German industrial giant Siemens has hired the American general fired for criticising US President Barack Obama in public â to head up its attempt to get more US government contracts.
A German chemical company says it can recycle rare metals from old solar panels â effectively washing them off in a chemical bath so the different elements can be reused. Managers at the firm hope to start work next year.
A German-designed car that can be driven by thought alone could allow Jews to drive on the Sabbath, a young Rabbi and artificial intelligence scientist says.
Volkswagen caused a sensation at the Geneva Auto Show this week with a long-awaited remake of its classic "Bulli" minibus, which still has a devoted cult following around the world.
As Berlinâs annual <i>transmediale</i> festival exploring the relationship between culture and technology kicked off this week, The Localâs <b>Ruth Michaelson</b> chatted with participant and âopen designâ proponent <b>Jay Cousins</b> for an inside look.
Gray Powell, the Apple employee who blew a hole in the technology firmâs product security by losing a top-secret iPhone prototype after a session on German beer, has been offered a chance to drown his sorrows by airline Lufthansa.
The worldâs best beer has been the downfall of many a good man. In the case of American software engineer Gray Powell, the unparalleled power of German brewing was enough to tear a gaping hole in technology giant Appleâs legendary product security system.
Germany hung onto its dubious title as Europeâs leader in spreading computer viruses in 2009, though its share of malicious activity in the region dropped slightly, a survey has found.
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles she wanted to boost Germanyâs relationship with California and use the west coast of the United States as a gateway to Asia.
Germany was aflutter on Friday after an embarrassing blunder by a news reader for public broadcaster ZDF, who confused âphishingâ with the sexual term âfistingâ while referring to recent online attacks on email accounts worldwide.
Berlinâs 368-metre communist-era TV tower turns 40 years old Saturday. Although it was initially a symbol of East Germanyâs love of monumental architecture, the tower has become a favorite part of the capital cityâs skyline.
Tired of flash mobs holding gatherings in Braunschweigâs Schlossplatz square, the city says it is forbidding the social networking phenomenon, according to a report published Tuesday by the news site <i>Zeit Online</i>.
Telecommunications companies could work with energy providers in the quest to provide faster internet connections to all of Germany, financial daily <i>Handelsblatt</i> reported on Tuesday.
The German city and community alliance (DStGB), urged the government on Monday to âremove regulatory shacklesâ in the task of providing the entire country with speedy internet connections.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel set about spreading economic confidence on Monday at the Hannover industrial fair, saying that the country may have made it through the worst part of the recession already.
Germany and the United States signed a new government accord in Berlin on Monday to cooperate closely on national security research, the Research Ministry reported.
Nearly four years after the devastating South Asian tsunami that killed some 250,000 people, an early-warning system developed in Germany will be launched in Indonesia on Tuesday.
Internet users beware - hucksters are taking advantage of the global financial crisis with an ever-rising number of frightening spam emails in Germany designed to get you to reveal your private information.
Social networking website Facebook has teamed up with a promotion agency to boost its nascent German unit via real-world recruitment, The Washington Post's internet edition reported on Friday.
The Ifa, Europeâs top consumer electronics show, is normally all about gadgets that make life more entertaining with the latest flat screen televisions, stereo equipment and the like. But this year the Internationale Funkausstellung, opening in Berlin on Friday, will for the first time see usually more down-to-earth appliances like fridges and washing machines fighting for attention.
Regardless of what happens on the football pitch on Monday, as far as innovation is concerned, the Germans are European champions - but although they created the MP3 audio encoding format and the fax, it is often foreign groups that have profited from their development.
Prominent European computer manufacturer Fujitsu-Siemens has announced it won't reach upcoming sales targets, which could mean problems for the joint venture.
