John Blau

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Bank posts ‘no phising’ sign

German retail banking giant Postbank AG, THE target of several phishing attacks, aims to curb the theft of online personal information with the help of electronic signage

FIFA to kick RFID

Regardless of the outcome of the World Cup soccer tournament in Germany several weeks away, the games already have their place in history: Never before have fans attending an event organized by the F

Internet domain for mobile phone users soon

Relief may be on the way to mobile phone users frustrated with viewing poorly structured Web pages on their handsets and companies annoyed with the high-content development costs. In a move to drive uptake of mobile Internet services, mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd. will begin next month to issue Internet domain names geared toward mobile devices, coupled with a set of design standards.

Bank fights phishing with electronic signatures

German retail banking giant Postbank AG, the target of several phishing attacks, aims to curb the theft of online personal information with the help of electronic signatures.

SAP gives in to workers’ council

SAP AG's resistance to the establishment of a workers' council will end Thursday when employees of the German business software company will vote on a committee to organize the election of 37 employee representatives.

SAP moves to counter workers’ bid for union

SAP AG has taken steps to form a workers' council comprised of non-union employees in an effort to fend off what the German software vendor views as the harmful influence of unions on its "start-up" company culture.

Security wins at German soccer stadium

Plenty can go wrong in a soccer stadium: the lights could go off, a fire could break out or the ticketing system could crash as thousands of fans queue at the gates. At stake is the loss of big money or, even worse, human lives.

Germany joins calls to end Google’s ‘free lunch’

The chief executive of Deutsche Telekom AG became the latest head of a major telco to call for Web companies, such as Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., to help pay for the billions of dollars required to build and maintain high-speed Internet infrastructure.

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