items tagged with Russia
Russia to develop manned nuclear powered spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-30 10:02:55
If the Russian Federal Space Agency has its way, Russian cosmonauts will fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft on a space mission, possibly to the planet Mars, sometime after 2021.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-30 10:02:55
If the Russian Federal Space Agency has its way, Russian cosmonauts will fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft on a space mission, possibly to the planet Mars, sometime after 2021.
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Russia delays first Chinese Mars mission to 2011
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-03 09:22:40
The Phobos-Grunt mission has been delayed by two years in order to provide better reliability to the mission. When launched, it will go to Mars and its moon Phobos. Part of the spacecraft will return samples back to Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-03 09:22:40
The Phobos-Grunt mission has been delayed by two years in order to provide better reliability to the mission. When launched, it will go to Mars and its moon Phobos. Part of the spacecraft will return samples back to Earth.
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Space Station to become circus of the sun
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-30 07:50:20
Founder of Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun"), Guy Labiberté, was blasted into space onboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on September 30, 2009. The Canadian space tourist will promote water awareness during his stay at the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-30 07:50:20
Founder of Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun"), Guy Labiberté, was blasted into space onboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on September 30, 2009. The Canadian space tourist will promote water awareness during his stay at the International Space Station.
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Ovi Mail cracks the million user mark
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-08-12 20:13:10
Nokia boasts that its Ovi Mail email service has clocked up more than one million active accounts in six months.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-08-12 20:13:10
Nokia boasts that its Ovi Mail email service has clocked up more than one million active accounts in six months.
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Russia House connection for Verizon
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: International
2009-07-09 22:21:06
The recent US-Russia summit in Moscow was all about high level diplomacy and an agreement on reducing nuclear arsenals, but behind the politics there was a commercial agreement falling into place with local Russian telecommunications company, Synterra and American telco Verizon signing up to a deal of their own.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: International
2009-07-09 22:21:06
The recent US-Russia summit in Moscow was all about high level diplomacy and an agreement on reducing nuclear arsenals, but behind the politics there was a commercial agreement falling into place with local Russian telecommunications company, Synterra and American telco Verizon signing up to a deal of their own.
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Ancient Bible available online
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-07-07 21:05:16
An ancient Bible containing the earliest complete copy of the New Testament has been reassembled online.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-07-07 21:05:16
An ancient Bible containing the earliest complete copy of the New Testament has been reassembled online.
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A billion reasons to be wary of emails from Australia!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-07-07 03:35:05
A staggering one billion malicious emails orginate from Australia every day of the week as spammers push out their emails to Internet users, enticing them to buy discounted pharmaceuticals, replica watches, greeting cards, or to sneak a peek at naked pictures of pop star Rhianna.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-07-07 03:35:05
A staggering one billion malicious emails orginate from Australia every day of the week as spammers push out their emails to Internet users, enticing them to buy discounted pharmaceuticals, replica watches, greeting cards, or to sneak a peek at naked pictures of pop star Rhianna.
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Space Station crew snaps amazing pixs of volcanic eruption
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-26 07:55:30
On June 12, 2009, the crew of the International Space Station just happened to be zipping overhead at just the moment the Sarychev Peak volcano erupted. The Russian volcano produced magnificent images now available on the Web from many different sources.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-26 07:55:30
On June 12, 2009, the crew of the International Space Station just happened to be zipping overhead at just the moment the Sarychev Peak volcano erupted. The Russian volcano produced magnificent images now available on the Web from many different sources.
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Kapersky patent new technology to combat “sophisticated” malware
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-21 01:06:27
Kapersky has patented information security technology in the United States which the company claims will effectively detect and delete malicious software and remove any trace of its effects by running automatically generated scripts.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-21 01:06:27
Kapersky has patented information security technology in the United States which the company claims will effectively detect and delete malicious software and remove any trace of its effects by running automatically generated scripts.
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Russkies get frosty over XP withdrawals
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-06-05 01:03:47
Can Russian “anti-monopoly” authorities stop Microsoft from further slowing down the supply of Windows XP and replacing it with ever more Vista (and soon, Windows 7) – despite continued XP demand?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-06-05 01:03:47
Can Russian “anti-monopoly” authorities stop Microsoft from further slowing down the supply of Windows XP and replacing it with ever more Vista (and soon, Windows 7) – despite continued XP demand?
