MetroHerald:
Amazon most recent victim of the Anonymous ‘hacktivists’.
The average Irish person will spend €550 each on Christmas this year on gifts and food a new survey by eBay has found. Parents will spend more than average. More than half of Irish people save for Christmas but more than a fifth take out loans or use their credit cards.
Google’s Zeitgeist survey shows our favourite online hobby is chatting to strangers – Ross McDonagh.
Irish Examiner:
The cost of living has risen by 0.5% in the last year according to the latest CSO figures – Geoff Percival. http://tinyurl.com/243z8pf
More cyber attacks in retaliation for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website are likely in a “data war” to protect internet freedom, a representative of one of the groups involved warned last night – Keith Weir. http://tinyurl.com/24dfk2j
Feature on Irish t-shirt company, Hairy Baby, which celebrates its fifth birthday today – Jonathan deBurca Butler.
The Irish Examiner talks to Ireland’s youth about what the Budget will mean for the in its Generation Debt feature.
In Feelgood:
Deirdre Reynolds tells us how to keep the sparkle without the stress this Christmas.
Irish Times:
John Collins runs down Google’s top searches http://tinyurl.com/32vqsc5:
- Chatroulette
- Gmail
- Hotmail
- Glee
- TV3 Player
- World Cup 2010
- Gerry Ryan
- RTE Player
- ryanair.ie
Every property in the State will be able to avail of Internet broadband by 2012, Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has said – Steven Carroll. http://tinyurl.com/2und9jb
Facebook and Twitter exclude the Anonymous hacktivists. Our client Dermot Williams from IT security company, Threatscape, comments - Jack Horgan Jones. http://tinyurl.com/3xvjmn9
Gordon Smith on how vulnerable we are from cyber attacks. http://tinyurl.com/2vppsry
