Rick Perera

Siemens AG will eliminate another 5,000 positions in its Information and Communication Networks Group (ICN), bringing the total job cuts to some 10,000 out of 53,000 employees worldwide.

Linux evangelists are keeping the faith, even when it comes to the elusive Holy Grail of the open-source operating system: taking a significant chunk of the desktop market.

Attention IT job hunters: Germany still wants you. Despite waves of layoffs in some parts of the industry, there's a continuing skill shortage in other areas, and the country is preparing to make available a new round of special visas for foreign technology experts

Bertelsmann AG's electronic commerce division has signed a technology licensing deal with Napster Inc., marking the next step in an ever-closer cooperation between the German media giant and the file-sharing company.

The German government has approved a surveillance regulation that is intended to make it easier for authorities to eavesdrop on communications via fixed-line and mobile phone, e-mail, fax, and SMS (short message service). The move puts Berlin in line with other Western governments rushing to enact similar rules since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

The German government has approved a surveillance regulation that is intended to make it easier for authorities to eavesdrop on communications via fixed-line and mobile phone, e-mail, fax, and SMS (short message service). The move puts Berlin in line with other Western governments rushing to enact similar rules since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

Dutch telecommunication operator KPNQwest NV is claiming a major boost to its pan-European data and hosting services, thanks to its acquisition of the assets of troubled fibre network company Global TeleSystems Inc. (GTS).

The Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, is exploring whether to ditch Microsoft Corp.'s Windows in favor of the open-source Linux operating system, partly due to security concerns.