Myths and mythology have always brought more glamour to gemstones. Though mineralogy has a lot to do with the verdict of exchange jewelery, the mystery that surrounds their sand or metal makes them even more attractive. Let’s take ...READ»
While the U.S. continues to rely on polluting diesel locomotives, Russia is quietly putting the finishing touches on its electric railroad network. This past week, Alstom and Transmashholding announced a $1 billion-plus plan to ...READ»
What makes "Silicon Valley" Silicon Valley? I offer my random thoughts on the "secret sauce" that makes Silicon Valley truly unique in the world as Russia embarks on a journey to duplicate what we cherish here in Northern California.READ»
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wrapped up his whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley yesterday, and while it’s fun to imagine Steve Jobs giving him the five-cent tour of One Infinite Loop or Ev Williams and Biz Stone teaching him how ...READ»
So, Dmitry Medvedev has hit California for a three-day tour. He's safe, since Jack Bauer is probably holed up with a caipirinha (caipirosky?) on a South American beach. (I could tell you where, but then I'd have to go dark and, ...READ»
Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17-year-old creator of Chat Roulette, is now embroiled in a bidding war that pits the U.S. and Russia against each other over where the company will end up. Could it blow up like Facebook? Or fizzle like MySpace?READ»
Beautiful Russian spies, high tech gadgetry, political intrigue, White House involvement ... is this reminding you of the Cold War or James Bond much? Well it's real news today, in the U.S. and all about USB sticks and Wi-Fi--not ...READ»
HP is currently under investigation in Russia and Germany for alleged bribery of Russian officials. The best part? Those Russian officials are in charge of criminal prosecution...for corruption cases.READ»
The Vancouver Winter Olympics has been crowned by many media outlets as the greenest Olympics ever--a title earned because of the city's commitment to CO2 offsets, energy efficiency, and recycling. And while some people gripe that ...READ»
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been banned in Russia, less than a week after the game's blockbuster release. The move is not surprising: In one controversial level of the game, players enter a Russian airport and kill innocent ...READ»
Global warming is opening up the Arctic Circle, and Russia would like to control its bounty of natural resources. An exclusive dispatch from the Yamal Peninsula, where reindeer give way to railroads and gas rigs every day.READ»
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SEO Israel Blog on Optimization Strategy discusses SEO China, SEO Japan, SEO
Russia and international SEO as well as strategies for hi-tech, medical device,
exporting companies, hotels and others. ...READ»
Vladimir Putin's government has been hitting protesters with phony software piracy charges -- and Microsoft's legal team lent a hand. Here's the software giant's side of the story.READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was going retrofuturistic with posters like this--and these.1. Dave Petrou, an engineer on the Google Goggles mobile image search project, revealed that a Goggles app for iPhone is in the works. He ...READ»
Last year we had a rhythmic gymnastics camp in Toronto with gymnasts
from StPetersburg Russia. This year we invite any groups interested in
this beautiful sport to join our exciting program in terms of
experience exchanging, having ...READ»
That clown wouldn't be smiling if he were backpacking through Europe right now. The Big Mac is more than a dollar more over there than in America, the Economist reports. Their findings are based on an annual "burgernomics" survey ...READ»
Nurse, the screens, please. Android's got itself a nasty little virus--its first. It goes by the name of Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer-A, says Kaspersky Lab, the firm that detected it, and it takes the form of a media player. A ...READ»
Nature stopped being natural decades ago.
That is to say, starting the mid-19th century, human activity has changed global ecosystem conditions in ways that fall outside the normal variations visible in geological ...READ»