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It's six-up on the ISS
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-01 00:27:46
The International Space Station now has a six-person crew.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-01 00:27:46
The International Space Station now has a six-person crew.
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NASA extends Russian contract for Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-29 08:39:41
The U.S. space agency NASA has contracted with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RSA, or Roskosmos) for crew transportation and related services to the International Space Station for the years 2012 and 2013.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-29 08:39:41
The U.S. space agency NASA has contracted with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RSA, or Roskosmos) for crew transportation and related services to the International Space Station for the years 2012 and 2013.
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Australia fourth on spam league table
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-05-26 22:50:07
Don’t worry about the swine flu epidemic there’s another epidemic - whilst not potentially fatal in human terms – which does, however, continue to plague the Internet with increasing ferocity.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-05-26 22:50:07
Don’t worry about the swine flu epidemic there’s another epidemic - whilst not potentially fatal in human terms – which does, however, continue to plague the Internet with increasing ferocity.
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Russians build Mac netbook
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-05-22 14:03:36
Disregarding Apple's opinion that current netbooks are "junky" and the company's willingness to sue Mac clone makers, a Russian website is offering a MiniBook with Mac OS X running on an Asus Eee PC.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-05-22 14:03:36
Disregarding Apple's opinion that current netbooks are "junky" and the company's willingness to sue Mac clone makers, a Russian website is offering a MiniBook with Mac OS X running on an Asus Eee PC.
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Nothing international about Space Station when using the toilet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-16 10:16:32
According to Gennady Padalka, the current commander of the International Space Station, various politicians and bureaucrats are making Russian crewmembers use their own bathrooms, foods, and exercise equipment. What's next, pay toilets in space?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-16 10:16:32
According to Gennady Padalka, the current commander of the International Space Station, various politicians and bureaucrats are making Russian crewmembers use their own bathrooms, foods, and exercise equipment. What's next, pay toilets in space?
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Russian commander brings in Soyuz after autopilot fails
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-28 10:52:50
On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka abruptly took the manual controls of his Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft during the last stage of docking to the Space Station when the automatic docking system failed.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-28 10:52:50
On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka abruptly took the manual controls of his Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft during the last stage of docking to the Space Station when the automatic docking system failed.
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Red Alert: Space junk almost hits Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-13 17:13:53
On Thursday, March 12, 2009, NASA ordered International Space Station crewmembers to abandon the Station and hole up in the Soyuz capsule that was docked to the Station for just these types of emergency situations. Several pieces of space debris (junk) were heading toward them, and a collision was possible.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-13 17:13:53
On Thursday, March 12, 2009, NASA ordered International Space Station crewmembers to abandon the Station and hole up in the Soyuz capsule that was docked to the Station for just these types of emergency situations. Several pieces of space debris (junk) were heading toward them, and a collision was possible.
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First pieces of destroyed Cosmos 2251 reentering Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-11 08:25:55
According to tracking data from the U.S. Strategic Command, the first fragments of the destroyed Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 will be entering the atmosphere of Earth in the last half of March 2009, with more debris following in April 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-11 08:25:55
According to tracking data from the U.S. Strategic Command, the first fragments of the destroyed Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 will be entering the atmosphere of Earth in the last half of March 2009, with more debris following in April 2009.
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See real-time debris data from Iridium/Cosmos collision
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-28 10:35:29
The orbital debris from the collision of the U.S. Iridium 33 satellite and the Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite can now be tracked in real-time by using Google Earth and an Orbiting Frog. See how to do it here!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-28 10:35:29
The orbital debris from the collision of the U.S. Iridium 33 satellite and the Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite can now be tracked in real-time by using Google Earth and an Orbiting Frog. See how to do it here!
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Space highway crowded: Two major satellites collide
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-13 10:42:52
On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, the Russian Kosmos 2251 satellite and the U.S. Iridium 33 satellite collided with each other about 790 kilometers (490 miles) above the surface of the Earth. The Secure Earth Foundation is calling for the establishment of a civil space traffic control system to prevent such problems in the future.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-13 10:42:52
On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, the Russian Kosmos 2251 satellite and the U.S. Iridium 33 satellite collided with each other about 790 kilometers (490 miles) above the surface of the Earth. The Secure Earth Foundation is calling for the establishment of a civil space traffic control system to prevent such problems in the future.
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