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Hungary to host CERN data center

May 9, 2012

The old joke about the world’s smartest physicists not having any communication barrier – because they all speak Hungarian – seems to be taken at face value by CERN, the European nuclear research center.

Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania

Jan 16, 2012

By Transitions Online

Digitization, hyped as the savior of Eastern European TV, instead is bringing us more of the same old thing. (From Transitions Online) Read More »

Hungary rings in the New Year with 140 characters

Hungary

Jan 6, 2012

By Joshua Boissevain

Hungarians sent an extrodinary number of text messages to toast the new year this year, according to the Budapest Business Journal. The number of messages sent on New Year by users of the three largest carriers are more than triple the country’s population. Read More »

Apple opens online stores in Central Europe

Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland

Sep 26, 2011

By Andrew Fenwick

Until now, users of Apple products in Central and Eastern Europe – including the increasingly popular iPhone and iPad devices – haven’t been able to access dedicated online stores to purchase country-specific software and hardware, a service that much of the rest of Europe takes for granted. Read More »

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Transitions Online is an online magazine that covers political, social, cultural, and economic issues in the former communist countries of Europe and Central Asia. The magazine has a strong network of local contributors, who provide valuable insight into events in the region’s 29 countries.