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Anonymous Hacker Arrested in Poland for Defacing the PM’s Site

A 22-year-old student from Poland was arrested after being suspected of breaching and defacing the official website of the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as part of the anti-ACTA online protests. According to VOGH, Lucasz S. was apprehended in the city of Wrocla, but denied having any involvement with t...

30 January 2012
04:59 GMT

The Witcher 2 Developer Hiring Employees for New Game

Polish developer CD Projekt Red, the studio behind the critically acclaimed The Witcher series, is currently hiring new staff in preparation for a new game, at least according to the announcements made on its website and Facebook page.CD Projekt Red made a name for itself with the original Witcher role playing game, ...

7 September 2011
15:21 GMT

President Obama Gets The Witcher 2 from Polish President

Reports from the recent visit of United States President Barrack Obama to Poland are saying that part of the gift package that the American leader received from his Polish counterpart was a copy of the recently launched The Witcher 2 video game, complete with a number of collectibles. It has long been part of the ...

31 May 2011
04:51 GMT

ZeuS Targets Two-Factor Authentication Systems Used by Polish Banks

Polish online banking users are being targeted by a ZeuS variant which features a mobile component for stealing SMS codes required by two-factor authentication systems.In order to counter the increasing amount of online banking fraud performed via phishing or with the help of sophisticated trojans like ZeuS and SpyEy...

21 February 2011
12:50 GMT

Footprints of the Oldest Dinosaurs Found in Poland

A new research analyzing three sets of footprints from three different sites in the Holy Cross Mountains of central Poland, discovered the oldest evidence of the dinosaur lineage – fossilized tracks, and described them in this week's Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The research was led by Grzegorz Nied...

6 October 2010
04:37 GMT

SpyEye Botnet Steals Online Banking Credentials from Polish Users

Security researchers from Trend Micro have infiltrated the command and control structure of a SpyEye-based botnet, which specifically targets users located in Poland.SpyEye is an information stealing trojan that has a similar feature set to the ZeuS crimeware, the financial fraudsters' weapon of choice.In fact, ...

8 September 2010
10:20 GMT

Hearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi – Franco German Stalemate

My forces are ready. My commanders, poor as they are, have their orders. I even hope to get some help from allies. And on September 2, when Nazi Germany declared war on Poland and begins its advance, I begin air raids over the Rhineland and launch attacks on two regions, at different points in the line, with my armor...

12 August 2010
19:01 GMT

Polish Presidential Plane Crash Exploited by Scareware Pushers

The recent plane crash that resulted in the death of Polish President Lech Kaczyński and tens of other state officials is currently being exploited via BHSEO campaigns. Search results related to the tragedy have been poisoned with malicious links that push scareware-type computer programs. On April 10th, 2010, a Tup...

12 April 2010
11:23 GMT

HTC HD2 Already Available from T-Mobile Germany

HTC HD2, the high-end mobile phone the Taiwanese handset maker HTC Corporation has just launched on the market with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 on board, is now available for purchase from T-Mobile Germany. The handset has been already launched in the UK via Vodafone, O2 and T-Mobile, and now mobile-phone use...

27 November 2009
16:31 GMT

Cyberattack Targets Polish Government Systems

Local Polish media reports that the country's government network was the target of an organized cyberattack back in September. The authorities are reluctant to disclose details about the incident, but apparently the attack originated in Russia.According to the Polish Rzeczpospolita (The Republic) newspaper, the ...

15 October 2009
10:03 GMT

Nokia Music Store Now Available in Poland Too

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has recently launched its music service Nokia Music Store on another market, Poland. Mobile phone users and music fans in the country are now able to purchase favorite albums and tracks through the music portal, where they will find a variety of more than 4.5 million tracks. The Nokia...

26 June 2009
09:28 GMT

The Poznan Conference Yielded No Conclusive Results

The UN Conference on Climate Change, which took place in Poznan, Poland, December 1-12, yielded no conclusive results on new targets to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, following the completion of the Kyoto Protocol, in 2012. However, there were some step forward in the new summit, and officials expre...

