All the stories tagged with germany
Doom and Doom 2 now acceptable in Germany
08/31/2011, Great news for doom fans in Germany – the mature rating for the two games are no longer rated as Restricted (known as Media Harmful to Young Persons over there) and have been replaced with USK 16+, this means that [...]
German city of Bonn has tax meters for prostitutes
08/31/2011, You know how parking meters have been given a touch of technology over the years to make them smarter than they actually are? Well, in the German city of Bonn, things work a little bit differently – it seems that [...]
Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction lifted in EU except Germany
08/16/2011, Only just now we reported that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 may be going on sale in Australia come 1st September, or that’s what a flyer from Australian retailer Myer is claiming. Now it seems that the ban has been [...]
Evidence in Apple vs Samsung case questioned?
08/15/2011, I am sure that most will be familiar about the news where Apple managed to get an injunction against Samsung in most of the EU, thus preventing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 from being sold for now. Naturally Samsung was [...]
iPhone 5 Intercepted in Germany?
08/15/2011, It was only recently where the iPhone 4 fiasco with Gizmodo was resolved, with ex-Gizmodo editor Jason Chen being found not guilty of any wrongdoing in the whole case. Well it seems that there has been news in Germany where [...]
German police use Facebook to help solve crimes
08/12/2011, Who said Facebook was only good for wasting time? According to the latest reports, it looks like the social network is also aiding the police when it comes to solving crimes in the country of Germany. Six months ago, the [...]
Facebook facial recognition declared illegal in Germany
08/04/2011, Despite Facebook recently making it easier to opt out of facial recognition photo tagging, it looks like the social network is still taking heat for its service. Germany has just declared the feature as a violation of “the right to [...]
RFID tag system allows you to pay for your parking easily
08/03/2011, When it comes to entering paid car parks, sometimes the angle of the ticketing machine may be angled weirdly which will make it inconvenient for you to reach out and grab the ticket. Having to line up at the cashier [...]
Pinger brings free texting to Europe
07/13/2011, While the tech savvy consumers of the world are making use of data for “free” texting with apps such as Whatsapp or Kik messenger, believe it or not, but a majority of the world still rely on good ol’ regular [...]
BMW unveils the E-scooter
07/11/2011, When it comes to electric vehicles (EV), our thoughts usually jump straight to cars, but if you think about it, motorbikes also run on gasoline, and they contribute to pollution too, albeit on a smaller scale. So if we can [...]
Scientists come up with “invisible” phone
05/24/2011, The researchers at Potsdam University in Germany have come up with a revolutionary idea in the world of mobile phones: the invisible phone. Well it’s not really an invisible phone per say – that would be quite impossible to achieve, [...]
DLR Hand Arm System is super strong
05/13/2011, Some researchers over at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have managed to come up with a super advanced arm that is tougher than it looks. At first glance, all the exposed joints and electronics make the look arm fragile, especially [...]
Amazon.de launches the German Kindle Store
04/21/2011, Amazon.de has just announced the launch of the German Kindle Store. With over 650,000 titles, 71 of 100 Spiegel bestsellers and over 25,000 German-language titles with thousands of German classics downloadable for free only on Kindle, it is the world’s [...]
