Archives for Science and Technology
December 22nd, 2009
Demand for electricity fell by 4.6% in 2009 and was the first recorded annual rate drop since such monitoring began, said sources for electricity distributor Red Electrica (REE). According to REE, this decrease is the result of drops recorded in every month of the year - in the first four months ...
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December 29th, 2009
The management of technology group Asimelec has sent the government its proposals to amend the bill on sustainable economy which is seeking to allow Spain to take advantage of the impact of the introduction of technologies on the economy, society and environment. Its proposals include a request to reduce corporate income ...
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January 4th, 2010
Development Minister, José Blanco, today said that the Spanish Government is to take "additional measures" in aviation security, but not the introduction of controversial body scanners without their full acceptance by the EU. Yesterday, the United Kingdom confirmed they intend to use body scanners, as did Holland. This follows an ...
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January 5th, 2010
After the Spanish European Presidency website went offline for several hours yesterday, the Spanish Government has denied that the website had been attacked by a hacker. Images were released on the internet with the welcome video of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero replaced by a photograph of
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January 5th, 2010
The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde said today that the Government will adopt a new strategy on the closure of websites allowing the download of copyrighted files without permission, that will "satisfy all parties," although he avoided saying if this will require judicial
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January 7th, 2010
The first mobile phone from search engine giant Google, the 'Nexus One', will arrive in Spain via Vodafone, as reported by a spokesman for the company today. The spokesman said that neither prices or a date have been finalised, before going on to say
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January 8th, 2010
45% of Spanish households had internet access with broadband speeds at the end of 2008, a figure which is close to the average percentage in the EU of 48%. Within Spain, the Community of Madrid has the highest penetration of 58 %, this is according to more Eurostat figures
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January 11th, 2010
April 3 should be marked on the calendar of both TV operators and TV viewers. This is the day when a final farewell will be given to analogue broadcasts. After several years of testing, the full transition from analogue to the new digital terrestrial television (TDT) will take place in ...
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January 12th, 2010
In scenes that are taking place throughout most of Spain, the first free laptops that the Junta de Andalucía and central Government are distributing to all Spanish students in the fifth and sixth grade have begun arriving in classrooms in Andalusia. Andalusian President, José Antonio Griñán, visited
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January 16th, 2010
The Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has assured a group of European industrialists that one of the greatest aims of Spain's EU presidency, in the field of industry, will be the launch of a joint strategy for development of electric vehicles.
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