A village in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province has been completely wiped out of the map after an offensive by the US Army to get rid of the Taliban militants in the area, a media report said here. Tarok Kolache, a small settlement in Kandahar near the Arghandad River Valley, has been completely erased from the map, [...]
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US bombs erase Afghan village from map
January 22nd, 2011 |
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Direct Relief Enlists Esri, Google, SAP to Create Online Medical Aid Map
December 18th, 2010 |
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Nonprofit organization Direct Relief has unveiled its Online Medical Aid Distribution Map with help from Esri’s ArcGIS, Google Earth and SAP applications to keep the flow of aid transparent. – Humanitarian
organization Direct Relief International has launched an online aid-tracking portal
called the Online Medical
Aid Distribution Map. Announced on Dec. 16, the Web tool provides
pharmaceutical and medical manufacturers with precise data on where their aid
packages have been shipped t…
Wanna Time Travel? See Sky Map
November 25th, 2010 |
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For thousands of years, man has wanted to go back in time or catch a glimpse of the future, at the very least. When you look up at the night sky, you are, in a way, looking back in time. It takes years for the light from those twinkling stars to reach you on earth. [...]
Mafia II Sneak-peak Posted By : ArnKT
November 9th, 2010 |
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As you play you will find out that the map where you play isn’t that big. And still none of the locations will seem too used.
Solutions by Map hosting Posted By : Broderick Holl
October 19th, 2010 |
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Internet has changed the way we think and approach.
Symantec Reveals Encryption Road Map for PGP, GuardianEdge
October 9th, 2010 |
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Symantec unveiled some of its plans for the encryption technology it acquired by buying PGP and GuardianEdge, as well as how the VeriSign acquisition could fit in. – Not long ago, Symantec was going the OEM route for encryption. That
all changed in June when the company announced it had closed on
the PGP and GuardianEdge acquisitions.
This past week, Symantec detailed more of its plans for the technologies,
unveiling a strategy that stretches from whole-d…
Oracle SPARC Server Road Map Holds Promise, Challenges, Analysts Say
August 11th, 2010 |
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Oracle executives are finally talking about plans for the high-end SPARC servers gained through the Sun acquisition. Now they need to execute on those plans, analysts say. – Oracle officials’ discussion Aug. 10 of their plans for Sun Microsystems’
enterprise hardware offerings was an important step in getting the company seen
as a player in the competitive high-end server space, according to analysts.
Six months after closing the $7.4 billion purchase of Sun,
Oracle…
Google Map Ads Leverage Location for Mobile Search
July 31st, 2010 |
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Google July 29 introduced AdWords location extensions that let advertisers put their businesses’ location and phone number on a Google Map ad for mobile Websites and applications. The ads will render on phones with full HTML browsers, such as Apple’s iPhone and the Motorola Droid X. – Google is looking to target ads to smartphone users who often use Google
Maps to get directions and find businesses.
The company July 29 introduced new AdWords location extensions that let
advertisers put their businesses’ location and phone number on an expandable
map ad for mobile Websites …
NASA Renders Most Accurate Mars Map Ever
July 26th, 2010 |
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NASA’s high-resolution map of the surface of the Red Planet offers detail down to 330 feet wide when at full zoom, and the space agency offers a host of connected Websites the public can use to explore the planet. – A camera aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop
the most accurate global Martian map ever, the space agency reported.
The map, which has since been posted on several Web sites, allows the
public to explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet. The
map, constructed us…
VMware’s Road Map Directed Squarely at the Cloud
July 16th, 2010 |
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The virtualization leader’s chief cloud manager assesses current market trends and explains to eWEEK why the company’s acquisition of Gemstone will become strategically important as time goes on. – Having pretty much conquered the world of data center virtualization software for the present time, VMware now wants the IT galaxy to view it as more than simply an important middleware provider.
It wants to be seen as two new things: a first-rank cloud computing platform provider and a vendor th…
Genband Integrates Nortel VOIP Products into Road Map
June 22nd, 2010 |
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Less than a month after closing its $182 million deal to acquire Nortel’s CVAS unit, Genband is unrolling a road map that incorporates Nortel’s products and its own. – Genband is moving ahead aggressively with its plans now that it has Nortel
Network’s voice-over-IP business in the fold.
Genband
closed its $182 million deal for Nortel’s CVAS
(Carrier VOIP and Application Solutions) unit May 28, and since that time,
officials have met with more than 100 custom…
Lady holds Google Map responsible for accident
June 4th, 2010 |
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A lady, Allen K Young, has slapped charges against the driver of a car and Google as she finds both of them responsible for the car hitting her when she was walking on a sideway.
She said that the driver had hit her when she was walking on sideways. But Google was held responsible by [...]
Oracle Road Map Includes Continued Investment in Sun’s Tape Storage
May 28th, 2010 |
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Will Oracle, which has produced only a modicum of hardware in its 33-year history, continue to invest in all those Sun hardware businesses, some of which were leaking red ink? The answer, four months after the January acquisition, is a solid yes. – When Oracle was going through legal contortions with the European
Commission over its pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2009,
co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison was asked
on several occasions what Oracle was planning to do with Sun’s many hardware
businesses.
The questions referred to …
Obtaining a Network Map with the Right Tools Posted By : Wanda Hardy
May 19th, 2010 |
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A network map allows an analysis of the physical connections in a computer network. Each component within that network, is mapped and the network sniffer saves this unchanged data. There are many uses for a thorough network map and network diagram software, as a result, can help companies understand the importance of understanding the weaknesses of your network.
MAP Technology Holdings – Corporate moves
May 18th, 2010 |
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Loo Cheng Guan has been appointed independent director wef May 10
Work experience: MD, Tembusu Partners Pte Ltd; founder/managing partner, Blue Ocean Capital Partners Pte Ltd; senior VP, Mitsubishi Securities (S) Ltd
Redrawing the map
April 29th, 2010 |
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The European map is outdated and illogical. Here’s how it should look
PEOPLE who find their neighbours tiresome can move to another neighbourhood, whereas countries can’t. But suppose they could. Rejigging the map of Europe would make life more logical and friendlier.
Britain, which after its general election will have to confront its dire public finances, should move closer to the southern-European countries that find themselves in a similar position. It could be towed to a new position near the Azores. (If the journey proves a bumpy one, it might be a good opportunity to make Wales and Scotland into separate islands). …
IBM designs World’s smallest 3D Map in 2 minutes
April 26th, 2010 |
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The expert scientists at IBM have developed the earth’s smallest 3D map which is so tiny that 1,000 of them can be embedded on a salt grain.
Latest technique is being used in this creation which utilizes a small silicon tip having a sharp apex which is 100,000 times smaller than a pointed sharpened pencil. It [...]
Map Tech returns to black with net profit of US$3m in 1Q
April 19th, 2010 |
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Map Technology Holdings, the component manufacturer for the hard disc drive and biomedical industries, is pleased to announce its return to profitability with a net profit of US$3 million ($4.1 million) for the first quarter ended 31 March 2010 (1Q2010), thanks to the ongoing recovery of the global HDD market.
Revenue for the quarter grew 33% from US$31.7 million to US$42.2 million in 1Q2010, as the group saw sales improve across all its business divisions, except for the die-cut components division which fell US$0.15 million to US$1.1 million.