A bit of a Nordic rivalry is heating up between Sweden and Finland, but a type of rivalry anyone can get behind of. Just a couple of weeks after Finland announced its plans to make broadband connections a legal right, Sweden is following suit with plans of its own. Regardless of whether it's national pride or a ... |
4 November 2009
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The Internet is now an integral part of life in many countries and we rely on the web for anything from the banking system to entertainment. Despite this there are a great number of people who don't have access to the Internet even in the most developed countries. There are of course those who don't really ... |
15 October 2009
05:49 GMT |
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While US officials are bent on taking a hard stance against illegal file sharing, with courts awarding millions in damages left and right for a handful of shared songs, other countries are more lenient and have more proportionate penalty systems. As such, a man in Finland found guilty of sharing music online was orde... |
19 August 2009
06:57 GMT |
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Finnish mobile network operator DNA announced recently that it planned to enhance the performance levels of its 3G network so as to be able to offer users a maximum speed of 21 Mbps. According to the company, it will be conducting technical testing over the summer, to prepare for the commercial launch, which should t... |
16 June 2009
06:19 GMT |
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As promised earlier this year, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has released into the wild the Nokia Messaging for the Symbian S60 5th Edition operating system. The application has been announced a few weeks ago in a beta state, and now it has been finally released for the users of a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone, tho... |
1 June 2009
06:37 GMT |
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Nokia is said to have threatened to leave its homeland Finland if the law that prevented companies from monitoring employee emails was not changed, as reported by a Finnish newspaper on Monday. According to the Nokia spokeswoman Arja Suominen, the company “has in no way threatened to move,” and the articl... |
2 February 2009
03:58 GMT |
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People at midlife who drink coffee and tea responsibly may be at a lower risk of developing dementia in their senior years, a new prolonged scientific study, conducted in Finland, showed. Some of the test subjects in the new research had been under survey for more than 37 years, starting 1972, so experts from the Uni... |
15 January 2009
10:02 GMT |
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Finland has a very strict non-child pornography rule that makes all the sense in the world. At least their heart's in the right place, because their mind seems to be wondering about. Over 1,700 legal websites are being censored by the authorities, and among them lapsiporno.info, a site who was used by its owner ... |
19 February 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Finland is still in shock after Wednesday's slaughter at Tuusula and on this shaky ground threats found the perfect soil for seeding even more panic. Another video was posted on YouTube about a similar shooting that was supposed to take place in a town just 70 km from the original assault site.Uploaded by a user... |
9 November 2007
10:36 GMT |
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June was the month when "TheAmazingAtheist", by his username, made a video rant in his garage entitled "Columbine Killers, Mental Midgets & Social Darwinism" that pointed to Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the Finnish High-School shooter as being a social threat and suggested that somebody report him to the authorities.Although ... |
9 November 2007
06:20 GMT |
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Tuusula, Finland was the place of a tragic happening yesterday morning that made the whole world bow in woe. The results of it all were seven dead children and the head teacher of the school where the shooting took place. An 18-year old coming gun in hand towards you is a scary sight and that is exactly what 8th grad... |
8 November 2007
08:38 GMT |
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The online video sharing service YouTube caused some serious problems for a 15-year-old teenager after he posted a video showing his teacher on the official page of the service. According to the Washington Post, Toni Vesikko has to pay $120 for defamation, $1000 for harm and suffering as well as $3000 for court'... |
27 August 2007
10:10 GMT |
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I'm not sure how many of you knew that the sultry Pamela Anderson has a Finnish heritage. Yes she does. In fact, her grandfather is Finnish and he taught Pamela to speak his native tongue before she was 10 years old. It seems that Pamela can still speak a bit of Finnish, and she has proved that while visiting Fi... |
28 June 2007
13:05 GMT |
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It is no longer a rumor. Nokia E90 Communicator mobile phone is from now on available for purchase in some stores in Finland. This is only the beginning, as this smartphone is expected to reach other European countries in no time.The Nokia E90 business device is currently available in the electrical chain Gigantti an... |
13 June 2007
09:08 GMT |
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