Berlin - Laptops have made leaps and bounds in speed and memory capacity in recent years, threatening the desktop PC's dominance. As an additional blow to the PC's supremacy, they might also prove to be more energy efficient.
Laptops use about 70 per cent less energy than PCs, said Dena, the German Energy Agency, mainly because notebook manufacturers have had to emphasize energy efficiency in the name of boosting battery lifetimes.
Cairo/Berlin - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has accused some Arab leaders of complicity in Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip in December and January, according to an audio tape aired by broadcaster al-Jazeera Saturday.
In the recording - which could not be authenticated - bin Laden called Arab leaders "hypocrites" and said that "liberating Jerusalem needed honest Arab leadership."
Berlin - A funeral took place Saturday for the first of 15 victims killed three days previously when a teenager went on a shooting spree at his former school in southern Germany.
Several hundred people attended the schoolgirl's funeral in the town of Winnenden, near Stuttgart.
"We can't comprehend the act that brought death upon her," a Catholic priest said during the girl's funeral service.
Berlin - Germany may boycott a UN conference on racism, over concerns that a preparatory document is singularly critical of Israel, daily Berliner Zeitung reported Saturday.
At the same time, a German organisation promoting ties with the Jewish state is appealing for Germans to moderate their criticism of Israel's role in the Middle-East conflict.
Berlin - Rules governing the private ownership of guns need to tightened, a senior German official said Friday, two days after a teenager killed 15 people in a shooting spree.
"The way owners store their weapons is a critical matter," Deputy Interior Minister August Hanning said at the opening of an exhibition of hunting and sporting guns in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg.
Berlin - European car sales plunged 18.3 per cent in February, even as Germany bucked the trend thanks to auto buying incentives that led consumers to storm showrooms across the country, figures released Friday showed.
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said that new car registrations in Europe fell last month to 968,159 cars from 1.19 million in the same month last year.
Berlin - Laptops have made leaps and bounds in speed and memory capacity in recent years, threatening the desktop PC's dominance. As an additional blow to the PC's supremacy, they might also prove to be more energy efficient.
Cairo/Berlin - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has accused some Arab leaders of complicity in Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip in December and January, according to an audio tape aired by broadcaster al-Jazeera Saturday.
Berlin - A funeral took place Saturday for the first of 15 victims killed three days previously when a teenager went on a shooting spree at his former school in southern Germany.
Berlin - Germany may boycott a UN conference on racism, over concerns that a preparatory document is singularly critical of Israel, daily Berliner Zeitung reported Saturday.
Berlin - Rules governing the private ownership of guns need to tightened, a senior German official said Friday, two days after a teenager killed 15 people in a shooting spree.
Berlin - European car sales plunged 18.3 per cent in February, even as Germany bucked the trend thanks to auto buying incentives that led consumers to storm showrooms across the country, figures released Friday showed.
