ESB Telecoms and Magnet Networks have signed an aggreement for the rights to use, for a ten year period, the company`s national fiber optic network. The cities of Galway, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Portlaoise will be provided with connectivity between them by ESBT.

In this digital age it is not at all surprising that computers, PDA`s and other wireless devices become evidence in criminal cases. Most people use electronic devices to keep search for information, keep track of financial information and even write daily diaries or journals.

Contract`s value is reportedly close to $295,000 (US$), job contracted in conjunction with US companies Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Company.

Nokia`s shares went up 4.6 percent, after the cell phone maker reported that its phone prices in the first quarter were above previous expectations, making Nokia`s stock value the highest in more than two years.

According to some security organizations, a new unpatched bug in Microsoft Word 2000 is actively being broken by attackers. Symantec`s researchers had analyzed a sample of the in-the-wild attack and confirmed that it worked against a fully-patched edition of Office 2000.

FIFA World Cup 2006 is here and German authorities are concerned that celebrations will be interrupted by soccer hooligans. Germany brought foreign police officers that specialize in tracking soccer hooligans and deployed them across Germany.

ReadyHosting and the Web Host Industry Review have joined forces to support racecar driver Jason Jarrett of the ARCA RE/MAX Series, son of 1999 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion, Dale Jarrett.

Nadine Gordimer, the 83-year old South African Booker prize and Nobel Prize for Literature winner, was attacked in Johannesburg last week. Thankfully, Gordimer and her domestic helper were not seriously harmed in the assault.

It appears that the Indiana Pacers have decided to ride it out and wait until the trading deadline to move Artest. However, this is the longest they would probably wait. The chances that the Pacers will wait until the offseason to move Artest are very slim. You see, Artest?s value decreases the longer they wait. One of the teams that seem to have pulled out of the race is the Lakers.

The entertainment reality show Survivor has lost General Motors as a sponsor. The company says, however, that the sponsorship deal end was not influenced by recent disagreements surrounding the program.

Even though the New York Knicks had opened the season 0-5, everyone figured that at some point in time Larry Brown will be able to steer the ship in the right direction, which he has. The Knicks have snapped out of their five games losing streak with back to back wins on the road, over Sacramento and Utah.

On Aug. 11 Britain detained 10 foreign nationals it says are a threat to security. The government plans to deport them, even as many rail against a policy they see as violating civil rights of residents of the UK.

Based on the classic Scarface film, the highly anticipated game is set for release on the Play Station 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC this coming fall.

Almost every mother dreams about her son becoming a doctor or a lawyer. How many moms dream of their son becoming a professional baseball player? Diamond Moms, A Mother?s Guide to Raising a Baseball Player is a new book that teaches moms about raising their sons in the world of baseball.

The world`s largest CPU maker, Intel, announced on Monday that their new line of processor for servers will ship this week. Intel is targeting to fend off an offensive from rival AMD. Intel`s new series of processors are a dual core CPUs that belong to the Intel`s Xeon brand.