20 December 2008
03:31 GMT

France Asks Poland Not to Block Climate Deal

French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Poland not to veto any proposed climate deals that may result from the European Union summit, which will end today in Gdansk, Poland. The problem with any deals is the fact that many of the newest EU members, states that were part of the Soviet Union, including Romania, Bulgaria...

12 December 2008
03:49 GMT

Brazil Opposes UN Forestry Carbon Offsetting Scheme

Brazil opposed the idea that rich countries could offset their carbon emissions by funding tree preservation efforts in underdeveloped countries, its ambassador for climate change, Sergio Serra, announced at the Poznan UN conference on Thursday. The main reason for this refusal was the fact that, on one hand, ri...

5 December 2008
05:02 GMT

Developing Nations Ask for More Funding, Despite Global Crisis

In the first days of the Poznan Conference, where delegates from all around the world have gathered to discuss the threats posed by global warming and climate change, developing nations have requested high levels of subsidies from rich countries, to help them tackle issues such as deforestation and the preservation o...

3 December 2008
06:26 GMT

Polish Miners Attack Greenpeace Activists in Poland

Peaceful Greenpeace protesters were met with violence by Poznan miners on Monday, as they attempted to write STOP next to a huge bulldozer, used for coal transport. The miners prevented the activists from protesting and removed them from the area. Police arrived at the scene shortly and separated the two groups. This...

25 November 2008
04:56 GMT

Update: Orange Poland Denies Fake iPhone 3G Queues

We did find it a little hard to believe that Orange Poland had hired John Does to form fake queues in front of Orange stores in an attempt to drum-up interest in the iPhone 3G. Hence this update coming from World of Apple, which reveals Orange has denied such allegations.Earlier last week, it had come to our attentio...

27 August 2008
12:35 GMT

Poland Pays for Fake iPhone 3G Queues

This you won't believe. Apple's iPhone 3G, as you've probably already heard, is launching in 21 new countries starting today. While some markets are packed full of iPhone fans just waiting to grab the handset, in other territories, such as Poland, people aren't that keen on buying the new device. ...

22 August 2008
15:47 GMT

Ericsson Improves Era's Network in Poland

Ericsson announced today that it has signed a deal with PTC (Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa), according to which it will provide its Mobile Softswitch Solution to the Polish mobile operator, in order to increase its network's capacity, coverage and overall performance. PTC offers mobile services in Poland under t...

9 June 2008
10:53 GMT

Free Software Goes to Polish Schools

The Polish FLOSS Foundation in a joint effort with school headmasters, supported by local authorities, organized a series of lectures on free software in education. The campaign took place in Polish high schools.The entire thing started at the beginning of 2007, when a 15-year-old junior high student, Wojciech Plosza...

2 January 2008
04:21 GMT

The 'Penis' Googlebomb Sends You to Prison

In case you were thinking to build a Googlebomb, read this article and tell me about your plans after that. A 23 year-old Polish Internet user might spend 3 years in prison for creating a Googlebomb which affected the image of the country's president Lech Kaczynski. According to Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogo...

12 September 2007
08:24 GMT

Google Evolves, Reaches New Limits

Every day brings a new flavor of the Google products because the folks from the Mountain View company continuously struggle to expand the services of the giant. However, today Analytics, the famous solution powered by Google, gets two new versions that are meant to complete the recently rolled out updates. If you did...

25 July 2007
03:32 GMT

Google Opens Research Center In Poland

Google confirmed its plans to open a new office in Poland, although the search giant already has a research center in Krakow. According to The Herald Sun, Google will create 200 new jobs and will enhance the technology of the city in the upcoming months when the company aims to hire new employees quickly. The company...

13 April 2007
08:46 GMT

LG.Philips LCD Expands to New Grounds

The European Union rules and regulations imply having increased taxes for products that are being manufactured in Asia. Of course, the main purpose of this rule is to make the Europeans buy stuff that are made in, you guessed it, Europe, and shy away from the oh, so dreaded Made in China logo. But this rule applies t...

3 April 2007
10:51 GMT


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