Neowin News Feed for: Russian

TWIRL 52: Busy launch week for this series' first birthday

Paul Hill — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 18:50:01 +0000

We've finally got a busy week coming up in terms of space launches. Russia, India, SpaceX, and two other private firms will be launching this week. It's also been a year since the TWIRL series began. Read more...

Russia completes successful test of national internet alternative

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:02:01 +0000

Russia has announced the completion of tests it carried out on the Runet, a name it has given its in-development national internet alternative. The tests took place on December 23. Read more...

Telltale removes real image of dead Russian ambassador following backlash

Usama Jawad — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 18:24:02 +0000

In response to what appears to be a very public fiasco, Telltale Games has apologized and removed the real and disturbing image of a dead Russian ambassador from its latest Batman game. Read more...

Fighting the Bear: Microsoft takes on Russian hackers with clever tactics

Dreyer Smit — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 09:04:01 +0000

Hacking groups have caused irreparable damage over the years, destroying careers and causing political uncertainty, and Microsoft has taken the fight to them using the criminal's own tactics. Read more...

Google shipped Android Wear 2.0 with characters missing from some on-screen keyboards

Andy Weir — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:14:01 +0000

Smartwatch owners have been complaining for months that on-screen keyboards for some languages in Android Wear 2.0 are missing characters - but Google only acknowledged the issue yesterday. Read more...

Skype Translator adds support for Russian spoken language

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:42:01 +0000

Skype's universal translator just got a bit more inclusive as of today, when it added support for voice translations to and from Russian. That brings the number of supported spoken languages up to 9. Read more...

Review: Mango Languages

Brody McKee — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:26:00 +0000

If you're looking to learn a new language, you'll know that there are a heap of options. Mango Languages takes a different approach to learning by focusing on conversations. So how well does it work? Read more...

Woman files lawsuit against LinkedIn over password breaches

Paul Ferson — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:35:21 +0000

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. Read more...

Windows 8 Release Preview language packs screenshots leaked

John Callaham — Sun, 27 May 2012 22:23:28 +0000

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. Read more...

Russia revealed as one of the biggest pirates of Microsoft software

Tom Warren — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:21:03 +0000

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... Read more...

US and Russian satellites smash into each other

Brad Sams — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:29:08 +0000

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... Read more...

First Russian BitTorrent User Sentenced

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:17:51 +0000

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... Read more...

Russian internet attacks against UK unlikely, analyst says

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:08:04 +0000

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... Read more...

Russian Game Museum Recalls Bygone Era

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:17:59 +0000

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... Read more...

Russian teacher fined in Microsoft piracy case

Mon, 07 May 2007 13:53:15 +0000

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... Read more...

Russian Satellites To Challenge America's GPS Monopoly

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:28:15 +0000

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... Read more...

Charges dropped in Russian Microsoft Piracy Case

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:23:56 +0000

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... Read more...

Vista Exploit Surfaces on Russian Hacker Site

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:05:18 +0000

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... Read more...

Record Firms Sue Russian MP3 Site

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:24:15 +0000

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... Read more...

Refuse: Home, Sweep Home Russian demo

Marcel Klum — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:54:17 +0000

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... Read more...

WMF Exploits Sold By Russian Hackers

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:41:26 +0000

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,... Read more...

Russian supply ship reaches space station

Tue, 04 Feb 2003 21:39:53 +0000

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... Read more...

Investigator Says Russian Software Viewed As Major Problem

Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:09:49 +0000

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... Read more...

Russian hacker gets 3-year sentence

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 04:32:52 +0000

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... Read more...

Russian firm improves game copy protection

Thu, 01 Aug 2002 16:07:15 +0000

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... Read more...

Russian CEO defends copying rights

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:59:02 +0000

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... Read more...