Berlin

Comms giant pushes anti-spy network

Germany’s biggest communications company, Deutsche Telekom, has put forward plans for the country to use German only connections in a bid to combat the threat of foreign spy agencies and hackers.

Christmas

Businesses call for email-free Christmas

Employees must get a break from work-related emails over the holidays, a small business group demanded on Thursday, calling for clear guidelines on when Germans can switch off their phones for a silent night at Christmas.

Internet

Email 'snowball' creates Bundestag chaos

It was supposed to be simple email: But after a German parliament staffer's missive accidentally was sent to thousands of her colleagues, their responses overloaded Bundestag computers on Wednesday.

Internet

New postal era beckons as official documents go electronic

Major German email providers are readying themselves for the new De-Mail system that will let users send letters and documents over the web that are just as legally binding as printed material delivered by post.

technology

Broadcaster ZDF confuses ‘phishing’ with ‘fisting’ on air

Germany was aflutter on Friday after an embarrassing blunder by a news reader for public broadcaster ZDF, who confused “phishing” with the sexual term “fisting” while referring to recent online attacks on email accounts worldwide.

Internet

Court rules against spammers

A Munich court has ruled that sending so-called spam emails is illegal without the prior approval of the recipient.