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  Samsung Russia has unwrapped a new feature phone for the masses. They’ve announced Star II Duos, which is similar to the recently revealed Star II but comes with dual-SIM card support. Other differentiating features include a larger 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen display and a bigger 1200mAh battery. Rest of the features remain the same as [...]

  Russia is developing a 4G phone that will apparently be restricted to Russian borders only. However, the phone’s uniqueness comes from the fact that it has two displays – one side sporting an e-ink display and other one having a regular LCD. The phone will be sold by Russian operator, Yota and is scheduled [...]

  Russia has planned a space program to send astronauts to Mars. And while it’s not feasible to send a manned flight to Mars without understanding the impact on the astronauts, they’ve initiated Mars-500 project where the said astronauts will live in a sealed-environment for the next 520 days with the conditions similar to Mars. [...]

  Samsung’s Galaxy Spica has entered into the crowded Android market. Technically, the fourth Android device from Samsung but it will be the second to be available in different regions. Galaxy Spica aka Galaxy Lite is the smaller sibling of I7500 Galaxy but the Spica scores on the processor front, boasting a speedy 800MHz CPU [...]

  Two Samsung netbooks, N130 (above) and N140 (below) have found their way out in Russia. Going by the specs, the netbooks are no different from any other run-of-the-mill offerings but boasts a 7 hour and 11 hour battery life on N130 and N140 respectively. Another thing unlike other netbooks are the curved corners of [...]

  After getting leaked in Russia a couple of months back, YP-CP3 has been officially announced in the same region. Coming in 4 and 8GB storage options, the player supports wide variety of multimedia formats including Ogg and FLAC in music, Xvid in video and features a 3-inch WQVGA (400×240) screen, microSD expansion slot, FM [...]

  Samsung will be bringing a new phone to the Russian market that specifically targets old age users. The C3060R boasts a simple menu, large fonts, large keys and SOS call function. The SOS function can be activated by pressing the red button placed on the side of the phone which reveals five different numbers [...]

  Yota, the Russian WiMAX service provider and Samsung have announced NC10 netbook (also known as WiTU PC) with an integrated WiMAX module. Apart from this 4G addition, other specs remain the same: Intel Atom processor, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Windows XP, 1.3MP camera, Wi-Fi, LAN, Bluetooth, card reader and different I/O ports. The netbook [...]

  Post this incident, I am sure Michael Dell will not handle the Russians directly. At the opening ceremony of the World Economy Forum in Davos, Russian PM, Vladimir Putin gave a 40-minute speech followed by a Q&A session. The Dell CEO grabbed this opportunity by boasting about Russia’s technical and scientific advancements and then [...]

  LG is all geared up to launch its first dual SIM phone, KS660 in the CIS and the Chinese market. The phone has some nifty features like the notes, calendars are displayed on the standby screen and widgets for easy management. The touchscreen interface benefits from a feature called as Image Memo which helps [...]

  While its Korean competitor, Samsung has got a few dual SIM phones under its belt, KS660 will be the first one from LG to have dual SIM card slots. The phone has a large 3-inch WQVGA (240X400 pixels) touchscreen display, FM Radio, music player, 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, 50MB internal memory and expandable up [...]

  HTC Touch HD’s WiMAX brother, MAX 4G has been caught live in an all glorified video. The hands-on person speaks in Russian, an alien language to us but nonetheless kept us entertained by scampering quickly through its worthy features in a span of four and a half minutes. He even put a physical side-by-side [...]

  HTC has announced the MAX 4G phone for the Russian market. It is the world’s first GSM/WiMAX cell phone and looks like to be the only one for a long time ahead. MAX 4G’s WiMAX capabilities will be honored by Yota which will also provide other services like live TV, music and even social [...]

  Wi-Fi Security stalwarts have a new issue at their hands. A Russian company, ElcomSoft claims to have built a software which exploits NVIDIA GPU’s parallel computational power to crack secured Wi-Fi connections using WPA or WPA2 encryption. WPA/WPA2 are the most widely used encryption protections which can be hacked with brute force attacks. What [...]

  Many Indians reading here will agree that spending around Rs. 25000 (~$550) for a gaming console is foolish. Not that they know the advantages of it, but most of them are reluctant to take up console gaming. And to change this perception, Sony will be launching PS2 which will fill up the Indian and [...]