IT guys pinpoint exact location of Spamalot
Belarus has grabbed the dubious honor of being the biggest worldwide source of spam per capita, according to the BBC. Data from the Cloudmark security firm flagged 27 percent of Belarusian IP addresses...
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Gazprom chief to get $4 million iPad
Russia Beyond the Headlines details a tender for a new iPad custom-made for Gazprom chairman Alexei Miller. The Russian energy giant announced a tender for a computer system costing up to 120 million...
View ArticleRussians, Ukrainian charged in ‘cutting edge’ global hacking scheme
Four Russians and a Ukrainian have been charged in what U.S. officials call the largest hacking attack in the country’s history, RIA Novosti reports. Released 25 July, the indictment accuses the...
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Turkmenistan’s Internet blues
Turkmenistan is infamous for its tightly controlled media, and is one of the world’s greatest Internet Enemies by Reporters Without Borders’ estimations. With the average Turkmen finding his or her...
View ArticleMoscow to track subway riders’ mobile phones
Moscow’s metro system will soon be equipped with devices able to read data off people’s mobile phones. The chief of the metro police force, Andrei Mokhov, made the announcement 29 July, Radio Free...
View ArticleGamers cry foul over too many Soviet stereotypes
Despite receiving positive reviews following its release, ‘Company of Heroes 2’, the sequel to the extremely popular RTS (real-time strategy) game by Relic, has recently elicited a strong backlash...
View ArticleTeen suicides put Latvia’s Ask.fm under scrutiny
The parents of the Latvian founders of a social media platform involved in a British suicide row are defending their sons, the Daily Mail writes. Latvian entrepreneurs and founders of Ask.fm, Ilja...
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Macedonia turns to SMS to curb pesticide use
Farmers in the Prespa Lake Basin of Resen, Macedonia are reducing the amount of harmful pesticides polluting the region with the help of a new system that incorporates monitoring pests and social...
View ArticleAzerbaijani gets jail for dissing bank as corrupt on Facebook
It calls itself “Your Accessible European Bank” and is partly owned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an institution pledged to uphold democratic values. Thus it was shocking to...
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The Moscow Mayor’s mischievous viral marketing
Throughout the Moscow mayor’s race, Alexey Navalny’s campaign has taken a beating from all sides on questions about financing, nationalism, and even transparency. A wide array of government actors and...
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Unprecedented communications monitoring set for Sochi Olympics
Two Russian investigative reporters have uncovered plans for extensive monitoring of electronic communications during next February’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Guardian reports. Journalists Andrei...
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