Friday, December 17th, 2010
CONF BOARD CANADA – Understanding the economic potential of Canada’s North is limited in its current status. The primary goal of Mapping the Economic Potential of Canada’s North is to develop an overall view of the future economic potential of Canada’s North. In other words, what economic potential does exist, in which sectors, and where? Read
Friday, December 17th, 2010
NORWAY POST – Norwegian company Norspace AS has signed a contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (MDA) of Canada for delivery of frequency converter electronics for two satellites. Norspace won the contract following a competitive tender offering. A key selection criterion in favour of Norspace was strong product heritage. Norspace has recently supplied almost identical equipment
Friday, December 17th, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK – The most radical overhaul of Britain’s energy industry in a generation is certain to clear the way for green power but will come at a £27bn cost to homes and businesses, according to experts. Read More
Friday, December 17th, 2010
For the first time, in countries that are opening up governmental data resources, geography experts have a common ground when talking standards with experts in statistics, health, transport and have something in common – i.e. linked data. Read More
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
A new community safety map for Milton Keynes, delivered by location intelligence specialists Zubed, is underpinned by a WMS (Web Mapping Service) feed of Ordnance Survey maps from Getmapping.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) with Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, has a new Executive Director. On 1 December 2010, Alexander Buck assumed office following the departure of Peter Mayer who became Director General of the Austrian Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape. Alexander Buck’s position as Executive
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
GERMAN GOV – Like a show in the spring of 2010 for the Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) with 2008 people representative survey, almost two thirds of respondents (62 percent) believe that the state should do more for the environment. 61 percent are in favor of a pioneering role of Germany in international climate policy.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
The Matrox Extio F2408 point-to-point KVM extender separates up to 4 displays plus keyboard, mouse, and other USB devices from the rest of the computer via fiber-optic cable. Raw, uncompressed data travels between the remote host system and the user-side Extio F2408 appliance, resulting in unmatched HD resolution support and uncompromised workstation performance. Read More
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – The European Commission has requested from Bulgarian an urgent action plan for reform in the water infrastructure sector. The EC Director-General Regional Policy, Dirk Ahner, has sent a letter to Bulgaria’s Minister on Regional Development, Rosen Plevneliev, and the Bulgarian Environment Minister, Nona Karadzhova, stating that Bulgaria is lagging behind in reforming its water
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – The Russian government has lifted a halt on construction of a highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg that would destroy part of the Khimki forest. Ecologists still hope they will be able to overturn the decision. Read More
