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Worldwide leading mobile phone maker Nokia has announced today that its Jucu Factory in Romania has been chosen as one of the leading green buildings in the world by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The Gold Rating for Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) has been received for the first time by ... |
27 October 2009
10:29 GMT |
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Three former Soviet-Bloc countries in Eastern Europe have recently been selected to host one of the most ambitious physics experiments devised by the European Union. The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) aims to build the most powerful exawatt-class laser in the world near the Romanian capital, Bucharest, which will... |
13 October 2009
02:59 GMT |
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The Romanian Constitutional Court has ruled that Romania's national implementation of European Union's Data Retention Directive is unconstitutional. The law was found to violate article 28 from the country's Constitution, pertaining to the secrecy of communication.According to the European Union Direct... |
9 October 2009
09:14 GMT |
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided: this year's Nobel Prize for Literature goes to Herta Muller, a prolific novelist, poet and essayist that is mostly renowned for her depictions of the harsh conditions present in Romania during the rule of the Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu. She was born in t... |
8 October 2009
08:59 GMT |
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The Romanian authorities are undergoing a massive effort to dismantle cybercriminal groups operating in the country. During the last ten days, two series of arrests and raids related to credit-card fraud were performed in major Romanian cities. On September 9, the Romanian Direction for Investigating Organized Crime... |
18 September 2009
08:49 GMT |
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It seems that the latest iteration of Apple's iPhone, namely iPhone 3GS, will soon become available for purchase in even more markets than before, including Romania, where we learn that the device is to be listed for purchase as soon as Friday, July 3. The new phone will be sold on the local market via wireless ... |
2 July 2009
08:44 GMT |
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With more than 17 teams already signed up in the competition, the Google Lunar X Prize promises to be one of the most interesting show-offs in history. All participants need to construct a delivery system that will get their rover to the Moon, where the robot has to drive for about 500 meters, take high-resolution pi... |
28 May 2009
05:07 GMT |
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Romania-based exosyphen studios has released the iPhone version of its hacking simulation game, Hacker Evolution. The iPhone and iPod touch title challenges players to become computer hackers, go against a network of computers, use viruses or bounce connections through hacked servers and, of course, avoid getting cau... |
26 May 2009
03:48 GMT |
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According to the most recent archaeological discoveries, the first modern Europeans, of the homo sapiens kind, lived in the ancient forests of the Carpathian mountains some 35,000 years ago, on what is now the territory of Romania. The bone fragments indicating this were found in the Pestera cu Oase (the cave with bo... |
5 May 2009
09:16 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson Romania announced on Tuesday a new round of the Smile Hunt campaign, the winner of which will be selected to represent the country at the international Smile Hunt competition. Romanian mobile phone users who own a Sony Ericsson Cybershot handset can join the competition with photographs taken with the c... |
29 April 2009
08:38 GMT |
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A federal judge has sentenced Ovidiu-Ionut Nicola-Roman, a Romanian citizen arrested in 2007 on phishing charges, to 50 months in a federal prison, according to Wired. In July 2008, the phisher pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud. Ovidiu-Ionut Nicola-Roman, 23, originally from Craiova, Romania,... |
31 March 2009
05:19 GMT |
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The European Commission is reported to have opened an infringement proceeding against Romania as a result of the confusion created with the telecoms regulator. Last year, the Romanian government decided to remove the President of the national telecoms regulator, going on with restructuring and renaming this authority... |
31 January 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Samsung i900 Omnia, the high-end Pocket PC launched by the South Korean company back in July, is now available across Romania, offered by HAT Group. Coming as one of the latest Samsung Pocket PCs, the Omnia runs on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 Operating System and brings a wide range of high-end features ... |
19 September 2008
10:02 GMT |
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Romanian mobile users can, as of today, feel more important than the ones in the US, as RIM and Orange have just announced the availability of BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Romania. Thus, Orange proved to be faster than AT&T, which keeps on delaying the release of its Bold in North America (not that Romanian customers woul... |
16 September 2008
11:23 GMT |
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BiDefender has just launched a threat report over the first semester of 2008, which shows that the biggest threat to Romanians' security have been trojans. Seven out of the ten most dangerous malware the researchers found hiding behind what seemed to be legitimate applications were represented by this type of ma... |
14 August 2008
10:08 GMT |
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LG, currently the third largest handset manufacturer in the world, announced today the upcoming availability of LG KS360 in Romania. The KS360 is a new and unusual mobile phone, coming with a weird design and targeting young mobile users who want to be connected with their friends at any time. First spotted in mid-... |
28 July 2008
12:09 GMT |
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LG KC550, the latest 5 Megapixel handset unveiled by the South Korean manufacturer, was released today in Romania. The new KC550 is a slider that targets users in need of a mobile phone that can also act as a professional photo camera. Of course, the handset won't actually allow you to take photos at a quality t... |
