Computers & Internet

Russian Internet Needs Censorship Official Say

Internet sites in Russia should be censored to combat extremist material, a senior legal official says, the business daily Kommersant reported Friday, June 22.

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June 22, 2007

Space Flight Gives U.S. Software Mogul More Optimism

The fifth space tourist Charles Simonyi is very optimistic and full of hopes as he came back to the Earth, the Reuters news agency reports.

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April 26, 2007

Bill Gates May Be Next Space Tourist

The world’s richest man Bill Gates is considering a possible flight into space, a Russian cosmonaut said from International Space Station Wednesday, citing Gates’ colleague, current space tourist Charles Simonyi.

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April 12, 2007

OZON.ru Gets $18M Investment

According to Read/Write Web, Russia’s biggest online store OZON.ru received $18 million in funding this week from Cisco, Index Ventures and Holtzbrinck Ventures (the venture arm of one of Germany’s largest publishing companies).

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April 6, 2007

Court Orders Retrial in Microsoft Vs Russian Teacher Copyright Case

A Russian teacher accused of pirating Microsoft software faces a new legal battle after a court on Tuesday overturned a ruling throwing out the case, the Reuters news agency reports.

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March 27, 2007

Man Tried to Sell Fake Remains of Apostle Philip at Internet Auction

An expert group invited to verify the authenticity of relics offered for sale through the Internet as being genuine remains of a Christian saint has proved they are fake, Russian Orthodox Church spokesmen said Friday.

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March 23, 2007

China and Russia to Build Overland Sino-Europe Optical Cable

China Unicom has signed an agreement with Russian Trans Telecom Company (TTC) for the two firms’ to build an overland Sino-Europe optical cable with bandwidth of 10G bits, the China Business news reported, citing Unicom sources.

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March 22, 2007

Half of Russians Will Have PC’s and Internet Access by 2010

By 2010 half of Russian citizens will have personal computers and access to the Internet, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said, citing forecasts.

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March 19, 2007

Russia Aims to Annually Export $10Bln Worth of Software by 2010

Russia aims to boost its software exports to $10 billion annually by 2010, the country’s Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman said on Thursday, March 15, at the Cebit trade fair in Germany where Russia is this year’s partner nation.

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March 15, 2007

EMC to Invest $100 million in Russia

Data storage giant EMC Corp. will invest $100 million over the next four years in a new research and development center in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Popularity: 2% [?]

February 23, 2007