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  • Prosecutors drop Yahoo probe

    German authorities say they plan no legal action against Yahoo over the online auction of copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" book, which is banned in Germany.

  • German court delays ATM patent infringement ruling

    A German court has delayed handing down a verdict on a US$76 million patent infringement suit brought against European telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom and its network technology partner Siemens.

  • Red Hat and Suse boosted by EU education

    The French Education Ministry is deploying thousands of Red Hat Linux-based servers while Germany is moving 40 percent of its university students to Suse Linux.

  • Biometrics used to keep German Olympians safe

    German athletes going for Gold in Greece are to be protected in their section of the 'Olympic Village' by the very latest in biometric technology.

  • German judge puts SuSE Linux on hold

    Linux company SuSE will have to temporarily stop distributing copies of its software in Germany, following legal action on Tuesday.

  • Siemens claims gigabit wireless breakthrough

    German company Siemens has shown what it claims to be the fastest ever wireless network connection.

  • SCO actions prompt Linux warning

    Analyst firm Gartner has recommended that customers minimise their use of Linux on important systems because of questions resulting from SCO Group's warnings about legal liability.

  • World Cup match-up: FIFA vs hackers

    FIFA's networking partner said today it was expecting hackers to launch huge denial of service attacks against the World Cup football network as the first game of the long-awaited tournament in Germany draws closer.

  • Intrusion detection key to World Cup success

    After a failed attempt to illegally access the FIFA World Cup IT network at the Korea and Japan games four years ago, more emphasis has been placed on intrusion detection processes.

  • New marketing tactics for Linux - women and toys

    A local council in Germany may have found the secret to overcoming user reluctance to Linux -- stuffed penguins and powerful women.

  • SuSE widens scope for desktop Linux

    Open-source software seller SuSE released on Monday a new desktop version of the Linux operating system aimed at corporate buyers.

  • In-flight mobile phone ban could be lifted

    US federal regulators have proposed allowing mobile phones to be used on aircraft, and took steps toward bringing high-speed wireless Internet connections to passengers' seats.

  • Linux programmer wins legal victory

    A Linux programmer reported a new victory in a German court on Thursday in enforcing the General Public License, which governs countless projects in the free and open-source software realms.

  • India leader advocates open source

    The President of India added to a growing foreign-relations headache for Microsoft with a speech in which he advocated broader adoption of open-source software.

  • Investigating open source

    The proprietary/open source dilemma confronts governments and businesses everywhere--it's only a matter of scale.

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