Ratingen, Germany  - All-in-one PCs have actually been around for a long time. Office workers in the 1970s already had terminals on their desks containing all of the hardware within the monitor casing.

More recently Apple has led this sector based mainly on its iMac. Those distinctively flat computers are calling the tune for a variety of new all-in-one devices from the Windows world as well.

Poing, Germany  - PC users should be extremely cautious when installing free software from the internet.

Hamburg  - TSG Hoffenheim kept their cool with a 3-1 victory in Cologne o reclaim the Bundesliga lead from Bayer Leverkusen who were caught out cold by losing
2-1 at Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday.

As winter weather hit Germany, league top scorer Vedad Ibisevic struck twice for a tally of 16 and fed Demba Ba for the other as promoted Hoffenheim won a tense match in Cologne which both teams ended with 10 men.

Berlin - Three Germans arrested in Kosovo in connection with a bomb attack on the European Union (EU) headquarters were intelligence service operatives, German media reported Saturday.

Hamburg - Snow and ice played havoc on German roads, causing numerous accidents that left two dead and more than a dozen injured, police said Saturday.

The abrupt arrival of winter turned roads in skating rinks, forcing police to close the A4 autobahn near the eastern city of Dresden for several hours after it was blocked by trucks unable to move forward.

Berlin - The US economy needs 300-600 billion dollars in additional support measures to help it weather the financial crisis, billionaire George Soros was quoted as saying by German news magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday.

"A major stimulus programme" was needed to help the ailing economy and provide US cities and states with sufficient cash, said Soros, one of the world's richest men. In addition, an infrastructure programme was needed, he said.