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Germany wins World Cup 2018... according to computers

Fri, 18 May 2018 19:24:31 +0200

What happens when a global investment bank gets its computers to run 10,000 virtual tournaments to guesstimate who is going to bring home the World Cup?

Interior minister spends five weeks on Interpol wanted list

Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:48:53 +0200

Germany's most wanted interior minister? This dubious title went to a state politician when a hacker exposed a security hole in Interpol's website and made a couple of additions.

German IT students play XXL Tetris on university building

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:54:05 +0200

Four IT students in the north German city of Kiel planned the installation of tens of thousands of lights at a university building and now use them to play classic video games Tetris and Breakout.

Bundestag goes dark after hacker attack

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:24:30 +0200

The Bundestag (German parliament) computer system will go offline on Thursday evening for several days of maintenance work after it was infiltrated by unknown hackers. Experts warn that it's likely to remain vulnerable despite the overhaul.

Germany can't crack 'CIA double agent' laptop

Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:31:00 +0200

An alleged CIA double agent secured his laptop so well that German secret services have failed to crack it since he was arrested in July, according to reports.

Nintendo to slash at least 130 jobs in Germany

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:47:00 +0200

Nintendo will slash at least 130 jobs in Germany as it closes its Bavarian headquarters and adapts its European branch to the "rapidly changing business environment".

Heartbleed programmer says he made a mistake

Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:04:00 +0200

A German computer programmer who wrote the Heartbleed code which has caused a worldwide online security scare has said he made a mistake.

50,000 students change password after hack

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:26:00 +0100

Repeated hack attacks have forced over 50,000 students in western Germany to change their university account passwords. Culprits already gained access to a number of inboxes since January, it was reported on Tuesday.

Nerd calendar puts joy back in joy-sticks

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:14:00 +0100

A new German calendar for 2013 caters exclusively to the retro-nerd market, combining geeky pinup girls with digital devices from the computer stone age. Check out our picture gallery.

German websites gain ground at home

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:56:00 +0100

For the first time in years German – and not American – websites have shown the most dynamic growth in Germany, a study commissioned by the Focus news magazine showed.

Minister tells banks: 'Improve online security'

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:35:00 +0100

Computer makers and banks should be doing more to protect themselves and their customers online, German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner said at a Munich conference on cyber crime on Monday.

Teenage hackers 'tried to change school grades'

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:03:00 +0200

While most students worry about exam results, two north German high school pupils are suspected of hacking into the school’s computer system to change their grades. They could end up in prison.

New tool unravels Stasi secret files

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:10:00 +0100

Germany's "puzzle people" will soon be able to count on a new tool in their Herculean task of re-piecing together thousands of ripped-up former Stasi secret police files.

Police arrest 13 in strike against international phishing gang

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:47:00 +0200

Berlin police smashed an international computer “phishing” gang accused of stealing at least €1.3 million from at least 1,000 computers having taken details of people’s bank accounts and using them to transfer money.

Nearly 600,000 addicted to internet

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:14:00 +0200

Some 560,000 or around one percent of the population between the ages of 14 and 64 cannot control their use of online gaming or the web, with the youngest users the most vulnerable, said the government's top addiction specialist.

Germany’s top ten tech inventions

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:05:00 +0200

The last century would have been very different if it hadn’t been for the German genius for technological innovation. The Local rates the top ten Teutonic inventions that have changed your life.

Music site Simfy lodges competition complaint against Apple over iCloud

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:21:00 +0200

As Apple prepared to launch on Monday an eagerly awaited service that lets consumers stream music they bought to any Apple device, a German music-streaming site has lodged an anti-trust claim against the technology giant.

China's Lenovo to buy PC firm Medion

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:44:00 +0200

The Chinese computer giant Lenovo announced Wednesday it was planning to take over German electronics firm Medion – best known for making low-budget PCs for supermarket chain Aldi – for about €629 million.

Karlsruhe scientists transfer 700 DVDs of data in one second

Tue, 24 May 2011 10:21:00 +0200

Computer users who despair over slow internet connections should take heart - German scientists have broken a speed record, sending 700 DVDs' worth of data via a single laser beam, in one second.

Big high-tech firms return to CeBIT

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:05:00 +0100

CeBIT, the world’s largest technology trade fair, is welcoming back several big-name tech firms following a few rough, crisis-hit years.