Recent postsDesertec is one of those huge projects that could have instant positive environmental impact. It is a proposal by TREC (Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation) an initiative between the EU, North Africa and the Middle East. The target is to provide Europe with about one sixth of its energy needs and the countries where production takes [...]
In the technology, telecommunications and internet sectors no doubt China and India see the emergence of numerous middle classes that no sane international business can overlook. While their huge populations understandably attract most headlines, there is a group of countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Russia & Turkey) that follow closely but more quietly as they do not appear in the news so often. They [...]
As if the Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD mix wasn’t enough, now new digital panel connection standards arrive to make consumers’ life even more difficult. In the last couple of years we have reached a nice state of equilibrium. As things stand now, we know we need DVI for our PC monitor and HDMI for our flat [...]
Speculation over the fate of OTE has reached an all time high when earlier this year the Greek government sought startegic partners in an effort to make the organisation more competitive. An expensive early pension plan for staff failed to attract a large investor and has not reduced the risk of falling behind in terms [...]
The public electricity producing company of Greece announced that it will construct a 5oo MW photovoltaic park, the second largest in Europe. A large proportion of energy production in Greece is lignite based, resulting in Greek plants in the list of 10 most polluting stations of Europe and high levels of polution in the areas [...]
Japan is probably the most progressive mobile telephone market. Softbank mobile sees signs that 2G is reaching the end of its life so will stop taking 2G orders from the end of march 2008. 2G support is correctly going to continue but customers will be encouraged to switch to 3G. This is a very [...]
From time to time there is new ideas that make us pray every night they become commercially available products as soon as possible. Virtual Cable from MVS in the US is such a great and elegant looking idea. No more need to have a small screen for the GPS instructions. All you need and indeed [...]
Wind turbine producers crank up your production! If Britain’s plans go ahead to power all homes with wind turbines by 2020, there will be unprecedented demand for turbines. Current wind power covers about 2% of total demand. To achieve the optimistic target, large coastal areas will be set aside for power generation, so the view [...]
Greece is the 14th richest country in the EU. In a place with almost 100% mobile telephony penetration, one would expect the internet penetration statistics to be very good. Unfortunately, the news coming from the Observatory for the Greek Information Society is very disheartening. Here is some shocking numbers. Only 27.4% of Greek homes have internet access. [...]
Today’s web 2.0 applications are wonderful and generally simple to use. All this simplicity is based on many layers of complexity and technical know-how that goes unnoticeable. There is the software we use, the server that provides all the necessary data, our operating system, our PC hardware, etc., etc. And on the most basic level [...]
We have already written about the difficult road of introduction of wireless internet to the masses. Amazingly, some countries have not even resolved wired access problems and Greece is unfortunately one of those places. To start with, ADSL2+ is the best connection tech available and is marketed as the solution to all our problems. But is [...]
Engadget has taken a very interesting interview of Peter Chou the CEO of HTC. So far, HTC is the best ambassador of Windows Mobile in the mobile telephone market but is also preparing for two years now to adopt the use of Google’s Android for some of its models. The mobile telephone market is definitely hotting up with [...]
Do you have to charge your mobile devices every night to get you through the following day? You are not alone… But stop worrying, Toshiba is coming to the rescue with its new SCiB generation of batteries. Take a seat to check out the main features to be offered:
High charge current of up to 50A [...]
The new fiberoptic TBN network (TransBalkan Network) of Oteglobe is now ready and links the Balkans to Central and Western Europe. It runs from Greece all the way to Frankfurt in Germany via Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria. Oteglobe is a subsidiary of OTE, the Greek state telecom company. Apart from the obvious crucial support of [...]
There’s a lot of speculation as to the new directions of expansion that Google is going to take. First of all comes the 700 MHz auction in the US and whether Google will take it seriously or is just testing the water. Then there is the green energy sector that is more of a certainty [...]
