Japan’s NTT Communications and Russian TransTeleCom are in the final stages of negotiations for a project to link the two nations by jointly laying fibre-optic cable between Hokkaido, northern Japan, and Sakhalin, Russia’s Far East.
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February 22, 2007Linux is the clear winner out of a dispute between the Russian legal authorities and schools over who should carry the can over the use of pirated Windows software, The Inquirer magazine reports.
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February 7, 2007Several major record labels sued the operator of the Russian music Web site AllofMP3.com, claiming the company has been profiting by selling copies of music without their permission, the Associated Press reports.
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December 21, 2006
Golden Telecom Inc., an integrated telecommunications and Internet service provider operating in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, has announced the start of a Wi-Fi city network beta-testing project in Moscow.
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Australian authorities are investigating a possible Russian connection to an alleged scam that promises people high-tech products for Christmas at prices that are hard to believe, Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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December 20, 2006A Russian computer security expert predicts that terrorists could seek to target his country’s critical infrastructure through electronic warfare, the PC World web-site reported on Monday.
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December 18, 2006
The billionaire Russian entrepreneur behind Russia’s biggest vodka maker has paid $3 million to acquire the vodka.com domain, part of a bid to expand into the U.S. market, Reuters news agency reports
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December 15, 2006An internet bookmaker based in Kazakhstan is taking bets on who will be accused of murdering former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, and most of the bets are being placed by Russians, the Reuters news agency reports.
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org) said last week it was considering eliminating some outdated domain name extensions, according to reports.
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December 11, 2006Russian authorities suspects IBM company of business fraud involving also Russian national pension fund and IBM local partners R-Style and Lanit, the Interfax news agency reports.
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December 8, 2006
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