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Venezuelan Embassy Website Hacked, Details Leaked

The website of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Austria was breached by a hacker called SwichSmoke who managed to leak information on their customers and administrators. Judging by the names of the tables stored in its database, the site, austria.gob.ve, contained information such as videos, si...

1 December 2011
06:54 GMT

UPC Austria Exposes Customers to Major Security Risks

European Internet service provider UPC has supplied its Austrian customers with routers that set up hidden wireless access points accessible by anyone.According to security researchers from Secure Business Austria (SBA), UPC's Thomson TWG850-4U wireless router creates a secondary wireless network (WLAN) with a p...

1 August 2011
00:50 GMT

New Method for Estimating the Power Output of Wind Farms

Investigators in Austria are currently working on a new method of estimating the amount of electricity that wind farms will generate given a specified area and a type of wind patterns.The researchers are looking at several prediction methods, comparing them against each other and with real-life production numbers, in...

25 October 2010
05:05 GMT

iPad Launching in Nine More Countries This Friday

Apple has announced that iPad will be available in nine more countries beginning this Friday, July 23. Both the WiFi-only version, and the 3G model of the tablet device are to start shipping to key markets including Austria, Belgium, and Hong Kong. Apple also announced that iPhone 4 is scheduled to arrive in 17 ...

19 July 2010
10:39 GMT

2 Free Windows 7 Austria Themes Available for Download

Windows 7 customers can download two themes featuring content from Austria via the Microsoft Download Center. With these two theme packs, users running the latest iteration of the Windows client will be able to personalize their desktops with additional imagery from Europe. Those of you that are keeping their eyes on...

1 June 2010
12:17 GMT

Napoleon: Total War – Battle of Arcole

After the initiation at Lodi, a pretty simple setup where the only big danger is heading into the town directly, the Napoleon wannabe is tasked with winning another battle crucial to the North Italian campaign, the Battle of Arcole, which is much more of a problem. I lost this one on the first try mainly because of b...

10 March 2010
17:41 GMT

Vienna Gets Showcased in 3D in Google Earth

Google's quest to recreate the world under it own terms is moving ahead as scheduled, it seems. Luckily, we're not talking about some evil corporate conspiracy but rather about a more benign yet ambitious plan to have most of the world's cities modeled in 3D and available in Google Earth. The company&...

15 February 2010
10:55 GMT

Samsung Omnia II to Come with WM 6.5 in September

It seems that Windows Mobile enthusiasts won't have too long to wait until the first mobile phones running under the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 iteration of Microsoft's operating system will become available on the market. September seems to be the lucky month for some, especially for mobile phone users wh...

2 July 2009
09:04 GMT

Austria Will Remain in CERN, Officials Announce

According to the latest developments in Austria, the country will remain a part of the massive European physics research initiative CERN, the main operator of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Earlier this month, the nation announced that it would withdraw from the cooperation, in order to invest the money it had caug...

19 May 2009
05:59 GMT

Austria Plans on Quitting CERN

Austrian science minister Johannes Hahn has recently announced that the nation would withdraw from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), seeking to reinvest the money it has caught up in the scientific project into other endeavors. The announcement comes at a very bad time, just six months before the...

9 May 2009
05:25 GMT

Second Android Phone Goes to Austria Too

When it comes to the countries that are reported to get the second mobile phone powered by Google's Android operating system, the HTC Magic, the list goes on with Spain, which already has it available for purchase online, the UK, which will get it on May 5, France, where the handset should land on May 6, Italy, ...

28 April 2009
10:32 GMT

Nokia Messaging Goes to Austria on A1

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and A1 have announced today that the Nokia Messaging consumer email service will be offered to A1's subscribers in Austria starting with May 2009. The service goes for the first time in the country via A1, part of mobilkom austria, and is meant to allow users to enjoy easy access...

23 April 2009
06:33 GMT

Empire Total War: No More Rebels in Unclaimed Territories

One of the biggest changes that Empire: Total War made to the gameplay experience was for me the complete and utter disappearance of the rebel-controlled territories. I hardly noticed this when I first looked at the game map in the nation selection screen. It only made an impact in my mind when I took control of Aust...

9 March 2009
19:01 GMT

Nokia Music Store Goes Live in Austria and Switzerland

Nokia, the worldwide leading mobile phone maker, has announced today that the Nokia Music Store is now live in Austria and in Switzerland. The Nokia Music Store is able to bring to users five million tracks from known artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming local acts, while offering consumers a simple way to ...

13 February 2009
06:17 GMT

UEFA Euro 2008 - Achievements (Xbox 360)

UEFA EURO 2008 is the only officially licensed videogame based on the upcoming real-world championship that begins in June in Austria and Switzerland; it was released on April 11. The game features some amazing representations of the world's most famous players, in a more accessible, faster paced and responsive ...

2 June 2008
09:13 GMT

Mobile Phones Banned On Public Transportation

The city of Graz, the second largest Austrian city after the capital Vienna, banned the use of mobile phones on public transport, following a decision taken by Siegfried Nagl, the conservative Mayor of the town. The regulation does not mean people cannot travel with their mobile phones while using the city'...

17 April 2008
04:35 GMT

Apple's iPhone Officially Comes to Austria

T-Mobile Austria announced it will launch Apple's iPhone in the Central European country, starting with the first half of 2008. There is no exact date regarding the launch, but everything is official, since Hamid Akhavan, T-Mobile's Chief Executive Officer, confirmed the release. This being said, Austrian c...

15 February 2008
06:00 GMT

Austria Wants PEGI to Rate Their Games

Following the approval of an amendment to the Viennese Youth Protection Act (at the meeting of the Viennese provincial government on 13 November 2007), the Pan European Game Information board, or PEGI, is going to to provide better protection for young people playing video games, in the respective PAL territory.Accor...

12 December 2007
06:22 GMT

'Heil Hitler' on YouTube Can Send You to Prison!

After numerous clips showing Nazi salutes were published on YouTube, the Austrian authorities started an investigation over the young soldiers who appeared in them. The Defense Minister Norbert Darabos said for Reuters that all the soldiers were identified and will be soon questioned about the YouTube clips. It seems...

5 September 2007
05:15 GMT


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