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Compromised Veterinary Supplier Spreads Malware and Leaks Data

Researchers came across an Argentinian veterinary supplier website that had been compromised and exploited to the maximum by cybercriminals. Kaspersky Lab experts found that not only was it redesigned to spread malicious Brazilian Trojans that targeted bank accounts, but it may also have been probed by a Russian hac...

18 January 2012
09:50 GMT

Argentinian ISPs Block One Million Blogs in Attempt to Comply with Court Order

In an attempt to comply with a court order and block a single blog, some Argentinian ISPs have enacted a filter that actually makes over a million websites inaccessible to their customers.The whole situation started with Argentina's National Telecommunications Commission (CNC) issuing a directive to ISPs to bloc...

20 August 2011
07:42 GMT

Motorola ATRIX Arrives in Argentina at Claro

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and Claro have just announced that the Motorola ATRIX is now available for purchase in Argentina. The handset can deliver impressive performance capabilities to its users, as well as features that are not usually available on smartphones, through specific accessories and Moto...

25 July 2011
12:41 GMT

Giant Earthquake Risk Looms Over the Andes

South America's Andes mountains are subjected to a very high risk of experiencing a massive earthquake, experts say. The magnitude of the tremor would make it about 10 times stronger than any other similar event that took place in the same area ever before. The tremor risk should be shared with the millions of p...

10 May 2011
05:46 GMT

Ancestor of Sunflower Family Found

A team of researchers managed to identify a possible evolutionary root for the sunflower family, whose origins have until now eluded detection. The fossilized plant was discovered in northern Argentina.Experts who got a chance to look at the artifact say that it is more than 45 million years old, and that it may very...

24 September 2010
08:39 GMT

Apple Shipping iPad to 5 Latin American Countries on Sept. 17

An announcement made solely for Latin American Apple fans reveals that Cupertino is gearing up to ship iPad tablet computers to five additional territories tomorrow.Specifically, the iPad is coming to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in both WiFi and 3G form.A Google-translated version of the announcement...

16 September 2010
04:22 GMT

Many Argentinian Governmental Websites Abused

Security researchers found that a significant number of Web sites belonging to the Argentinian government were hacked and are now being used in black hat search engine optimization campaigns (BHSEO). Some of them are even infecting visitors with malware.The mass compromise was discovered by Sucuri Security, a provide...

9 July 2010
03:31 GMT

Establishing Why Right Whales Die Off

The Patagonian Coast, in Argentina, features a location known as the Peninsula Valdes, which has been somewhat of a gruesome scene for the past five years. Since 2005, nearly 310 whales have been found dead here for no apparent reason. The worst part is that only a handful of the animals were adults, with nearly 90 p...

29 March 2010
10:07 GMT

Samsung Omnia II Already Available in Argentina

Mobile phone users in Argentina have now the possibility to purchase yet another high-end handset that just went available in the country, namely the Samsung Omnia II. Running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, the phone seems to be one of the nicest devices launched into the wild during the...

29 December 2009
06:06 GMT

Third ESA Deep-Space Station Under Construction

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on June 22nd plans to expand its network of deep-space surveillance stations, when it informed the Argentinian government that it had selected a 30-square-kilometer area, on which it would build a new, giant, 35-meter radio antenna. Once completed, the plant will be the agenc...

27 June 2009
05:05 GMT

Ancient Argentinian Skulls Hint at American Population Origins

The original inhabitants of the Americas may have very well descended from a single ancestor, or from more, partisans of two anthropological theories say. The debate on the issue has been raging on in academic circles for many years, but now newly discovered human skulls, found in Argentina, may finally bring this he...

4 June 2009
15:01 GMT

Environmental Insurances Are a Must in Argentina

Argentina recently took the first steps in becoming the first country in its region to make insurances a must for companies and corporations engaged in activities that may pose risks to the environment. Officials, who made the announcement on Thursday, said that this measure would affect over 35,000 businesses throug...

20 October 2008
02:32 GMT

Argentinian Tax Office Begins Game Development

Video games are slowly becoming the best entertainment tool in the world, according to analysts, but they also have the potential to offer valuable information and even teach youngsters, for example. One of the first national organizations that want to entertain and educate teenagers is the Argentinian Tax Office - t...

22 July 2008
03:17 GMT

Google Doesn't Know the Time

I'm not sure why I get this feeling of being happy whenever I find out about or catch Google doing something different than it should be, like last month's displaying a Christmas Recipe in the Sci-Fi section of its News, or today's time not accounting for the daylight savings in Buenos Aires. I guess i...

4 January 2008
10:26 GMT

Bienvenido Google!

Google, the company that owns the most powerful search engine on the Internet, opened a new office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, looking to conquer the South American market. According to Googlified, the search giant wants to use the capital of the country to hire 1000 engineers and 2000 more employees in the next year...

16 April 2007
05:20 GMT


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