has fallen to those electronics wizards of the soldering iron. The PlayStation 2 model SCPH-15000 was said to be hack resistant, but like most things, it was just a matter of time before the next-generation console fell to the hackers. A mod-chip has surfaced in Asia that foils the PS2 mod lock out. ...more

Logica and CMG make marriage proposal

Logica to merge with Anglo-Dutch CMG to form Europe's second largest IT services company Logica to is to merge with CMG to form Europe's second largest IT services company. The boards of Logica and the Anglo-Dutch company CMG have announced plans to merge. The new company, LogicaCMG will be Europe's second largest IT services company (Cap Gemini takes that particular crown). ...more