Russia
HTC Max 4G Is World's First GSM/WiMAX Cellphone, Ups iPhone One G [Cellphones]
The HTC Max 4G is not only pretty, light, and refreshingly sharp. It's also the world's first integrated GSM/WiMAX cellphone, which means this thing can zoom at an iPhone-obliterating speed of 70 Mb/s ....... read more
20 days ago
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Big, Beautiful Pictures [Space]
I am so drawn to all things Baikonur. It's been Russia's primary spaceport since 1955?the world's oldest. Maybe it's the sharpness of the pop in my mind when considering many of humankind's most stunn ....... read more
Wed,
24 Sep 2008
Russian President Has Poor Etiquette With Black Market iPhone [Iphone Etiquette]
As you can sort-of see in the video, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev picks up an iPhone and plays with it during a press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Rude! But keep in mind that ....... read more
Mon,
22 Sep 2008
Open-Source Posse Bands Together to Investigate Mysterious Russian Hacker Squads [Hackers]
Remember when news came out that Russia had begun their military campaign in South Ossetia with a far-reaching hack attack on Georgia's government computer systems? Well, security experts are still ha ....... read more
Tue,
09 Sep 2008
A Message From Russia: Turtles Are Reluctantly USB Compatible [Russian Turtles]
In what is apparently an advertisement for a Russian mobile internet provider, a creative young HSDPA fan experiments with his modem in ways some might frown upon. The ad doesn't follow the viral conv ....... read more
Wed,
27 Aug 2008
Six Fun Things to Do With Serious Military Hardware at a Russian Armaments Show [Military]
The International Defense Exhibition of Land Forces went down in Moscow this past weekend, and it seems like it was a pretty a great time, judging from these photos sent in to our good friends at Engl ....... read more
Mon,
25 Aug 2008
12 Examples of Abandoned Space Technology [Space Junk]
Looking for a space shuttle to convert into a funky dwelling? Believe it or not, there are quite a few pieces of once cutting edge space technology that have been left to rot. For example: there is a ....... read more
Mon,
25 Aug 2008
A Look Inside Russia's Star City, Where Cosmonauts Are Made [Space]
Wired has a great feature on Richard Garriott, the father of MMORPG OG Ultima and the latest millionaire to get blasted up to the ISS as a paying tourist. More specifically, the grueling 8 months of t ....... read more
Wed,
20 Aug 2008
Giant Cold-War Era Russian Proton Rocket Successfully Launches Giant Satellite Into Space [Rockets]
The Inmarsat-4, or I4-F3 broadband satellite to its friends, is a big satellite. Almost as big as a double decker bus and with an unfurled solar wingspan as wide as a football field, it needed an appr ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
Regular Russian City Immortalizes Enema With $42,000 Statue Held Aloft By Angels [Enemas]
The enema is a gadget you probably don't think about too often, but for many people it's a invaluable tool that's made many an uncomfortable situation flow more smoothly. For the Russians, it's obviou ....... read more
Sat,
21 Jun 2008