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The largest credit card recall effort in Germany's history is underway after an undisclosed payment processor in Spain was breached. Affected individuals are currently being notified and they will be reimbursed if they suffered any losses.The warning about the dangerous situation came from both Visa and Masterca... |
20 November 2009
05:13 GMT |
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided: this year's Nobel Prize for Literature goes to Herta Muller, a prolific novelist, poet and essayist that is mostly renowned for her depictions of the harsh conditions present in Romania during the rule of the Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu. She was born in t... |
8 October 2009
08:59 GMT |
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Scientists in the United States have recently reported that the analysis of a bone fragment from a skull that is believed to have belonged to former Nazi Party ruler Adolf Hitler revealed that the remains actually belonged to a yet-unidentified woman. This is the same bone section that historians used to argue in the... |
30 September 2009
07:07 GMT |
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In the darkest day of World War II, when German submarines were patrolling the waters alongside the Eastern seaboards of the United States, many a trawling and fishing vessels were pressed into active duty, outfitted with small cannons and machine guns, and sent out on patrol. Large numbers of these vessels fell prey... |
11 September 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Video games are a form of entertainment, just like TV shows or movies, meaning that they must follow certain guidelines in order to prevent exposing younger people to images that might have a lasting impact on them. That is why there are plenty of rating systems, with the two most important ones coming from the ESRB... |
26 August 2009
11:01 GMT |
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During World War II, numerous military and merchant ships en route to Europe were destroyed and sunken by the German U-boat (submarine) fleet, which incurred massive casualties and losses in resources to the Allies. A large part of the battle took place in the waters off the coast of North Carolina, and that's w... |
10 August 2009
04:50 GMT |
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We've been hearing a lot of game-related news from Germany these days, mostly regarding its strict and severe policy in regard to violent video games. But in recent months, a veritable crusade against them has been started, all beginning with a high school student who shot many of his friends because, as the med... |
6 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Politics and video games barely have anything in common, except for a few simulators that put the players in charge of their own countries. But it seems that, at least in real life, politicians have seen gaming as a widespread phenomenon and, instead of trying to comprehend it and endorse both video game developers a... |
10 July 2009
15:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has brought another handset on the European market, the Samsung MBP200 micro-projector. The device was originally announced to start shipping in May and, although it has been delayed two months, it has finally reached the shelves in Europe, or at least in Germany, as the compan... |
6 July 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Just a couple of weeks after Sweden's Pirate Party managed to secure at least one seat in the European Parliament, its German counterpart, PiratenPartei, has also succeeded in gaining one in its country's government. Jörg Tauss, a German politician, has left the Social Democrats Party (SPD) and joined ... |
22 June 2009
03:56 GMT |
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Google has been facing some problems in Germany ahead of launching its Street View service in the country. Last month, German data protection officials urged Google to change some of its practices to better comply with the country's privacy laws, and now Johannes Caspar, head of the Hamburg data protection agenc... |
18 June 2009
08:50 GMT |
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German teenager Gerrit Blank, 14, may consider himself lucky, after being hit in the arm by a falling meteorite. Traveling at more than 30,000 miles per hour, the incandescent, red-hot piece of rock, no larger than the size of a pea, soared extremely close to the boy, rubbing against his hand, and then burying itself... |
12 June 2009
18:01 GMT |
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A team of German scientists can now boast an accomplishment not many scientists can, namely the fact that they have been credited with the discovery of a new chemical element, which will be added to Mendeleev's periodic table of elements under number 112. At this point, no name has yet been decided for the stuff... |
11 June 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Video games have been blamed for a lot of things over the years, especially those that featured violence as they were believed to influence young people and teach them that violence was actually fun and could be sustained in real life, not only in the virtual realm. Even though studies have infirmed such things, it ... |
9 June 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Last month Google's Street View once again came under scrutiny, this time in Germany. While at the time it looked like the two parties, the search giant and the German data protection officials, were on their way to an agreement, it seems like their dispute hasn't been resolved yet, because they haven'... |
6 June 2009
05:02 GMT |
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Security researchers from German antivirus vendor Avira have recently analyzed the origin of the URLs used in worldwide phishing and malware distribution campaigns. The results revealed that around 15% of malicious URLs were hosted in Germany. German citizens are, obviously, one of the preferred targets of identity ... |
26 May 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Google Street View is questioned again, this time in Germany. Johannes Caspar, a data protection official from the country, threatened the Mountain View-based company earlier this week with “unspecified sanctions” if it didn't resolve the 12 issues that he had raised concerning German privacy law and... |
