Stories about: CeBIT

Software developer Unison has launched what it claimed is the world's first fully-unified communications suite based on Linux.

An US company has introduced a small counterfeit bill detector designed for retail use that can sniff out the "super dollar," a convincing yet bogus US$100 bill allegedly produced in North Korea.

Greenpeace illustrates problem of disposing of used IT products with container of e-waste

A Volkswagen car that's capable of driving on its own.

This GPS round up takes a closer look at some of the new GPS and navigation technology at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany.

Vodafone has a photo frame with cellular modem built in so friends and family can send images. The frame has no subscription charges and also accepts images via e-mail.

Vodafone demonstrates image-based search. The service was launched commercially as CeBIT began and allows newspaper readers to take shots of articles and receive related video on their cell phones.

A pair of Novell executives Wednesday touted the company's recent financial performance, but questions during the press conference at Cebit in Hanover, Germany, focused more on Microsoft's recent, high-profile pledge to improve interoperability and shore up its relationship with the open-source community.

A phone from Sony-Ericsson, a notebook from Sony and PCs from Dell and Hewlett Packard came top of their categories in a study of green electronics devices conducted by Greenpeace. There's little cause for celebration, though, as they only scored around half marks, leaving plenty of room for improvement.

While wireless Internet access has become a virtual commodity in homes and offices, exhibitors at this week's CeBIT show in Germany, are displaying wares focused on extending and optimizing the technology.

Avaya is demonstrating the iPhone version of its one-X Mobile client at CeBIT, but company officials have not yet decided whether to use the upcoming SDK from Apple to enhance the application.