eco’s 2010 Annual Congress will be held on 29 September under the banner "Roads for Tomorrow" at the Cologne Radisson Blu Hotel. Participants can expect four fascinating panels, focussing on "The Internet of Things", "Tablet Devices/Apps“, “Cloud Services”, and “Data Centers”.

Cologne's Internet community will dedicate an entire week to the Internet from 13-19 September 2010. Citizens, companies, and politicians alike will participate in a vast variety of events focussing on the Internet, ranging from panels to presentations, open houses, parties, bar camps, exhibitions, art events, and much more.

Net neutrality has helped the creation and evolution of the vast variety of products, sites and services we enjoy today. And thus it has laid the foundation for solid economic growth. Now, at a moment when some are publicly ignoring the achievements made possible by net neutrality, it is time to once again discuss the concept and advantages of net neutrality.

For the first time in history, more than 70 percent of Germany’s population is online, according the to latest edition of the (N)Onliner Atlas. Exactly 48.3 million Germans older than 14, or 72 percent, now use the Internet from their homes. In the past two years, an additional two million users have come online, an increase of 2.9 percent. Still, 19 million Germans do not have access to the Internet at home, and 16 million of them have chosen to stay offline due to personal convictions.

The 8th German Anti Spam Summit in Wiesbaden is drawing nearer. On 15-16 September, experts, industry representatives and interested citizens will gather at Schloss Biebrich in Wiesbaden to discuss the latest developments in spam proliferation and control. The agenda is now complete and promises some first class presentations.