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German court rules Nokia infringed IPCom patents

posted onApril 20, 2012
by l33tdawg

Nokia has suffered a defeat against IPCom after a German court ruled it had infringed IPCom's patents.

IPCom accused Nokia of infringing patents that cover technology for allowing mobile phones to connect to 3G networks. Nokia had failed to get the patents thrown out and a Mannheim court has ruled Nokia infringed IPCom's patents.

Deutsche Telekom backs OpenStack, will help make it more secure

posted onMarch 6, 2012
by l33tdawg

German operator Deutsche Telekom is using OpenStack to host applications in its Business Marketplace cloud service, and is committed to making the open source software more secure and easier to manage, the company said on Monday at the Cebit trade show.

OpenStack is an open-source community that develops software, also called OpenStack, for private and public clouds. It will be used to power some of the applications on Deutsche Telekom's Business Marketplace, an online platform that will offer cloud services to small and medium-size businesses starting in summer 2012.

German state security endorses Chrome as most secure browser

posted onFebruary 6, 2012
by l33tdawg

Germany's state security experts have recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser.

In a security best practices guideline, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security, known by its German initials of BSI, said Chrome was the best browser. In its published advice, the BSI said that since the browser is the key component for the use of services on the Web, it is the main target for cyber-attacks.

German Courts Bucking the Trend on Illegal Websites

posted onJanuary 16, 2012
by l33tdawg

If we learned anything this week, it was that European courts are coming down increasingly hard on websites that facilitate the sharing of illegal ‘pirated’ content. But for those that believe in an open, uncensored Internet, news that a German court has ruled against ordering Internet service providers (ISPs) to block such websites will be welcomed.

Top German cop uses spyware on daughter, gets hacked in retaliation

posted onJanuary 9, 2012
by l33tdawg

Trojans—they're not just for hackers anymore. German police, for instance, love them; a scandal erupted in Parliament last year after federal investigators were found to be using custom spyware that could potentially record far more information than allowed by law. The story made headlines, but it lacked a certain sense of the bizarre.

German secure.me offers parents more control over children's Facebook accounts

posted onDecember 1, 2011
by l33tdawg

A German online reputation and privacy management company, secure.me, set its sights on a global market today, announcing it will be launching in ten different languages. The company markets towards parents who want to monitor the online shenanigans of their children, as well as those who fear the social networking site they use could become an Achilles’ heel for their professional repute.

Apple could see iPhone 4S, iPad 2 banned in Germany

posted onNovember 8, 2011
by l33tdawg

Apple could face a ban on the sales of the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and other devices in Germany after the company failed to show up in court to answer a dispute with rival Motorola over alleged patent infringement.

The reasons behind Apple's no-show at the court are still unknown - but because the company's representatives didn't appear, the district court in Mannheim passed a default judgement favouring Motorola.