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XING CEO quits, head of eBay Germany announced as successor
Blog The usual "focusing on new challenges" line punted out as former eBay Germany head fills his shoes at business focused social network. Co-founder and CEO Lars Hinrichs is set to quit to make way for Dr Stefan Gross-Selbeck, the former head of eBay...
[November 24, 2008, 12:50]
Germany eyes Chrome suspiciously
Blog People should avoid using Google's Chrome browser due to privacy fears and its beta status, Germany's equivalent of the Information Commissioner has warned. According to Saturday's edition of the Berliner Zeitung, a spokesperson for the country's...
[September 8, 2008, 17:28]
Germany passes 'anti-hacking tools' law
Blog Germany has toughened up its cybercrime laws in an effort to close up loop-holes, including those dealing with denial of service attacks. However, the law, passed on Friday, has drawn criticism for allegedly making illegal the development of dual...
[May 29, 2007, 12:14]
YouTube goes international (apart from Germany)
Blog Google owned video sharing site Youtube has announced that is launching localised versions of its site in nine counties as part of a wider international roll-out. Launched on Tuesday at an event in Paris, the company announced that local versions...
[June 19, 2007, 13:41]
Tuesday
Blog Over to Germany, where a couple of odd stories have caught our attention. The weirdest is that of the IT consultant from Germany who procured, killed and ate a willing victim -- but not before they'd shared a wee morsel of the eatee first.
[December 13, 2002, 16:39]
Definition of irony? A teleconference conference
Blog A couple of years ago, I was invited to an IBM press junket to Germany. And I have nothing against Germany either (apart from the T-shirt/Speedo combinations they insist on wearing on the beach - which makes them look naked from the waste down).
[November 26, 2007, 14:15]
Vodafone launches 'fastest' wireless data service
Blog Communications giant Vodafone will launch a wireless mobile data transmission service with speeds of up to 7.2 MBits/s in Germany on Thursday. The technology works over the existing 3G network in Germany according to a Vodafone.de spokeswoman, and...
[March 14, 2007, 15:50]
ERP suppliers are slow to adopt SaaS, says Gartner
Blog In a survey conducted recently, Gartner looked at three European countries, the UK, Germany and France and looked at different applications running SaaS, including CRM and ERP which, appears to have made little headway in the field.
[March 31, 2009, 16:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog However, the latest gadget to come out of Germany falls squarely on the side of Not Wanted On Voyage. It is claimed that this device has sold in the region of 1.6 million units in Germany, and negotiations are underway for versions for other...
[May 21, 2004, 18:45]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Today, there is a hard disk video recorder designed for surveillance systems in buses, police cars and the ilk, a pocket MP3 player with much more storage than an iPod, a Bang and Olufson hifi, and a Thing from Germany.
[September 26, 2003, 18:40]
Civil rights groups urge Acta transparency
Blog Germany) Chaos Computer Club (CCC) (Germany) Opendata Network (Germany) La Quadrature du Net (France) netzpolitik.org (Germany) The drafting and negotiations that surround the treaty date back to Lord Mandelson's tenure as EU trade commissioner.
[December 10, 2009, 11:25]
Sat-Nav leads German to toilet
Blog Here's a comedy tale from Germany, about a guy whose satellite navigation system led him straight into a portable lavatory. According to the guys at The Register, when the device ordered him to "turn right now" he immediately twisted the wheel...
[October 24, 2006, 11:20]
Google and the Atomic iPhone
Blog Much speculation coming out of Germany about the new iPhone, specifically over the issues of screen size and processor. First came a quote from Intel bod Hannes Schwaderer that seemed to suggest Apple's next-gen smartphone would have a bigger...
[May 15, 2008, 11:17]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Grave news from Germany, where the Reg reports on the Telefon-Engle (Angelphone), a mobile phone designed to sit on top of the last resting place of your dearly departed. Thursday 03/02/2005 Weatherproof and with a battery designed to last twelve...
[February 4, 2005, 16:35]
Where'd all the Green IT go?
Blog Last year the CeBIT tech show in Germany had a small but worthy Green IT section. This year they decided to give it more space. Here's the result: Now, is this verdant wasteland the result of CeBIT's recession-based contraction, or the Green IT...
[March 3, 2009, 17:41]
XING proves business people will pay to network online
Blog XING AG of Germany, widely billed as Europe's answer to LinkedIn of the US, has announced it has added 140,000 paying members to its base of over 6 million business networking members in the eight months of this year so far.
[September 11, 2008, 14:03]
Nervous RIM
Blog Armed with my video producer, we arrived smack on time at RIM HQ here at CeBIT in Germany. My interview yesterday with the European head of RIM sent the BlackBerry maker into a nervous spin. You want to video Charmaine?
[March 16, 2007, 9:14]
Nokia buys another location company
Blog The Finnish handset behemoth has snapped up yet another location-based services company, Germany's Plazes. The 13-strong startup, based in Berlin, provides "a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share...
[June 23, 2008, 13:41]
RIM takes ZDNet UK on a magical pixie ride
Blog Well, I'm here in Bochum, Germany, on a press trip with Research In Motion. I can't tell you yet why we're here (hint: it's BlackBerry-related, but nothing that I couldn't write up from ZDNet UK towers) because the embargo hasn't lifted yet.
[October 21, 2009, 10:28]
CeBIT warming up - but slowly
Blog Today's the first day proper of the CeBIT tech trade event in Hanover, Germany, and it's been a slow but optimistic start on the show floors. Visitor numbers are predicted to be slightly down this year as the event organisers attempt to concentrate...
[March 15, 2007, 10:39]
