All the stories tagged with: russia
Plastic Logic 100 e-reader announced
09/13/2011, While classrooms in other parts of the world are getting their hands on iPads, select schools in Russia will be getting something a little more kid friendly with the Plastic Logic 100, which is more of an e-reader rather than [...]
Samsung sued in Russia, not by Apple this time
08/26/2011, It appears that there’s yet another lawsuit filed against Samsung, and this time it’s in Russia. Before you think that Apple is chasing Samsung with lawsuits to all corners of the globe, this is not the case here, but rather [...]
Space hotel to launch by 2016?
08/19/2011, Moscow is a beautiful city – and an expensive one to live in, even if you’re just a tourist. Well, Russia is not looking around for their next source of tourism income, but rather, upwards – after all, the country [...]
Stay in space hotel will cost you $1 million
08/17/2011, Want a chance to stay in a hotel that is out of this world? And when we say out of this world, we meant that literally.
Russia Federal Security Service to ban Skype, Hotmail and Gmail?
04/08/2011, In the latest case of paranoia in the government, it appears that Russia has now caught the bug. The Russian Security service has been reported to have called for a ban on Skype, Hotmail and Gmail citing those services as [...]
Hacker jailed for 1.5 years after hacking video billboard with porn
03/24/2011, A hacker who had a mischevious streak in him paid for his misdemeanour, being sent over to the slammer for 1.5 years after placing pornography on a video billboard that is located right above Moscow’s inner ring road. Igor Blinnikov [...]
MMS Malware sent out on Valentine’s Day
02/14/2011, The festive season is usually the time of year where malware is easily spread and it’s no different this time of the year – Valentine’s Day. In a recent malware outbreak in Russia, unsuspecting folk that downloaded some MMS apps [...]
The R.Bot 100 lets your kids learn from home
01/25/2011, In today’s installment of robots we wished we had when we were younger, we have the R.Bot 100. The R.Bot 100 is a telepresence robot that can act as a stand in for someone who can’t be there. Users control [...]
Russian government planning to switch over to Linux
12/27/2010, While all the operating system news nowadays seems to center around iOS, Windows, Chrome OS, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Mac OS, let’s not forget that Linux still plays a very important part in the tech world and is the [...]
Russia Is Developing Its Own Dual-screen 4G Smartphone
09/16/2010, A video exchange between the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and state technology official Sergei Chemezov has surfaced, apparently discussing the country’s first ever domestically-developed 4G phone. If you check out the video (after the jump), you’ll immediately notice that the [...]
Chocolate HTC Hero Being Sent As Gifts In Russia
02/08/2010, If you’re in Russia, you might be lucky enough to receive a gift from HTC – a HTC Hero. The only downside of this wonderful gift is that it’s wholly made out of chocolate, and thus, isn’t a functional phone. [...]
Stolen iPhones Appear In Russia
12/02/2009, We previously mentioned that a couple thousand of iPhones wee stolen from a Belgian warehouse. Now it seems that those stolen phones are surfacing in Russia, and considering that the iPhone 3GS hasn’t been officially released there yet, it would [...]
