Nokia today sent markets reeling with news that its expects mobile device market share in the third quarter to decline from second-quarter levels.

Rapidly evolving consumer electronics giant Samsung is rumoured to be pursuing an acquisition of the US data storage giant SanDisk. If it comes off, it will make Samsung a dominant force in the market for digital cameras and phones.

The Irish Universities Association (IUA) is carrying out a feasibility study on developing a national research website where all publicly funded research projects and information could be found in one place.

It emerged today that computer giant Dell is considering a plan to sell its manufacturing operations around the world to contract electronics manufacturers (CEMs) to enable it to cut costs.

It's here! The N95's big sister and Nokia's new flagship N series phone has a 16GB internal memory, as well as live TV and a 2.8-inch display, which while the same size as its predecessor promises to be brighter and clearer.

Open source Linux powerhouse Red Hat has acquired software player Qumranet for US$107m in a deft move that will allow it to target the virtualisation market occupied by Microsoft's Windows.

E-commerce site Amazon's Video on Demand offering Unbox has been expanded to allow movie downloads ad-free on Macs as well as PCs.

A team of university researchers have raised €9m to research the use of geospatial technology, which could result in street-level intelligence in the cities of the future, where pedestrians can point devices at buildings and get cinema times, sales information and lunch offers.

It's official - 2009 is the year of the netbook and Dell has got in on the act with a rather spiffy looking number - the Inspiron Mini 9, which sports a sleek, piano-black finish.

Electronics giant Sony has been forced to recall nearly 450,000 Vaio notebook computers - including 73,000 in the US and 67,000 in Japan - due to claims of a hazardous burns risk resulting from faulty circuits.

Issues ranging from privacy to malicious code flaws and vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to crash the Chrome browser are beginning to emerge, adding to the steep learning curve Google will have to climb to see widespread adoption of its new product.

It emerged this morning that 100 jobs will be created in Dublin over the next year by prominent US online firm Freightquote.com, which is setting up its European headquarters in the city.

Research released today by Irish consulting and technical services company IT Force shows that some 92pc of emails received by the firm and its clients in the month of August was spam.

A Dublin-based online car firm that handles bookings in over 17,000 locations has struck a major deal with one of Europe's largest low-cost airline carriers Norwegian.com.

Expect a battle royale to be joined between Microsoft's Xbox 360 and the innovative Nintendo Wii this Christmas as the Seattle software giant cuts prices of the Xbox to sub-Wii levels.

While Google has shown it has balls of Chrome, its penetration of the global browser market will be slow and steady. But one observer has noted that Google's attack on Microsoft could contribute to the unintentional demise of Firefox.

Global terrorism and organised crime have moved online and the most important message Global Security Week 2008 is trying to get out to businesses and individuals alike is that cybercrime is no longer the domain of the mostly harmless, teenage computer whizz but has long since gone professional and needs to be tackled from this perspective.

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Created by former broadcast engineers, AirSpeed has deployed a nationwide wireless network that helps businesses like RTÉ and Dairygold in broadband-poor areas. The company is headed by Liam O'Kelly (pictured).

It all began in the Seventies at Glastonbury with free love and lots of mud, but the modern music festival has evolved. From connecting with nature to connecting via Bluetooth, the picnic has been electrified.

Lean principles are now being adopted by organisations like Intel and Ryanair to boost business.

Who better to shift the current thinking around the concept of software development, licensing and distribution than the silver-tongued and multi-talented actor, writer, TV presenter and quiz-master, Stephen Fry, who also happens to be a technology buff to boot?

Data storage giant EMC has teamed up with computer maker Lenovo to provide laptop-toting, small business professionals on the move with global, unlimited online data backup.

Global communications technology company Arris has announced a €4.5m R&D investment for high-value video products to serve the cable industry at its Irish operations in Cork.

A big Apple event in San Francisco on 9 September 2008 will undoubtedly see the update of one if not several of the iPod range, if the Cupertino-based firm's press invite entitled 'Let's Rock' is anything to go by.

Online auctioneer eBay plans to chase the hearts - and pockets - of eco- and socially-minded shoppers with the launch of a new ethical marketplace.

I'm usually quite reticent about installing new browsers on my machines. Generally, they shake the order of things around enough to frustrate me to the point of being cranky and inevitably going back to my trusty Explorer.

The world's largest mobile phone manufacturer Nokia yesterday launched a new music download model that allows people to download free music over the course of a year and then keep the music forever.

The quality and quantity of Irish computer science graduates are too low to meet the needs of one indigenous technology company, which has since been forced to establish development operations in Calcutta and Munich just to get talent.

An Irish company that has developed a technology to test network quality which emulates the equivalent of millions of internet subscribers has been given a global innovation award by a leading analyst in recognition of the impact this technology will have.