22 May 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Axiotron, the company best known for producing the Modbook (a touchscreen-based Mac tablet), has recently announced a newly established, Germany-based subsidiary – Axiotron Europe Inc. & Co. KG (“Axiotron Europe”). The subsidiary will manage sales, service and support of Axiotron’s products in... |
22 April 2009
05:44 GMT |
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Apple has just issued a report announcing that movies from major film studios are now available on the iTunes Store in Germany for purchase and rent. There are currently over 500 Hollywood and German films packing the venue, Apple says, among which the company mentions eye-catching titles like “Quantum Of Solac... |
16 April 2009
10:44 GMT |
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After a horrific shooting incident in Germany, which took place in Winnenden and involved a teenager who was said to play Counter Strike and/or Far Cry 2, criticism of video games has been, as usual, on the rise. The President of the country called for a ban on violent video games and parent groups have also said tha... |
7 April 2009
03:33 GMT |
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According to a Skype blog post, the iPhone version of the application, that was recently released in the App Store, has been downloaded more than a million times. The free app allows users with a Skype account to place and receive free calls via the VoIP protocol. According to at least one report, Germany's Deut... |
3 April 2009
09:52 GMT |
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A survey of the German cell phone and Internet industries has revealed a worrying fact: most German males in their twenties would rather ditch their girlfriends than part ways with their cell phones or Internet connections, investigators have recently announced. The young men would also renounce cars, if that would a... |
3 March 2009
09:37 GMT |
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Conceiving believable optical illusions is never very easy, granted, but, through his work, German artist Edgar Mueller makes it seem all so simple that we get the feeling we can all pick up the brush and do it. However, upon realizing that his giant illusions are up to 250 square meters (820 square feet) in size, mo... |
24 February 2009
13:01 GMT |
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ifoAppleStore is reporting that two new Apple retail stores are set to open in Europe soon. Both Germany and Italy are getting their second stores, with indication that Apple is already hiring staff for Italy's store. Also reported by the source dealing exclusively with Apple retail news is that a fresh Washingt... |
6 February 2009
10:03 GMT |
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The unusual occurrence took place at a steel processing plant, not far from the German capital, Berlin. Workers who were moving a safe for recycling discovered some 100,000 euros ($128,000) inside, but, instead of keeping the money, like most would have done, they exhibited a high sense of civic duty and contacted th... |
2 February 2009
06:16 GMT |
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A German driver accidentally became a very good stunt man on Monday, when he managed to plunge his automobile into a church roof in the eastern part of the country. That's not to say the church was somehow buried and the Skoda vehicle simply rolled passed it. The roof was standing 7 meters (22 feet) tall, like a... |
27 January 2009
03:05 GMT |
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The superior and inferior chambers of the German parliament are currently struggling to find a common ground on the ethical and moral implications that assisted suicides have on the nation. This phenomenon, which is totally legal in Switzerland, has also caught roots in Germany, and government officials, as well as c... |
8 December 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Shazam, the British company that presents itself as the world's leading mobile music discovery service provider, has just announced that Vodafone Germany will be offering its new and innovative music application. Called MusicFinder with Shazam, the app will be provided along with the IVR service that many of Vod... |
10 October 2008
09:35 GMT |
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T-Mobile, subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and one of the world's largest mobile operators, has started offering a new Instant Messaging solution for its subscribers in Germany and the UK. The solution is provided together with OZ, a Canadian company said to cater to about 85 million users with its mobile IM clien... |
30 September 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Opera Software and T-Mobile Germany have recently announced that German mobile users will soon have the chance to experience a new chapter of Mobile Web, with the introduction of web'n'walk version 4.0. This will bring widgets that can be personalized by users according to their needs. More exactly, you can... |
19 September 2008
08:25 GMT |
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The idiocy of videogame banning is still alive and well. Just a short while after having reported that Fallout 3 could be banned from sales in Australia because of its drug references, it seems that another long awaited title, Dead Space, could be banned in China, Japan and, most surprising of all, Germany.Andrew Gre... |
8 September 2008
06:18 GMT |
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Shortly after announcing a collaboration with Sony Ericsson, in order to release its JS1 Controller with the W760 slider in the Netherlands, the US-based Zeemote also made a deal with Nokia. The agreement will result in select Nokia phones being sold together with the JS1 in Germany. Moreover, the Finnish giant will ... |
18 August 2008
04:36 GMT |
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O2 Germany has signed a new deal with Nokia Siemens, according to which the German carrier's nationwide network will be expanded and modernized. This will allow O2's subscribers across Germany to enjoy improved voice and data services plus new services that require the latest network technologies. Both ... |
16 July 2008
10:28 GMT |
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Samsung Mobile announced yesterday the official release of its i900 Omnia Pocket PC in Germany, scheduled for the 6th of August. The new handset will be offered by all the German mobile operators: T-Mobile, Vodafone, the KPN-owned E-Plus and Telefónica's O2. The availability of Omnia in the first week of Augu... |
