Friday, September 30th, 2011
The advent of Web 2.0 made available techonologies and services such as blogs, social networking, Wikis and RSS/XML feeds that allowed many users to the create their own content and share it through simple and freely available tools. The shift to a user-generated content paradigm on the web fostered changes in sharing and analyzing geographic
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Worries of a potential volcanic eruption have prompted Spanish authorities to evacuate residents and tourists on one of the Canary Islands. Thousands of tiny tremors have recently intensified, with the biggest one reaching a magnitude of 3.4, they said. The seismic activity indicates magma on the move. Read More
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Nokia today announced plans to take additional actions to align its workforce and operations. The measures support both the execution of the company’s strategy and the savings target the company announced earlier this year, and also target to bring efficiencies and speed to the organization. Earlier this year, Nokia announced changes primarily focused on aligning its
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The 8th International Weather Forum is set to open in Paris, France. The five-day event offers exhibitions and educational workshops to visitors on the subjects of weather and climate, energy, environment, water and space. Read More
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
LightSquared, a company struggling in a political battle to build a nationwide wireless broadband network using GPS frequencies, said it has signed an agreement with Javad GNSS to develop a system that will eliminate all interference issues for high-precision GPS devices. The company said the Javad GNSS system could be adapted to work with high-precision GPS
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
The International Arctic Forum which finished in Arkhangelsk last Friday did not bring big sensations. The main points of the ambitious Russian Arctic program were rather well-known long time before. Construction of new ice-breaking fleet secured by 20 billion rubles of state funding during the nearest 3 years; launch of powerful space satellite systems for Arctic
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Everything must come to an end – including satellites. After 16 years of loyal service observing Earth, the ERS-2 satellite has retired. This edition of Space tells the life story of the venerable satellite. Read More
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala (Green), who is also responsible for matters related to state corporate ownership, does not plan to intervene in the activities of the state-owned railway company VR. “The owner, that is, the state, does not choose or remove the operative management. Read More
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Planning officials have cited the Government’s proposed changes to the planning system in a series of contentious decisions even though the new guidelines have yet to come into force. Approval has been granted to developments that will see meadows and green fields making way for new housing, office buildings and industrial lorry parks. Housing developers have
Monday, September 26th, 2011
A government commission and Southeast Asian center here have begun exploring areas of cooperation, particularly on climate change (CC). Knowledge management was initially identified as an area in which the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEAMEO SEARCA) could explore possible collaboration. Read
