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Apple re-emerges in the Baltics
Atskaite par vizītes trīs galveniem uzdevumiem
Platforma’s plans for free music raise questions
Tempo of change quickens in Latvian politics
Only a new cork in the old bottle?
Valsts prezidenta apsveikums tautiešiem ārzemēs
It was over-ambition that killed the beast
Latvian Computing
11 May 2008
Apple re-emerges in the Baltics
With Apple’s percentage share of the worldwide computer market now approaching double digits, things are now finally starting to move…
04 Oct 2007
Six years on and Microsoft goes fully Latvian
It started back in September 2001 when Microsoft Latvia launched the first Latvian version of MS Word 2002. Then two…
14 Dec 2006
The digital world comes to Latvia
The wait is over. Companies from all around the world are releasing products that now include Latvian as a selectable…
05 Nov 2006
Is Latvia ready for e-signatures?
With phishing, pharming and other identity-related scams on the increase, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell who actually sent…
12 Oct 2006
Skype challenges traditional phone companies
With more 1 million mobile phone customers and more than 700,000 registered users of the social networking Web site draugiem.lv,…
09 Aug 2006
Planning a move online? Get a domain name
You have just created a new Latvian product or service, or have finally made the decision to establish an Internet…
10 May 2006
In search for that Latvian word
I have a whole bookshelf of Latvian dictionaries ranging from Mīlenbachs-Endzelīns, the nine-volume Latviešu Literārās valodas vārdnīca, to the Turkina…
11 Jun 2004
Taking control of spam
My father recently came to me fairly distressed and said that he was ready to give up the Internet. He…
12 Feb 2004
The all-in-one Baltic digital lifestyle
Apple Computer’s decision to release a new operating system in 2001, Mac OS X, represented a revolutionary departure from the…
11 Mar 2003
Use Adobe PDF to share Latvian documents
In today’s electronic age we constantly share information using the telephone, fax and e-mail. E-mail is emerging as the clear…
11 Feb 2003
Seeing gobbledygook instead of Latvian?
Are you still seeing gobbledygook when viewing Latvian Web pages? You shouldn’t be. With the advances in recent years in…
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News
15 May 2008
Statistics show continued slide in Latvia’s population
Latvia’s population continued to decline last year, but at a slower pace than in 2006, according to the…
News
14 May 2008
Pension initiative appears to have enough signatures
With just two days left in a citizen initiative to compel the Latvian parliament to boost state pensions,…
Music
13 May 2008
Prāta Vētra releases ninth album, sets concert tour
Rock group Prāta Vētra on May 13 released its latest album, Tur kaut kam ir jābūt (Brainstorm Records,…
In the forums
Latvia does good with child in Halifax posted by doabolit on 15 May 2008
Maijbokkvizs posted by Roberts on 14 May 2008
Sveiks Saulainais Maijs! posted by Mr L L on 13 May 2008
Only 14% of Russians in LV acknowledge occupation; 50,000 celebrated Soviet "Victory" Day in "Uzvaras" Park. posted by ambersun on 13 May 2008
Congressional Research Report on Latvia posted by Andrejs on 13 May 2008
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