3 July 2008
04:52 GMT |
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The national football team of England didn't make it to Euro 2008, the famous European Championship which debuts today, the 7th of June. Everyone knows that, and everyone also knows that England was outrun by Croatia and Russia in the qualifying group E for the final Euro tournament. Thus, England stays home whi... |
7 June 2008
08:41 GMT |
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LG Romania announced the official release of LG KM500, one of the company's latest music-oriented mobile phones, created to answer the needs of users who want to enjoy an advanced mobile music experience.Already released in other European and Asian markets, the KM500 is now available on the Romanian market too, ... |
5 June 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Nokia announced today that it had produced the 1 millionth mobile phone at its new factory from Cluj, Romania. This comes after only three months since the factory started the production, as the plant opened its doors at the beginning of the year, in February. For the moment, the Cluj factory makes Nokia cell phones ... |
28 May 2008
05:07 GMT |
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Samsung SGH-i780 was released today in Romania, via HAT Group, Samsung Mobile's official distributor in the country. Launched in Romania after U900 Soul, another new Samsung handset, the i780 was named "Samsung SGH-i780 Mirage" and it's a smartphone targeted for users who need a reliable device with busines... |
27 May 2008
10:58 GMT |
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LG KF510, one of the latest fashionable sliders launched by the South Koreans from LG, is now officially available in Romania. The new LG phone packs a range of advanced features into a unique metallic and resistant case that comes with a color gradation never met in a phone before. The features of KF510 include:... |
26 May 2008
10:46 GMT |
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The US and the Romanian authorities charged a total number of 38 persons, more than a half based in Romania, all of them being suspected of running an advanced scheme affecting thousands of people from all over the world. The international crime ring was mostly based on phishing attacks but according to security comp... |
20 May 2008
10:36 GMT |
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Orange, one of the largest mobile operators in the world, announced today the future availability of Apple's iPhone in Romania, as well as in many other countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The announcement comes after Vodafone, one of Orange's main competitors, also unveiled the upcoming re... |
17 May 2008
01:21 GMT |
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Samsung U900 Soul, one of the latest high-end handsets unveiled by the South Korean producer, was released in Romania today, via Hat Group, the official distributor of Samsung mobile phones in the country. Initially announced in February, Samsung U900 is the first phone from the Soul family, which also includes the G... |
15 May 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Although it happens in various countries in the world, a Romanian pirate thought it could never happen to him: Kiss Adalbert Daniel, 28-year-old, was found guilty of possession with the purpose of distribution of pirated materials and received a sentence of five years and six months in jail. Beside that, the pirate h... |
8 May 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Games developer and publisher Ubisoft, based in France, has announced that it plans to open a new fully fledged development studio in Kiev, Ukraine. The studio will initially be founded to assist the Bucharest, Romania unit of Ubisoft in the development of the upcoming air combat game HAWX, and will later take on a p... |
30 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Symantec has just published the Internet Security Threat Report XIII which provides a closer analysis of the most important threats occurred between July 1 and December 31, 2007. What's really interesting is the phishing section in which the security company talks about the countries hosting phishing websites, t... |
15 April 2008
17:31 GMT |
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Last week, Google announced that a new imagery collection was integrated into Google Earth but, as usual, it didn't provide the name of the updated locations. However, it published a few hints supposed to help Google Earth fans discover the updated areas, but the new pack of photos was actually bigger than anyon... |
7 April 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Samsung SGH-J700 (or simply Samsung J700), one of the new mobile phones from the South Korean company's 2008 line-up, is now available in Romania, via HAT Group.Although it's only a mid to low end device in terms of features, J700 looks very nice, offering what Samsung calls a "premium style". The phone is... |
25 March 2008
04:22 GMT |
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LG Electronics announced the availability of LG KU990 Viewty for the Romanian market, one of the latest high-end mobile phones to pack a photo camera with a quality close to professional cameras.LG Viewty combines the latest LG technology with a sleek and elegant design in a compact tri-band GSM device (900 / 1800 /... |
7 February 2008
10:59 GMT |
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Romanian-based companies are not among the biggest game developers in the world, but it seems that things are about to change since game giants Electronic Arts have decided to open a brand new game development studio in Bucharest. Still, EA are not the first to make such an important decision, since there is already ... |
5 February 2008
10:51 GMT |
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Reserch in Motion and Orange just announced the availability of the stylish and powerful BlackBerry Curve 8320 for the Romanian market, coming to enlarge Orange Romania's portfolio of RIM devices as well as to bring consumers the latest BlackBerry technology. BlackBerry Curve 8320 is a quad-band GMS phone (8... |
24 January 2008
04:56 GMT |
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It only takes one talk with an executive in order to find out what dreams are made out of. Particularly my dreams, and the talk, I'm sad to say, wasn't one that I had, but that Marius Pahomi had. The private meeting with Toby Coppel, Managing Director of Yahoo! Europe, brought an update about the Eastern Eu... |
