Tag Archives : Poland

One of the foremost mapping and navigation services on the web, Google Maps has now been given an update that will enable it display live traffic coverage in some thirteen countries in Europe. The live traffic information had been one of the most requested feature from European users, where traffic conditions often lead to long traffic jams and the [...]

As the time comes closer for the launch of the next generation, flagship mobile platform Microsoft Corporation, Windows Phone 7 series, the company has now announced the release of the WP7 developers tools in Beta version, so as to provide the application developers a platform through which new applications and games can be designed for the Windows [...]

Polish Engineer Creates Miniature Solar Powered Pieces of Art. Szymon (Simon) Klimek, an engineer from Poland has created a line of extraordinary and elegant pieces of miniature metallic architecture, that are believe it or not powered by solar energy. All his creations are made entirely from thin sheet brass. The components of these beautiful and incredibly [...]

The much awaited Patriot missiles, developed by the United States as part of the anti-missile defense system for Europe, will be deployed in Poland by the year 2010, according to U.S officials. The first consignment of the ground to air missiles, designated to be the first line of defense against incoming ballistic missiles are to be stationed in Poland’s [...]

It may now be reasonable to surmise that Obama is no longer popular in Poland. In fact, ‘Poland is now one of the very few places in Europe that prefers former President Bush to Obama.’ Poland feels betrayed for Obama’s decision to abandon the plans for installation of a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic. [...]

Last September 17, the United States announced its decision to forego the installation of a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic. In its place, the US will provide ‘some protection to Europe using U.S. Navy ships based on either the North or Mediterranean seas.’ This implies that ‘protecting Europe is a more [...]

Did you often wonder at how those tiny birds literally fly from one continent to the other? They do this twice a year migrating from a cold place to a warmer place. A new study conducted by a group of researchers Wojciechowski and colleague Berry Pinshow at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland revealed that the birds reduce their night time [...]

According to revelations of Russian intelligence, Polish leaders ‘conspired’ during the 1930s with Nazi Germany against the vital interests of the Soviet Union, ‘instigating separatism’ in the Caucasus, Ukraine and Central Asia to promote the ‘disintegration’ of the USSR, and ‘opposed’ the formation of [...]

While civilians caught up in the conflict were able to record footages of Nazis razing whole cities, Hitler’s mistress Eva Braun filmed the ‘Fuhrer’ relaxing at his chalet in the Alps in the middle of the Nazi invasion of Europe. Braun’s stained home movies, previously unseen images, have been treated through the efforts of archivists [...]

Sometimes there is a clash between cultures. And some other times there might be clash between nations. This time around there has been a clash between technology and fashion! Here is a unique USB Flash drive bracelet called POLAND, which can be tied around your wrist and would look like a chic bracelet. It also doubles up as a USB storage device and [...]