John Blau

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NTT DoCoMo frees way for new I-mode partner in UK

NTT DoCoMo Inc. has agreed to sell its entire 20 per cent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. (H3G UK), worth

Viruses nip Russia after the Cold War

For all its disadvantages, the former Soviet Union had one hugely overlooked advantage: it kept hackers, crackers and virus writers confined inside the country by restricting their access to the Internet.

Spam clogs German government’s e-mail system

German parliamentarians and government employees experienced long delays with their e-mail delivery earlier this week, following a flood of spam that clogged the government's e-mail system, a spokesman at the Federal Ministry of the Interior said Friday.

SAPPHIRE : SAP and IBM forge retail systems alliance

To help retailers increase the efficiency of their IT systems and improve the customer experience, IBM Corp. and German business software vendor SAP AG have agreed to form a global, nonexclusive technology alliance.

SAP plans more jobs in India

German business software vendor SAP AG plans to increase the number of software engineers in its Indian operations to 1,500 from 1,000 by the end of this year.

SAP to focus on operations savings, innovation

Money will be a major theme at next week's Sapphire conference in New Orleans where customers of German business software vendor SAP AG will come from around the world to meet with company executives for their annual global powwow.

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More than 75 per cent of Germany's 85 million-plus inhabitants own a mobile phone. Many of them are taxi and bus drivers, delivery people and others who professionally spend a lot of time on the ground. More so, in fact, than the country's police force. That's why Germany's cash-strapped government has turned to its mobilized citizens for help in tracking down suspected criminals, fugitives and even missing persons.

IBM opens European supercomputer on-demand centre

To meet growing demand for supercomputing services, IBM Corp. opened a new high-capacity centre in Europe on Friday

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