Monday, August 16th, 2010
TRADING MARKETS – Telvent jointly announce the strategic integration of Telvent’s advanced data acquisition and distribution management smart grid solution suite with OATI’s webSmartEnergy solutions for smart grid and energy markets. The combination of the companies’ leading-edge solutions will enable utilities around the world to efficiently and effectively balance network optimization and energy costs while maximizing regulatory,
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Gabon signed accords with three Asian companies to build infrastructure and develop palm-oil and lumber projects that are expected to generate at least $4.5 billion of investment in the country, officials said. The programs, which may create 50,000 jobs, are part of President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s plans to diversify the nation’s economy, the presidency said in an
Monday, August 16th, 2010
SolidWorks® software is helping a Norwegian company design and produce environmentally friendly fishing equipment fast enough to meet customer demands. Mustad Longline is the world’s largest manufacturer of longline fishing equipment, which is an alternative to environmentally destructive bottom trawling nets. Mustad Longline, launched in 1972, revolutionized and automated longline fishing practices that had been performed
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Indonesia may increase capital spending by 28 percent next year as the government aims to build more bridges and roads to boost growth in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said. The economy may expand 6.3 percent next year from 6 percent this year, Yudhoyono told parliament in Jakarta today. Capital spending in the
Monday, August 16th, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – Tapping away furiously at her well-worn keyboard, close to tears, Ory Okolloh feared Kenya was on the brink of civil war. A media blackout ushered the country into 2008, ensuring there was little coverage of a crisis that would go on to claim more than 1,100 lives and displace more than a quarter of
Monday, August 16th, 2010
The Timber Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) meets again this year on 11-14 October 2010 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, to discuss latest developments affecting the forest sector. Read More
Monday, August 16th, 2010
SCIENCE DAILY – Researches at the University of Gothenburg have shown how climate change many million years ago has influenced the geographical range of plants by modelling climate preferences for extinct species. The method can also be used to predict what effects climate change of today and tomorrow will have on future distributions of plants and
Monday, August 16th, 2010
STUFFNZ – Land information is on the hunt for technology firms to develop innovative web services, similar to Google Maps, using its vast collections of land data. It says easy access to geographic information can stimulate economic growth. New Zealand is losing $1.3 million in productivity a day because it is failing to exploit the benefits of
Monday, August 16th, 2010
If you are new to Fledermaus Version 7 or considering it for your next project, join Product Specialist Erin Heffron for this free webinar outlining the basics of the Version 7 Fledermaus Module. Read More
Monday, August 16th, 2010
I’ve owned a handheld GPS ever since the first “consumer-grade” model, the Motorola Traxar, was released in 1993: $900, 6 AA batteries, 8 satellites max, could only record waypoints, and about the size and weight of a brick. Man, was that an awesome GPS unit! I’ve upgraded several times since then, and am glad that
