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Small firms in emerging markets up IT spend
News Fewer small businesses in markets such as China and India are feeling pinch from downturn, with 17 percent indicating budget increases, new research shows.
Tags: IT budgeting, Personal Computers, Servers, Business, IT Budget, Small Business, business productivity, Server, Emerging Market, Germany
Panasonic, Qimonda cuts hit M'sian electronics
News At stake is the livelihood of nearly 2,000 employees at the Malaysian manufacturing plants operated by the Japanese electronics company and German chipmaker.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Plant, Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Nikkei, Malaysia, Panasonic, Qimonda
Chip manufacturers on the edge
News Convulsions in the microprocessor business may have broad implications and strategic significance for countries around the world.
Tags: Components, Wireless e-mail devices, PDA phones, Intel Corp., Memory Chip, Semiconductor, Cell Phone, Chip, Chip Company, Government
GlobalFoundries nabs STMicro as customer
News AMD manufacturing spinoff secures STMicroelectronics as first external customer; production of 40nm chips for handhelds and consumer electronics begins 2010.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Multiprocessor servers, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Germany, vision, handheld device, manufacturing company
Nokia unveils N97 Mini, plus netbook pricing
News The N97 Mini, a smaller version of company's flagship smartphone, features tight Facebook integration and packs Nokia's Comes With Music service.
Tags: Cellular phones, Notebooks and tablets, Smart Phone, Germany, Facebook, Apple iPhone, pricing strategy, Netbook, Notebooks and tablets, Cellular phones
Gartner sees boom for virtualization in slump
News While virtualization software will take a knock from the downturn in Europe, Middle East and Africa, the market should bounce back, research firm predicts.
Tags: Virtualization, Virtual Desktop, EMEA, Gartner Inc., Hypervisor, Server, Germany, recession, U.K., revenue
Electric cars not as green as you think
News Electric cars in Germany could pollute more than gasoline cars, and the grid there could collapse if everyone charges at the same time, a report concludes.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, Study, Plug-in, electric vehicle, electric car, Germany, carbon dioxide, U.S., car
Intel to unify its research in Europe
News The company has outlined a plan to bring its European research together but has not given details on investment in the changes.
Tags: Processors, Innovation, R&D, Investments, Intel Corp., Facility, Spokesperson, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, Network technology
Microsoft fined over Office pricing in Germany
News German regulators impose a US$11.8 million fine against the software maker over retail pricing during a promotion for the Home and Student version of Office.
Tags: Legal, Microsoft Office, Government, Pricing, Microsoft Corp., Supplier, Pricing, compliance, software, antitrust
The German rule of order
Blogs I'm back in Germany for another stopover this week, after catching a quick flight from Vienna, and staying with some fri...
HP wins German legal battle over ink
News A German court has ordered ink and stationary supplier Pelikan Hardcopy Deutschland to stop advertising certain inkjet print cartridges as "remanufactured" products from HP.
Tags: Hardware, Legal, Lawsuits, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cartridge, Canon Inc., Supplier, Inkjet Printer, Advertisement, printing
UK trails in open source race
News U.K. businesses are lagging behind their European and U.S. counterparts in adopting open source software.
Tags: Open source, Software, Business applications, Security, Open-source Software, Open Source Technology, London, Germany, Silicon.com, Canada
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
News A court has ordered the company's German arm to pay 10,000 euros (US$14,871), for contravening a 2003 ruling barring claims that Linux includes intellectual property from Unix.
Tags: Linux, Open source, UNIX, SCO Group Inc., consortium, intellectual property, software, Germany, U.S., monitor
T-Mobile Germany to offer 3G iPhone for US$1.55
News Under the arrangement, customers must sign up for the telecom provider's monthly 69-euro (US$107) service plan.
Tags: Smart phones, Mac OS, Apple Inc., phone, AT&T Corp., 3G, T-Mobile, Germany, revenue, Apple iPhone
Google to appeal German copyright decisions
News German courts rule in favor of content owners in two separate cases Monday, both having to do with display of copyrighted content in thumbnails attached to search results.
Tags: Web sites, Copyright, Lawsuits, Google Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Internet User, image search, Paidcontent.org, search engine company, Germany