12 December 2007
05:32 GMT |
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Sorin Pascu, 22-year-old, and Marius Braditeanu, both from Romania, were sentenced a few days ago, after they were arrested in July for an online phishing scam. Sorin Pascu will spend his next five and a half years in prison, while Marius Braditeanu, who was also the head of the illegal activity, got a six years in j... |
12 December 2007
05:20 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W960i, the long-awaited high-end UMTS handset, is finally available in Romania, as of today. W960i combines the qualities of an excellent phone with the ones of a high performance media player into one good-looking device that can satisfy any user's communication and entertainment needs. Wit... |
6 December 2007
03:25 GMT |
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OK, let's start this article with Romania. According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, only 22 percent of the Romanians have had an Internet connection in 2007, compared with the last year when 14 percent of the population had web access. From this total number of households connec... |
4 December 2007
03:52 GMT |
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The cute little notebook PC from Asustek sells extremely well all over the place. US is already under the siege and people keep battling for at least one unit to place under the Christmas Tree. The Eee shopping spree has taken over the Australian continent as well.The Myer store chain is comprised of 67 stores all ov... |
3 December 2007
10:30 GMT |
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Samsung G600 just hit the Romanian market, along with its 5 megapixel camera power. The device is one of the slimmest coming from this producer, but also a highly powerful one and is already available on several markets around the world.The phone has been announced this summer and is one of the few handsets that are ... |
22 November 2007
07:00 GMT |
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One of the most expected mobile phones has just seen its release on the Romanian market as well. Sony Ericsson's K770i Cyber-shot handset will bring its 3.2 megapixels and special features here from now on.Sony Erisson sees its K770i as being somewhere in between a digital camera and a mobile phone. The device l... |
19 November 2007
09:39 GMT |
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Samsung F210 just entered the Romanian market and now looks to make a big entry by showing off all its best features. The device is all about great looks and has little over this to pride with, but, who knows?…it might just end up being highly successful either way. The music phone looks just like an MP3 player at a ... |
16 November 2007
09:14 GMT |
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The software piracy has always been a problem for the software companies from all around the world but one of the most affected names is surely Microsoft, the Windows creator and developer of many other technologies. Reuters reported today that Serbia is the clear leader when it comes to piracy rate in central and E... |
8 November 2007
09:18 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson W910i, one of the most evolved mobile phones from the Walkman line of handsets, will be available from now on in Romania as well. The device features top performances that are supposed to make it the best choice when it comes to music phones.The slider comes with the innovative feature Shake control, wh... |
5 November 2007
04:58 GMT |
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"Buna dimineata!" This is how Michael Champlin, Business Product Manager, started the Google Apps conference which took place yesterday in Bucharest. The Google suite of utilities equipped with Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Talk, iGoogle, Docs & Spreadsheets and many other tools is now available to Romanians and wha... |
1 November 2007
03:24 GMT |
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For those wanting a cell phone that can take pictures at a quality resembling a digital camera's one, Sony Ericsson offers the 5 megapixel camera K850i handset. Expected, since the first rumors about its existence, with great curiosity all over the world, the K850i Cyber-shot made its debut on the market this m... |
23 October 2007
09:21 GMT |
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From now on, public libraries in Romania can use an Open Source system to manage their book loans, reservations, searching catalogs etc.A group of IT consultants working at the Military Technical Academy and Contact Net, a Romanian company, have developed over the last two years the Open Source software for library a... |
19 October 2007
06:05 GMT |
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Following yesterday's news that Google updated the search engine suggestions, a new update is revealed today as the Mountain View company's officials confirmed that this feature is now available in several new countries. A few days ago it was reported that Google has been working on the 'Did you mean&#... |
18 October 2007
03:01 GMT |
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The iPhone has been spotted over the past period on the Romanian black market, stirring some waves among the many people expecting its release. Still, the device is far from seeing an official unveiling on this market, as the only European countries that will benefit from an iPhone release this year are the UK, Germa... |
9 October 2007
11:08 GMT |
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Samsung U100 will impress the Romanian mobile phone market too from now on with its only 5,9 mm in thickness. These sizes make this mobile phone the slimmest in the world, without having to make compromises in terms of high performances.The mobile phone packs a 3.2 megapixel camera, above the average standard set by ... |
25 July 2007
04:23 GMT |
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Samsung a lansat recent pe piata din Romania telefonul Samsung E590. Modelul a fost prezentat de catre producatori ca fiind un „telefon deghizat in camera foto", datorita performantelor sale de a capta imagini la o calitate inalta.Samsung E590 este echipat cu o camera de 3 megapixeli, dotata cu auto-focus si half-shu... |
20 July 2007
10:52 GMT |
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