15 July 2008
06:12 GMT |
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After the news of BlackBerry Bold 9000 being released in Canada on July 25, via Rogers, we now have an even earlier release date for RIM's flagship smartphone: July 21. Unfortunately for all the BlackBerry fans in North America, the Bold will be available starting this date only in Europe, offered by T-Mobile Ge... |
5 July 2008
06:40 GMT |
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Nokia's factory from Bochum, Germany, is now closed (as of June 30), and it looks like the Finnish company has reached convenient agreements with the German authorities, agreements set to be beneficial for all the involved parties, including the ex-Nokia employees from the Bochum plant. Together with the Ci... |
3 July 2008
12:44 GMT |
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O2 Germany will apparently offer its customers Samsung's latest high-end Pocket PC, the i900 Omnia, starting August 2008. Although the South Korean company announced its new marvel only yesterday, European carriers are already making plans on how to better market the handset and O2 seems to be the first opera... |
10 June 2008
06:45 GMT |
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According to the German Welt Online, Google has opened a new branch office in Germany. The search engine company, which went to Hamburg in 2001, now has 5 offices in Germany totaling no less than 300 employees. Berlin is the latest to go on the list of Google's locations in Germany, right next to Hamburg, Düssel... |
28 May 2008
06:31 GMT |
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A group of eleven hackers were arrested by the German police as part of an investigation carried out by the local authorities over an Internet forum relying on hacking techniques. According to The Local, the forum had approximately 33,000 members, most of the topics being related to hacking activities, some of them e... |
8 May 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Those who say that Wikipedia isn't one of the most important web services nowadays should think twice. Because it surely is. But this is not enough and Wikimedia Foundation which owns Wikipedia is planning to do even more than that. According to several reports, Wikipedia will be released in printed version in G... |
24 April 2008
04:42 GMT |
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After announcing the closing of its Bochum (Germany) factory, Nokia had some serious problems with the German authorities, which sustained the Finnish company did not fulfill all its duties towards the German state and the Bochum workers. Today, Nokia announced it has reached an agreement with the Bochum employee... |
8 April 2008
20:06 GMT |
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Mariah Carey is famous for acting like the ultimate diva wherever she goes to the point that even her dog gets to fly by private jet and have a personal chauffeur. The singer never hesitates to throw ridiculous amounts of money in order to ensure she has absolute privacy whenever she travels abroad, and is known for ... |
7 April 2008
08:10 GMT |
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The iPhone is unanimously (or almost) recognized as one of the hottest handsets to make its way into the market in 2007, therefore it came for prices that cannot be seen as "accessible" by most of the mobile users. But this was at the beginning and, since the handset's launching, Apple, as well as the operator... |
4 April 2008
04:00 GMT |
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Apple has given the green light to Germany for downloading hit television programming via its iTunes Store. From Germany's top networks, such as ProSieben, Sat.1, ZDF Enterprises, Brainpool or US broadcasters ABC Studios and MTV Networks, you'll be able to get anything your Deutsch heart can desire, as far ... |
2 April 2008
17:51 GMT |
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Nokia seems to have serious problems with the German state, after the January announcement regrading the company's factory in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, which is planned to be shut down in the summer of 2008. The plant's closing was presented by Nokia as being necessary, in order to assure the company&... |
11 March 2008
09:41 GMT |
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Not being able to access any of your favorite services on the Internet is a major bummer for everybody, and knowing that Google is the uncrowned king of the Internet, there's hardly a way to manage without using it even a little. Yet that was the situation in Germany yesterday, when Google Reader, Google Analyt... |
7 March 2008
06:02 GMT |
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Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the authorities wouldn't any longer be at large to collect data from the Internet users' personal computers whenever and however they please. Certain limitations were imposed upon the state-controlled agencies, such as the need for judicial permiss... |
28 February 2008
05:26 GMT |
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Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co KG (also known as SEN), the telecommunications branch of Siemens AG, today announced that it plans to restructure its orientation and activity and transform from a hardware supplier into a software and solutions provider. In today's continuously changing telecommunica... |
26 February 2008
14:52 GMT |
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A Reuters report, recently updated and corrected, says that Apple is hiring for the grand opening of several Apple retail stores in Germany and Switzerland. No doubt, the respective territories are packed full with people interested in purchasing Apple products, who, until now, could only order the consumer electroni... |
11 February 2008
09:58 GMT |
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The German authorities try to make another step in the fight against terrorism and attempts to move online, for a closer surveillance of potential terrorists. Germany's top anti-subversion official, Federal Prosecutor General Monika Harms, says that the web is becoming one of the most popular ways for organizin... |
14 December 2007
08:03 GMT |
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