• A technician adjusts monitors as preparations are under way for the CeBIT technology trade fair in Hanover. Peter Steffen / AFP
    A technician adjusts monitors as preparations are under way for the CeBIT technology trade fair in Hanover. Peter Steffen / AFP
  • An oversized Nokia smartphone and umbrellas are on display at the booth of Telekom. Friso Gentsch / EPA
    An oversized Nokia smartphone and umbrellas are on display at the booth of Telekom. Friso Gentsch / EPA
  • Two performance artists practice for their pantomime performance at the booth of software giant Microsoft. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
    Two performance artists practice for their pantomime performance at the booth of software giant Microsoft. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
  • A visitor eyes the trade show booth of Optimal Systems at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, 09 March 2014. The world’s largest computer expo runs from 10 to 14 March 2014. Great Britain is the official partner country of this year’s CeBIT. Jochen Luebke / EPA
    A visitor eyes the trade show booth of Optimal Systems at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, 09 March 2014. The world’s largest computer expo runs from 10 to 14 March 2014. Great Britain is the official partner country of this year’s CeBIT. Jochen Luebke / EPA
  • Booth builders work in the ‘code_n’ hall during preparations for CeBIT 2014 in Hanover, Germany. Peter Steffen / EPA
    Booth builders work in the ‘code_n’ hall during preparations for CeBIT 2014 in Hanover, Germany. Peter Steffen / EPA
  • A staff cleans a pole-dancing robot at the CeBIT 2014 in Hanover, Germany. Jochen Luebke / EPA
    A staff cleans a pole-dancing robot at the CeBIT 2014 in Hanover, Germany. Jochen Luebke / EPA
  • A robot made by British company Robothespian gets the final checks before the start of the CeBIT 2014 in Hanover, Germany. Jochen Luebke / EPA
    A robot made by British company Robothespian gets the final checks before the start of the CeBIT 2014 in Hanover, Germany. Jochen Luebke / EPA

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In pictures: CeBIT 2014

Liz Claus

March 09, 2014

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German chancellor Angela Merkel and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak were scheduled to headline the opening ceremony of CeBIT 2014, which is expected to focus on security in the post-Snowden era.

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