Federal News // Hi-Tech

• 16 May 2012, 09:27 China's search giant Baidu releases low-cost smartphone

  Baidu, China's search giant, has announced the launch of its first smartphone.

• 15 May 2012, 16:06 Russia successfully launches manned spacecraft to ISS

  The Soyuz rocket, carrying the manned spacecraft, was launched from the Gagarin launch pad at 7:00 Moscow time (0300 GMT).

• 14 May 2012, 09:00 Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson steps down

  The chief executive of computer firm Yahoo has stepped down, amid accusations that a fake computer science degree was included on his CV.

• 12 May 2012, 16:12 Apple to drop Google Maps from iOS 6: report

  The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

• 11 May 2012, 15:55 Kazan IT Park specialists to tell about industry’s development prospects

  The event will take place in Izhevsk within a project called Startup Sabantui.

• 11 May 2012, 09:25 Facebook app store launches amid mobile revenue worries

  Facebook has launched its own app store to promote mobile programs that operate using the social network.

• 4 May 2012, 15:28 Samsung unveils new Galaxy smartphone in London

  The Galaxy S3, running Google's latest Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich, was launched at an event in London, Samsung reported.

• 4 May 2012, 11:10 Facebook IPO values company at between $85bn and $95bn

  Facebook has set the share price for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at between $28 and $35 per share.

• 2 May 2012, 12:06 Microsoft, Barnes & Noble join e-book venture

  Microsoft and U.S. book retailer Barnes & Noble on Monday announced an e-book venture to challenge Amazon and Apple in the market.

• 28 April 2012, 17:36 Samsung overtakes Nokia in mobile phone shipments

  Samsung Electronics has overtaken Nokia to become the world's largest maker of mobile phones, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.

• 25 April 2012, 17:28 Google launches cloud service "Google Drive"

  The service is now available for PC, Mac as well as Android smartphones and tablets.

• 25 April 2012, 12:08 Insecure websites to be named and shamed after checks

  Companies that do not do enough to keep their websites secure are to be named and shamed to help improve security.

• 24 April 2012, 10:40 Facebook buys AOL patents from Microsoft for 550 million dollars

  Before this, Facebook had around 56 issued patents of its own and 503 filed U.S. patent applications.

• 23 April 2012, 15:58 Telepresence technology presented at Kazan’s IT Park

  It allows immediate involvement of a participant in the process.

• 23 April 2012, 11:31 Russia's Progress space freighter docks with ISS

  This is the second of the five launches of Progress cargo ships to the ISS in 2012, Roscosmos said.

• 20 April 2012, 17:34 Progress M-15M cargo spaceship launched from Baikonur

  In two days the spaceship will deliver about 2.4 tonnes of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).

• 18 April 2012, 10:01 NASA 1976 Mars mission discovers life

  NASA's latest probe, Curiosity, is due to land on Mars in August, which will again search for signs of life on the planet.

• 16 April 2012, 16:52 Oracle and Google's Android copyright row trial begins

  Oracle's claim that Google violated several of its patents and copyrights goes to trial in a San Francisco court on Monday.

• 16 April 2012, 12:15 Kazan could host world computer science competition

  The Russian competition winner in Kazan was Yegor Suvorov from Saint-Petersburg.

• 13 April 2012, 14:40 Court to consider access to Megaupload data

  A decision on whether Megaupload users should get their data back could be made in a US court later on Friday.