CNews - Russian IT Review

Samsung opens R&D center in Skolkovo

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:40:00 GMT

Samsung is going to open an R&D center in Skolkovo. It will have several dozen employees but the company will expand if it proves a success.

Public e-mail almost there: Putin Aide

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:20:53 GMT

President Vladimir Putin"s Aide and Former Communications Minister Igor Shchyogolev says the public electronic mail service is almost there. It will make it easier for Russians to discuss lawmaking initiatives online.

Yota launches unprecedented LTE Advanced

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:55:38 GMT

Yota is so far available on a limited part of the Yota 4G network in Moscow. The operator is going to expand it throughout its commercial networks by early 2013, when it gets the necessary customer equipment.

Yandex creates Google Play killer

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT

YandexStore, an alternative Android apps store is opening Monday. An application store of its own will help Yandex bypass restrictions on providing its search and navigation services by default on Google Android devices.

iPhone, iPad secretly videotape, send data to Apple

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:20:00 GMT

Natalia Kasperskaya is certain that Apple smartphones and tablets are not safe because their functional includes spying on users, in particular photo and videotaping.

Abbyy buys integrator in US

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:45:00 GMT

Abbyy has announced it has bought another company in the US, its second purchase within the last few months. It implements document scanning and conversion technology and it has been involved in joint projects with Abbyy for several years.

Russia makes Yandex movie

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:10:06 GMT

Film producer Irina Smolko is working on a film about the history of Yandex. Contributing to the production is also "Island" scriptwriter Dmitry Sobolev. Yandex says it is not involved in the filmmaking.

Sberbank boosts IT budget by 50%

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:00:54 GMT

Sberbank"s IT budget exceeded 16 billion rubles ($501 million) in the first half of 2012.

Kaspersky Lab develops own OS

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:55:08 GMT

The Kaspersky Lab is developing its own secured operating system that will be used in industrial information systems.

Steve Jobs associate and creator of Mac OS X gets job in Russian company

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:32:39 GMT

The Russian Parallels company has offered a job to Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple Bertrand Serlet who was responsible for the release of Mac OS X. In 1989 Bertrand began work under Steve Jobs in NeXT.

Russia Rolls Out State Cyber Security Policy

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:18:00 GMT

For the first time Russia has come out with a detailed nation-wide policy guidelines of tackling cyber crime. It intends to create a national state system of detecting and preventing cyber attacks. The document was published by the Russian Security Council and the major responsibilities of bringing the policy to life are supposed to be given to the Federal Security Service.

Russia Rolls Out National Cyber Security Policy

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:18:00 GMT

Russia Develops Cyber Security Policy

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:18:00 GMT

Russia"s Security Council has come up with policy guidelines of tackling cyber crime. It intends to create a national state system of detecting and preventing cyber attacks. The major responsibilities of bringing the policy to life are supposed to be given to the Federal Security Service.

GLONASS developers embezzle over RUB500 million

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:50:44 GMT

Police say over 565 million rubles (nearly $20 mln) has been unreasonably spent for the development of the GLONASS navigation system.

Russian Wikipedia closes to protest ‘Information law’

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:10:06 GMT

The largest online encyclopedia, Wikipedia has announced it would not be available for Russian users on July, 10th. The move is a protest against amendments into the law on Information that could lead to censorship within the Russian internet segment.

Head of Russian Google office leaves post

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:12:26 GMT

As Head of Google"s Russian office Vladimir Dolgov left the company, there have been no candidates to replace him. The man is going to head the newly forming office of the eBay auction in Russia.

Gazprom, Russian Railways, Rosatom, Russian Technologies join to develop IT

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:30:00 GMT

An association of IT heads of largest state corporations is going to appear in Russia. It will also include representatives of world and Russian IT companies. The association"s main objective is to form a list of the corporations" similar IT needs and come up with sums required to tackle them.

Russia to register of banned sites

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:49:10 GMT

The Russian Duma will consider a bill to make a register of banned websites. It will include sites with pornographic and harmful content for children and those propagating drugs.

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IBS makes less than expected in 2011

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:13:55 GMT

IBS Group has shown growth of its key financial indicators but it has failed to meet its earlier revenue forecasts.

St. Petersburg new IT head tackles the "mess"

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:00:00 GMT

New head of the St. Petersburg Committee on IT and communications Ivan Gromov told CNews about the city"s IT infrastructure and his plans to improve it.

Mail.ru Hands Сontrol Over VKontakte to Pavel Durov

Tue, 29 May 2012 05:10:52 GMT

The Mail.ru Group has clinched a deal to give its share of the VKontakte social network to Pavel Durov, the network's founder. The deal makes Durov the company's controlling shareholder.

Russia: Lenovo snapping at Acer’s heels

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:15:00 GMT

Lenovo has shown a 26% increase in its revenues in Russia for the 2011-2012 financial year that exceeded $830 million. The company has got close to Acer in terms of turnover. Acer made around $1 billion in the region last year.

SAP launches custom software development in Russia

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:08:00 GMT

Ten years after its global launch, SAP is opening a custom software development branch in Russia. The company believes domestic clients are prepared for this. They expect the new line to be bringing 7% income of the total sales in the region by 2015.

EPAM Systems to Acquire Thoughtcorp

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:14:39 GMT

EPAM Systems today announced it has agreed to acquire Thoughtcorp, a premier IT Consultancy and Software Solution Provider based in Toronto, Canada.