The ICT Expo is on next Thursday and Friday in the RDS. I'll be there on the Friday for most of the day, as I am giving a talk in the afternoon on Open Source software in the enterprise. If you're going to be around during the day let me know :) … [Read more...] about ICT Expo 2006
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Annoying Irish Spammer
If you want to sell to me you need to market to me effectively. Sending me and most of my staff an email without a subject line but with a 3 megabyte attachment is not the way to do this. So shredit.ie / dmg-services.com welcome to my killfile … [Read more...] about Annoying Irish Spammer
Irish Cybersquatters?
So how many .eu domains are being squatted by Irish cybersquatters? While the nationality of a cybersquatter normally wouldn't be of that much interest, the .eu cybersquatters seem to be following some interesting patterns. The only thing is that many of them do not seem to realise how much trouble they are going to cause themselves. … [Read more...] about Irish Cybersquatters?
Data Retention Countdown Begins
The Data Retention Directive has been published in the Official Journal. (You can download a copy of the directive here in PDF format.) This means that "the clock" has started ticking .... Over the next few months ISPs and other vested interests will be doing their utmost to make sense of the text and see what impact it will have on their business What bothers me about all this … [Read more...] about Data Retention Countdown Begins
EU Launch today
The EU registry opens to the public today at 11am CET Whether .eu will take off or become another .info or .biz is hard to say at this juncture, but there should be plenty of "fun and games" over the next few weeks as the ADR procedures take place … [Read more...] about EU Launch today