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The German Digital Divide

Germany, Europe's biggest economy, is experiencing a digital divide, according to German industry association Bitkom.Western German states, including Hesse and Bavaria, have the majority of Internet addresses ending in the German ".de" country code domain, with the country's five former Communist eastern states landing at the bottom of the list.

Google Temporarily Inaccessible In Germany

A few inches of snow are supposed to fall on Lexington, Kentucky today, and if history is any indicator, everything will cease to work.  Yesterday, folks in Germany had it comparatively easy - only Google didn't function.

German Startups Imitated Tribbles In 2007

We know, we know - it's almost March.  But a story a story relating to what ended a few months ago just emerged, and it turns out that in comparison to 2006, the number of German Internet companies created in 2007 more than tripled.

Habeas Gives Hand To German Email Marketers

Email reputation service provider Habeas has partnered with eco, the whitelist provider in Germany and the Association of the German Internet industry.Habeas identifies and certifies email marketers who comply with a set of standards and a code of conduct relevant to the European market. This reduces the time Internet Service Providers (ISPs) spend determining if the sender should be included on a whitelist.

YouTube Increases Maximum File Size

One of my chief complaints about YouTube has always related to the crappy video quality.  It now looks like I’ll have to find something else to whine about - the site has increased its limit on files’ sizes by a factor of ten, and files’ lengths still can’t exceed ten minutes.

New Data Retention Laws in Germany

Last week, Germany’s ruling parties – a coalition of SPD & CDU, with efforts in the digital area recently spearheaded by minister of interior Wolfgang Schäuble (pictured) – passed a bill for new data retention laws*.

YouTube Goes To Germany

Thanks to its gorgeous scenery and impressive car industry, Germany is likely to have a lot of sights worth seeing.  And thanks to a new version of YouTube, Germans will have a special place to share them.

Google Fined Over Gmail in Germany

A German court has fined Google for using the Gmail.com domain in Germany despite not being allowed to use the trademark in that country. The court ordered Google to pay $14,000 (10,000 Euros) because the use of the domain, even though Google calls it Google Mail there, means that Google is only partially complying with the law and infringing on the true owner of the Gmail name. At least it wasn’t a lot of money.

Google Gets Fined, Waves German Flag

Google’s not one to hold a grudge; today, Google.de features a logo celebrating Germany’s 1990 reunification.  But yesterday, a German court fined the search giant a little more than $14,000 for using the m.gmail.com domain for mobile search.

Wikipedia To Test Editing Restrictions

Some people love Wikipedia, some people hate it, and pretty much everybody knows better than to cite it as a source.  A new editing system aims to make the online encyclopedia a bit more reliable, however.