https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The software used in calculating the results of the upcoming federal election has serious weaknesses and could be manipulated, according to security researchers. https://www.thelocal.de/20170907/bundestag-election-software-vulnerable-to-hacking-researchers-say Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:55:29 +0200 bundestag-election-software-vulnerable-to-hacking-researchers-say Germany will start testing facial recognition software at a Berlin train station this summer which could help police identify and locate terror suspects more quickly, a minister said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170610/germany-to-test-face-recognition-software-in-terror-fight Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:28:51 +0200 germany-to-test-face-recognition-software-in-terror-fight A Berlin design company has created software that picks out faces in Google Maps landscapes. “Projekt Google Faces” has scanned just five percent of the earth's surface but is already making some interesting finds. https://www.thelocal.de/20130604/50099 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:58:00 +0200 50099 German software giant SAP is hoping to improve its position in cloud computing with the acquisition of US web-based software company SuccessFactors. https://www.thelocal.de/20111204/39299 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:35:00 +0100 39299 German software maker SAP is taking steps into the electric car market. The company is developing programs to manage emission-free corporate fleets and will add electric vehicles to its own group of company cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20110114/32435 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:49:00 +0100 32435 A US jury has ordered German software giant SAP to pay US rival Oracle $1.3 billion in damages in a record-setting copyright infringement award. https://www.thelocal.de/20101124/31367 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:55:00 +0100 31367 German business software titan SAP announced late on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy California-based Sybase for $5.8 billion (€4.6 billion). https://www.thelocal.de/20100513/27169 Thu, 13 May 2010 12:07:00 +0200 27169 Germany hung onto its dubious title as Europe’s leader in spreading computer viruses in 2009, though its share of malicious activity in the region dropped slightly, a survey has found. https://www.thelocal.de/20100420/26659 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:34:00 +0200 26659 With an eye towards possible acquisitions, Europe’s biggest software firm SAP is on the verge of a substantial “wave of growth,” company CEO Léo Apotheker said on Tuesday in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20091117/23339 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:25:00 +0100 23339 The world leader in business software, German IT giant SAP, said Monday that it had dropped its 2008 financial targets because of the uncertain economic environment. https://www.thelocal.de/20081028/15179 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:07:00 +0100 15179 Armin Heinrich, a German software developer, has riled the tight-knit Apple community by developing an application for the iPhone that costs $1,000 – simply to show that the owner can afford it. https://www.thelocal.de/20080807/13571 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:20:00 +0200 13571