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Microsoft Closes German Distribution Centre Over Patent Risk
Microsoft moves distribution to Netherlands over Motorola patent dispute fears
German Law To Make Google Pay For News Snippets
A planned German copyright law would introduce a fee system for news aggregators, as well as search engines such as Google that display only snippets of content
Apple Keeps Samsung At Bay In German Courts
Apple and Samsung continue to battle in courtrooms worldwide but the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban still holds strong in Germany
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Anonymous Outs Neo-Nazi Site Members
Anonymous Germany has launched a website to out neo-nazi site members as part of operation blitzkrieg
Samsung Expands German Lawsuit To Include Emoticons
Samsung has added four new patent claims to its lawsuit against Apple in the German courts
German Retailers Told To Stop Selling HTC Products
IPCom has written to German retailers, telling them to stop selling HTC 3G products or face legal action
Samsung Galaxy Tab Ban Extended Down Under
Australian court bans Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for another week so Apple can launch high court appeal
HTC Phones Could Be Banned in Germany
HTC's 3G smartphones could be banned from Germany just before Christmas, over a patent dispute
Samsung To Release Modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N
Galaxy Tab 10.1N will bypass Apple's claims to patent infringement in several countries, Samsung hopes
German Pirate Party Wins 15 Seats In Berlin
Sea dogs climb aboard German ship of state on Talk Like a Pirate Day, calling for Internet freedom
German Court Ban Throws The Towel On Galaxy Tab
The beach towel of German litigation has made the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 'tabula non grata', unless an appeal can be won, says Eric Doyle
German Pirate Party Servers Seized By Police
The German branch of the Pirate Party, which campaigns for civil rights on the Internet, has been raided
Atos To Buy Siemens’ Services Arm For £720m
Merger of Atos and Siemens creates a European services giant second only to IBM
Street View Could Face Privacy Backlash In Germany
Google said that 244,327 of the 8.5 million German households have opted out of Street View, but not every request will be fulfilled at launch
Google Faces Spanish Inquisition Over Street View
No-one expected that headline, as a Spanish judge summons Google to court and Germany asks questions over Wi-Fi data gathered by Street View cars
German Privacy Regulator Objects To Google Street View
Google is bringing Street View to 20 German cities in 2010 but offering users the opportunity to have images of their homes removed from its database
Facebook Privacy Hit By German Legal Challenge
A German data protection official is accusing Facebook of violating the country's strict privacy laws
US States Considering Google WiFi Investigation
Several US states are looking into whether Google broke U.S. laws by collecting data from WiFi networks
Google To Provide WiSpy Data To Germany And France
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the search engine will cede the data it accidentally collected over WiFi to regulators in Germany, France and Spain.
Germany To Fine Users For Unsecured WLANs
In a effort to clamp down on illegal filesharing, Internet users in Germany are facing financial penalties if they do not password-protect their wireless networks
CeBIT: Quarter Of Germans Happy To Have Chip Implants
CeBit: If it means shorter lines at the supermarket, a quarter of Germans would be happy to have a chip implanted under their skin