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Woman files lawsuit against LinkedIn over password breaches
An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against LinkedIn after its password breach, citing the company's incorrect claims about its level of protection for users. More...
Windows 8 Release Preview language packs screenshots leaked
A website has leaked screenshots of what the UI will look like for the language packs feature inside the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview build when it is launch in early June. More...
Russia revealed as one of the biggest pirates of Microsoft software
Microsoft revealed this week that 25% of Russian software outlets sell pirated Microsoft software. The findings were published as part of a survey the software giant carried out recently. According to The Associated Press, Microsoft checked... More...
US and Russian satellites smash into each other
It has taken surprisingly long but two satellites, one US and the other a Russian, have smashed into each other high above the Earth. With approximately 18,000 pieces currently being tracked in space it's... More...
First Russian BitTorrent User Sentenced
With rampant piracy across much of Russia, one could be forgiven for thinking they don’t care about copyright there. That assertion is now up for debate as the first BitTorrent user in Russia is sentenced... More...
Russian internet attacks against UK unlikely, analyst says
Internet attacks originating from Russia against the UK are unlikely to occur as the row between Moscow and London continues, a security expert has said. Eugene Kaspersky, head of research and development at Moscow-based anti-virus... More...
Russian Game Museum Recalls Bygone Era
Forgotten and broken down Soviet-era arcade games are being restored for Moscow's newest museum, just opened by volunteers nostalgic for childhood days spent playing games like "Tankodrom" and "Sniper." Secret military factories across the Soviet... More...
Russian teacher fined in Microsoft piracy case
A court has fined Russian headmaster Alexander Ponosov 5,000 roubles (or $194.40) or half his monthly wage, for allowing pupils to use 12 computers with unlicensed copies of Microsoft Windows and Office software at his... More...
Russian Satellites To Challenge America's GPS Monopoly
Russia's space agency is preparing to launch eight satellites that will nearly complete a system designed to compete directly, by 2009, with the existing global positioning system technology of the United States. GLONASS (Global Navigation... More...
Charges dropped in Russian Microsoft Piracy Case
Charges have been dropped against 40 year-old Alexander Ponosov, a Russian school principal who would have faced up to five years in prison after police seized 12 computers with more than US$10,000 in pirated Microsoft... More...
Vista Exploit Surfaces on Russian Hacker Site
Proof-of-concept exploit code for a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions of Windows—including Vista—has been posted on a Russian hacker forum, forcing Microsoft to activate its emergency response process. Mike Reavey, operations manager of the... More...
Record Firms Sue Russian MP3 Site
US record labels Arista Records, Warner Bros, Capitol and UMG recordings have started legal action against Moscow-based Mediaservices. The lawsuit was filed in New York and claims that sites Allofmp3.com and allTunes.com are selling songs... More...
Refuse: Home, Sweep Home Russian demo
A Russian playable demo for Refuse: Home, Sweep Home is now online, allowing the chance to try out the newly released, third-person squad-based toy soldier action game by MultiSoft. This demo contains one mission situated... More...
WMF Exploits Sold By Russian Hackers
The Windows Metafile (WMF) bug that caused users -- and Microsoft -- so much grief in December and January spread like it did because Russian hackers sold an exploit to anyone who had the cash,... More...
Russian supply ship reaches space station
A Russian cargo craft has docked successfully at the International Space Station. It delivered vital fuel and food to an outpost and crew cut off from a major supply line following the loss of the... More...
Investigator Says Russian Software Viewed As Major Problem
A former Adobe Systems piracy investigator testified Wednesday that the San Jose-based software company viewed a Russian computer program as a "major problem" to the security of its eBook reader product. Daryl... More...
Russian hacker gets 3-year sentence
Russian hacker, lured to the United States by the FBI under the ruse of a job interview in a case that prompted a sharp rebuke from Moscow, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison... More...
Russian firm improves game copy protection
Starforce Technologies will launch v3.0 of Starforce Professional, a CD authentication system, at the ECTS games show in London at the end of this month. The new system will introduce a whole range... More...
Russian CEO defends copying rights
Russian programmer Alexander Katalov landed in Moscow a week ago just in time to celebrate his wife's birthday. The flight came at the end of what the ElcomSoft CEO hopes will be... More...
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