http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/category/7/gadgetrepublic-com-digital-life/ Ireland's top source for gadget news and reviews - GadgetRepublic en Copyright 2010 Whitespace Publishing Ltd. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:58:13 +0000 30 http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/img/gadget-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/category/7/gadgetrepublic-com-digital-life/ 144 39 Are we still sharing news? Why yes, more than ever before. Through services like Facebook, YouTube, Google Reader and in particular Digg.com, we swap, vote for and comment on the news that interests us. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1775/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1775/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:55:00 +0000 Digital Life A record number of 237 individuals and organisations have been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and sitting proudly amongst them is the internet. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1773/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1773/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0000 Digital Life MySpace is looking at a big relaunch that will take place in stages over the coming year. Yes, another relaunch, but this time without Owen Van Natta at the helm and with a big focus on turning the troubled networking site into an entertainment hub. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1765/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1765/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Digital Life In a tragic accident in the US, a three-year-old girl mistakenly picked up a handgun, thinking it was a gun-like Wii controller, and was fatally wounded after shooting herself in the abdomen. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1755/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1755/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0000 Digital Life Get ready for high-tech weapons of war: both simulated and on the big screen, as R.U.S.E and Iron Man 2 make their entrances. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1752/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1752/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:42:00 +0000 Digital Life Video sharing site YouTube is introducing closed captions with many videos, including speeches by US President Barack Obama already featuring this option. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1747/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1747/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:42:00 +0000 Digital Life Less than five months after reaching 5 billion "tweets", microblogging site Twitter has now chalked up some 10 billion tweets. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1744/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1744/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:15:00 +0000 Digital Life Starting this week, Microsoft will be rolling out a software update for Windows that will change the way all users access the web by default as they have an option to choose from several different web browsers rather than automatically choosing Internet Explorer. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1742/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1742/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:59:00 +0000 Digital Life Donegal student Ruth Deeney has won the top prize in the second year of the Doodle for Google competition held in Ireland. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1737/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1737/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Digital Life The latest security threat to hit Facebook is a malicious application that spreads quickly by enticing users to create their own app that then inadvertently clones one of the template spam applications. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1735/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1735/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:59:00 +0000 Digital Life Simon Fuller, the guy behind Pop Idol, has a dream: a 24/7 reality show just like the Truman Show where social networking tools will allow the viewer to become the ultimate voyeur. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1721/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1721/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +0000 Digital Life You know computer games have gone mainstream when the public demand to have a road named after one: a UK£36-million ring road in Derby in the UK will soon be named Lara Croft Way in honour of the infamous Tomb Raider heroine. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1716/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1716/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:35:00 +0000 Digital Life If you've been blushing at direct messages (DMs) from people you know on Twitter telling you how to achieve better sex, be warned. It is a clever ploy by hackers to phish users' passwords and power future attacks on search-engine searches. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1717/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1717/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:55:00 +0000 Digital Life Samsung Electronics has been confirmed as the number one LCD TV brand in Ireland and overall across all other categories, the company said. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1713/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1713/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Digital Life Did you know that Brian O'Driscoll has been playing with a sleep app on his iPhone? Or that Paul O'Connell took the train yesterday with teammates Hayes and Cronin? http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1712/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1712/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:26:00 +0000 Digital Life The 10 billionth track was downloaded from Apple's iTunes Store today and thankfully it wasn't something from the Glee soundtrack or even worse Jedward's latest single. The 10 billionth song was a Johnny Cash number, 'Guess Things Happen That Way'. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1710/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1710/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:07:00 +0000 Digital Life Feisty online music video site MUZU.TV is taking on the might of YouTube in the music video jukebox space and has developed a technology that allows music lovers to create video playlists, arrange the video queue and add in videos based on artist recommendations. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1707/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1707/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000 Digital Life With global e-waste growing at about 40 million tons a year, an Irish company that refurbishes old computers and sends them to schools in Ireland and Africa has called on businesses to take a greener, more socially responsible route. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1705/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1705/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:28:00 +0000 Digital Life The largest electronics retailer in Ireland, Currys, has launched a Pound Equals Euro promotional strategy to drive demand for electrical products, particularly white goods, that may prevent people from the Republic travelling across the border. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1704/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1704/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:20:00 +0000 Digital Life Three Google executives were today convicted in a Milan court for failure to comply with the Italian privacy code in connection with a video upload by a Google Video site user in late 2006 depicting a school bullying incident. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1703/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1703/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:55:00 +0000 Digital Life Internet portal Yahoo! has entered into a partnership with Twitter to integrate the popular microblogging service into its own offferings through search and beyond. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1701/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1701/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:25:00 +0000 Digital Life The reason why Apple has yanked about 5,000 apps from its App Store is because developers have been submitting an increasing number of apps containing "very objectionable" content, said Phil Schiller, the company's head of worldwide marketing. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1698/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1698/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:46:00 +0000 Digital Life Rock Band is getting a slew of fresh songs this week to add to its downloadable back catalogue, including the debut of Finnish rockers HIM on the game with three new songs, as well as new singles from Marilyn Manson and The Police. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1691/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1691/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:59:00 +0000 Digital Life The traditional London black cab may look the same by the time the 2012 Olympics come around, but under the bonnet many of these tourist-pleasing vehicles aim to have high-tech hydrogen fuel cells that can travel for 250 miles at up to 81mph. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1690/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1690/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:57:00 +0000 Digital Life A new study into the effect of napping on the cognitive ability of the human brain has shown that the analogy of the brain as a complex computer may be more apt than previously thought. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1689/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1689/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:23:00 +0000 Digital Life A young couple besotted with all things iPod decided to spin the clickwheel of fate and have tied the knot in an Apple Store. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1688/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1688/ Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:17:00 +0000 Digital Life Following yesterday's hubbub over the thieving potential in watching out for Foursquare status messages over Twitter, the location-based mobile-networking service spoke out. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1681/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1681/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:35:00 +0000 Digital Life Each and every time you update your location on the popular mobile location-based social-networking service Foursquare you're declaring an empty house, reckons Frank Groeneveld, founder of Pleaserobme.com. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1677/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1677/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Digital Life Electric-car manufacturer Tesla suffered a tragedy yesterday as three of its employees were killed in a plane crash in a residential part of East Palo Alto, California, after takeoff in foggy weather. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1676/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1676/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:30:00 +0000 Digital Life Google put its charity hat on when it donated US$2 million to Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation behind user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1669/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1669/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Digital Life