Continuing its crackdown on software pirates, German police arrested a 46-year-old lawyer, two brothers and a teenager on Thursday for allegedly selling illegal software, movies, games and music through a commercial online service, according to the German Federation Against Copyright Theft (GVU).
SAP AG has agreed to acquire the Swiss and U.S. business units of SAP Systems Integration AG (SAP SI), bringing its absorption of the company nearer to completion.
Financially troubled Tiscali SpA, one of Europe's largest Internet service providers (ISPs), agreed on Monday to sell its Swedish subsidiary to Spray Network AB, a subsidiary of Lycos Europe NV, after reaching deals to dispose its Austrian, Norwegian and South African units earlier this month.
Norwegian browser developer Opera Software ASA has developed a product to run on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system, with plans to ship demonstration versions to mobile phone operators and manufacturers in the coming weeks.
Deutsche Bank AG was the target of a renewed phishing attack late Tuesday extending into Wednesday, after facing its first-ever reported assault last week, according to a bank spokesman.