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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

New CUDA 4.0 Release Makes Parallel Programming Easier

NVIDIA today announced the latest version of the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for developing parallel applications using NVIDIA GPUs. The NVIDIA CUDA 4.0 Toolkit was designed to make parallel programming easier, and enable more developers to port their applications to GPUs. This has resulted in three main features: Read More  

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Satellite Imagery of the Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand

On February 22, 2011, an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Christchurch in New Zealand’s South Island, causing loss of life and severe damage to the city. Imagery from COSMO-SkyMed and GeoEye-1 satellites is helping to analyse the consequences. The GeoEye-1 image at right shows some of the most serious damage in the centre

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Student Job Vacancies in VLIZ for Summer 2011

As every year, several master students will have the opportunity of working at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) this summer, for the period of one month in July, August or September. They will be involved in the running projects and new initiatives of the VLIZ. Candidates are offered pleasant working conditions and an appropriate salary. We

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

UAE: Abu Dhabi Airports Company Releases Tender for Building New Terminal

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has announced the release of the General Contractor Tender for the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB), moving into the next phase of delivering Abu Dhabi International Airport with its iconic new terminal that will cater to the airport’s dynamic passenger growth and support the Plan Abu Dhabi 2030, Global Arab Network

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Planning Maps Get More Affordable

Getmapping has announced a new monthly account for its online ‘Planning Required’ planning map service . Architects, home improvement companies and professionals who are regular users of the service will benefit from significant savings when they sign up for accounts. With a single bill for multiple transactions the monthly account will deliver both savings and

Monday, February 28th, 2011

iCADMac CAD DWG Solution

iCADMac is user friendly 2D/3D CAD software for MAC OS X, which reads and writes DWG format drawing files. It is easy to use thanks to the high level of compatibility with AutoCAD, and it is easy to get as you pay far less money to obtain economic licensing solutions. These characteristics make the software the ideal

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Australia Modernisation and Extension of Hydrologic Monitoring Systems Program

The Bureau is encouraging proposals that will assist data collectors from organisationsnamed in the Water Regulations 2008, to improve their water monitoring systems and enhance the accuracy and transfer of data to the Bureau. Applications for the $10 million funding program close on Friday 29 April. Guidelines and Application forms are available on the Bureau website. Read More

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

TomTom and Beacon Software Team Up to Help Towing Fleets Manage Operations Efficiently

TomTom and Beacon Software, a comprehensive towing management solutions supplier, have partnered to help towing fleet operators improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase control of drivers and equipment. The integration of TomTom WORKsmart™ fleet management solutions and Beacon Software towing applications enables live driver location updates and more accurate arrival time estimates.

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

European Council’s First Energy Summit ‘a breakthrough’

At the meeting, EU Heads of State and Government agreed to back four main commitments: to complete the common internal energy market by 2014; to eliminate ‘energy islands’ by 2014 – where some Member States are presently disconnected from the rest of the EU in terms of energy; to boost energy efficiency and to improve

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

New Ceres Report Highlights Need for Improvement, Best Practices

Amid growing evidence that climate change is impacting the global environment and the global economy, the Ceres investor coalition today announced a new report aimed at improving corporate disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities they face.