The Indians and the Russians are about to be the first few countries to get the new Nokia 808 PureView, with the mobile manufacturer confirming that it will be rolling out the 41-megapixel cameraphone in May in ‘selected markets’.
Topic: Russia
Windows 8 reaches Milestone 2, according to leaks
While it hasn’t been any secret that Microsoft is already at work in producing the successor to Windows 7 – the OS that happens to repair much of the damage of Windows Vista – but the stage of development of it has been so secretive, it can rival Apple.
Morning Briefing: Tuesday 28 December
Welcome to the Morning Briefing for Tuesday 28 December, where we highlight the tech stories from across the web and what we are watching here at TECHGEEK.com.au.
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Zuckerberg to partner with Baidu to open Facebook China?
Image: Sina (via guardian.co.uk)
Founder of Facebook and recent inductee to Time’s Person of the Year, Mark Zuckerberg, has been spotted in China taking a tour around Baidu; and now, speculation is rising of a possible Facebook in China, with the help of Baidu’s power in one of the largest markets in terms of users on the Internet.
Morning Briefing: Tuesday 21 December
Welcome to the Morning Briefing for Tuesday 21 December, where we highlight the tech stories from across the web and what we are watching here at TECHGEEK.com.au.
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Report: Microsoft used to suppress Russian dissidents
Dissidents’ computers are being suppressed by the police by using the pretext of searching for pirated copies of software belonging to Microsoft, according to a report by The New York Times.
Security report links Russian intelligence agency to Georgia cyber attacks
A new report written by a group of cyber-security experts has claimed that Russian intelligence agencies were linked or probably involved in the 2008 cyber attack on Georgia during the 2008 invasion of the country by Russia in July and August of 2008.
Google upsets Russia, local advertising acquisition halted
Russian regulators have said that Google cannot acquire Zao Begun, a local advertising company in Russia – effectively halting its $140 million deal that was agreed to in July. Zao Begun is owned by Rambler Media, another Russian company who runs various websites and a search engine.
Georgia: Russia engaging in cyber warfare
The bitter conflict between two former Soviet republics, Russia and Georgia, over the Georgian province of South Ossetia may have now migrated online after the Georgian presidential website and other government sites have been attacked by a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) – which shuts down a computer network by flooding it with requests that lead to a non-existing page on the server.
Google buys contextual ads company for $140 million
Google is in the process of buying the Russian contextual ad company ZAO Begun for $140 million from the UK-registered Rambler Media, according to TechCrunch.
While the ad company is a Russian company, many firms have based themselves in the UK; with Rambler owning 50.1 percent of the company. Basically, Rambler will buy the other 49.9 percent from Bannatyne Limited and then sell the firm to Google.
Russian malware gang vanishes
A Russian gang that is alleged to hosting malware has vanished after their software disappeared from the web, says Trend Micro. The Russian Business Network, which was alleged to have been heavily involved in packing kits -development kits to deploy malicious software- suddenly dropped off the internet on Thursday, the Tokyo-based company said.
AllofMP3.com is back from the dead
The Russian music download site, allofMP3.com, is set to be reborn after a Moscow court found that the site is legal. This comes a big blow to the US Government.
The site says that it pays it royalties to a non-commercial company that spreads the money to the record companies.
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