John Blau

After announcing licensing deals with Handspring Inc. on Nov. 5 and Palm Inc. on Nov. 7, it appears as if Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is on a roll.

The number of citizens worldwide using the Internet to access government services or products during the past 12 months increased 15 per cent, according to the second Government Online Study published Thursday by the London-based market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC.

Some 55 million cell phone users in Germany will be able to retain their wireless phone numbers when switching operators at the start of next month.

Agere Systems Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG announced last month a broad alliance to jointly develop chips for multimode WLAN (wireless LAN) products based on the 802.11a, b and g standards.

Bargain hunters in German supermarkets are adding a new item to their shopping list: cheap PCs.

The open source Linux operating system is making significant inroads into Germany, Europe

FRANKFURT

German business software vendor SAP AG has launched a new product aimed at helping companies better manage their global trading activities and, in particular, comply with fast-changing trade regulations, the company said Wednesday.