The German government wants to create Trojans that will spy on suspected criminals.
A German coder has beaten the British team operating the legendary WWII code-breaking computer Colossus in a cipher-cracking contest.
The chief technology officer of Software AG has laughed off suggestions that Java is a business language.
SAP and Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to form a joint lab in Germany in an effort to tie the SAP Business Suite more closely with Microsoft's SQL Server 2005.
German software giant SAP is going to auction its subsidiary, TomorrowNow, only two years after acquiring the company.
The ISO has taken over control of the OOXML specification and started a committee to consider harmonisation with the OpenDocument Format (ODF).
The problem with open source software is a lack of understanding, not a lack of support, according to a Novell executive who hit back at the CIOs from some of Australia's top government agencies.
Skype has abandoned its efforts to avoid complying with an open-source licence that requires it to provide source code with Linux-based VoIP phones.
As of last weekend, it has become a crime in Germany to build, sell, obtain or distribute so-called "hacking tools", which experts say will damage overall computer security by severely curtailing legitimate research and analysis, and prevent "good" hackers from discovering and plugging system security holes.
German software giant SAP joined many others in making Hewitt's Best Employer in ANZ list for 2006/2007. Much of the kudos goes to Geraldine McBride who spent four years leading SAP ANZ before her promotion to Asia-Pacific chief this January.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
From faulty satellites nearly causing World War III to the Millennium Bug, poorly executed IT has had a lot to answer for over the years
Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.
Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?
In a test of over a thousand Web sites in Europe, Linux-based servers were found to be faster and more reliable than sites based on Microsoft's IIS Web server software.
Fourteen minutes into Argentina's first World Cup match on June 10, a header bounced off the goalpost and into the Ivory Coast keeper's hands -- and maybe all the way across the goal line.
The market-leading maker of business applications is turning to smaller firms and Web services to expand its software portfolio.
Does SAP have what it takes to succeed in the on-demand space?
The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.
Nokia's N73 is one of the best camera phones we've seen this year, with a wide range of multimedia and business features tucked under its belt. Responsiveness, however, is not a strong point.
Microsoft on Monday released an update to its Tablet PC operating system that lets a device habla espanol and at the same time parle francais.
This much-anticipated update to Live Meeting faces stiff competition from WebEx and GoToMeeting.
Microsoft on Friday quietly released a new Macintosh version of its Windows Media Player software.
Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.
A major upgrade to the Linux graphical user environment includes faster-running applications and a Web browser improved with help from Apple's Safari.
Logitech is hoping its new Io digital pen will make the PC mightier, and easier to use, than the sword.
There are less complex products that offer a similar level of performance, but lack MovieDV’s plug-in upgradeability. A challenging, but inexpensive product.
The company updates the test version of its new Web browser as part of its efforts to distance its software environment from Microsoft's.
German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.
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