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• Not whom they expected: SAP's McDermott opens Cebit

  It was Léo Apotheker whose name appeared on the invitation to the opening ceremony of the Cebit trade show -- but his successor, co-CEO Bill McDermott, appeared on stage.

• Govt ICT ramps up change post Gershon: federal CIO

  The Australian government's ICT advisory body has had a busy six months pushing through recommendations of last year's Gershon report, and is poised to adopt more advanced technologies around Web 2.0, security, information sharing and green IT, according to federal government CIO Ann Steward.

• Gmail to offer real-time language translation

  Google has announced it will launch real-time language translation in Gmail this week.
  

• No more police raids: China and Europe agree to talk

  There was no dawn raid by police to seize patent-infringing MP3 players at this year's Cebit trade show -- but behind the scenes, haggling over technology licensing continued.

• Smart meters help household energy savings

  For years, consumers have gauged their electricity usage with the monthly bill. Coming days or weeks after the end of the period it isn't a very efficient tool if you want to cut you household usage, but a new breed of meter is changing all that and can provide real-time updates that give you an instant indication of the cost of running a house full of gadgets.

• Cebit sees big drop in visitor numbers

  Europe's largest IT fair saw an almost 20 percent drop in visitors this year but those that did turn up to the six day event in Hanover were on average a higher quality of attendee than in the past, organizers said late Sunday.

• Users gain options for mobile voice encryption

  U.S. President Barack Obama's dilemma over the security of his BlackBerry has given rise to an increased interested in systems that can scramble voice calls to avoid interception.

• Cebit organizers silent on midway visitor numbers

  Top executives of Deutsche Messe say they are pleased with the first few days of Cebit 2009, but won't disclose visitor numbers at the clearly smaller event.

• Cebit: Blaupunkt car radios tune in Internet stations via 3G

  For millions of people a trip in their cars means tuning into local radio. But what if you're traveling and want to catch a station from back home? FM stations don't reach more than about a hundred kilometers, so on long journeys you're usually out of luck ... until now.

• Cebit: IT must invest its way out of crisis, say leaders

  The surest way out of an economic crisis is to invest -- that was the unanimous view of the dignitaries speaking at the opening ceremony of the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, Monday night.

• Cebit 2010 to be one day shorter

  Deutsche Messe plans to shave a day off the Cebit trade show next year, reducing it to a five-day event, show officials said Monday.

• Cebit: Health monitoring comes to the iPhone

  Heart patients will be able to check their electrocardiogram on an iPhone, using a new system demonstrated by Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany.

• Navigon talks up the role of voice in safe driving

  Navigon took a shortcut to the launch of its new range of personal navigation devices, unveiling them at Cebit a day before the giant trade show opens. The company also demonstrated two new voice features it says make driving safer and easier.

• Cebit: Startup finds secret of modifying video in real time

  Impossible Software of Germany has cracked the problem that lead to the company's name.