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Teodomiro Cayetano López, Extremadura's CIO (Chief Information Officer), confirmed on January 23rd that the administration of Spain’s autonomous region will move all their desktop PCs to Debian Linux. "The project is really advanced and we hope to start the deployment the next spring, finishing it i... |
24 January 2012
12:31 GMT |
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AORA Solar is one step closer to proving that major projects involving renewable power are reliable options, especially nowadays when fossil fuel resources are limited and expensive.
The company has succeeded in completing the construction of a hybrid gas turbine solar thermal power station, located in Almeria, Spa... |
5 January 2012
04:54 GMT |
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The customers of a Spanish movie distributor, Karma Films (karmafilms.es), became exposed to cybercriminal activities after a hacker managed to breach their security measures, leaking sensitive information. More than 600 users may be affected after the unknown hacker published email addresses, names and clear text p... |
27 December 2011
05:38 GMT |
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The Spanish Royal House has warned Koch Media, the publishers of the fighting game Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, that they might initiate legal action linked to copyright because the developers have included an alternate costume for Magneto, which is very similar to an official uniform worn by the King.The uniform wa... |
28 November 2011
09:00 GMT |
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Officials with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are extremely pleased to announce that their installations at the Paranal Observatory have recently received the visit of the Spanish crown prince and his wife. Spain was one of the latest countries to join ESO, doing so in 2006.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prin... |
25 November 2011
05:06 GMT |
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Spaniards have just added another important date in their calendar yesterday, when Iberia and Repsol have staged the country's first commercial flight powered by biofuel. An Iberia Airbus A320 flew from Madrid to Barcelona, burning 2,600 kg (5,732lbs) of a mix between A-1 jet fuel and biofuel derived from the ca... |
4 October 2011
06:55 GMT |
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Amazon is continuing its slow international expansion. The online retailer launched a version of the site in Spain, offering a variety of books, DVDs and electronic gadgets. The Amazon Kindle is not offered yet, it's available through the main Amazon.com site, but there is an Amazon Premium program, for fast shi... |
15 September 2011
08:41 GMT |
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A new BlackBerry smartphone is set to hit the market in Spain soon, namely the BlackBerry Torch 9860, which was just announced as being on its way to Movistar's airwaves as soon as next week. The new mobile phone comes to the market with the largest touchscreen display any BlackBerry smartphone has to offer, an... |
31 August 2011
03:48 GMT |
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Security researchers from Kaspersky warn that banking trojans of Brazilian origin have started targeting banks from Spain, Portugal and other countries.European financial institutions have traditionally been targeted by widespread trojans like ZeuS or SpyEye, while Brazilian trojans from the Banker family have pretty... |
31 August 2011
03:11 GMT |
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Security researchers from Trend Micro warn of a new email attack distributing a banking trojan that targets the customers of Spanish financial institutions.The emails purport to come from the National Police of Spain and contain a link to a trojan downloader which when run installs the banking malware detected by Tre... |
21 July 2011
12:41 GMT |
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Netflix is clearly expanding beyond its home market. It has said that much itself, when it revealed that it might launch in 43 new countries, in Latin America, concomitantly. But Netflix isn't stopping here, there are new rumors indicating that it's hitting European shores in early 2012, in Spain and the UK... |
16 July 2011
07:31 GMT |
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A Spanish court of appeals has ruled that sites which merely link to other pages hosting pirated content do not violate any of the country's laws.The ruling came in a copyright infringement case between the Spanish General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) and a website called index-web.com that dates back t... |
15 July 2011
09:57 GMT |
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Netflix, which has only made a shy move outside of its native US to Canada last year, has recently announced a massive expansion across the two Americas, 43 new countries in total.But this is clearly just the beginning, the first more concrete evidence that Netflix is eyeing Europe next has surfaced, with the latest ... |
12 July 2011
11:52 GMT |
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SGAE and SDAE, two related non-profit organizations tasked with the collection of royalty payments on behalf of Spanish musicians, composers and songwriters, had their bank accounts frozen and offices raided in connection with a fraud investigation.According to Spanish authorities, the executive officers of the Gener... |
4 July 2011
10:42 GMT |
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Spanish authorities arrested three individuals believed to be high ranking members of Anonymous and responsible of coordinating the group's activity in the country.One of the suspects hosted a server in his house which was used to coordinate attacks against government websites, financial institutions and compani... |
10 June 2011
06:33 GMT |
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Recently, mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson officially confirmed plans to make its Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY smartphone available for purchase on the market in Spain as of April 1st, 2011. Following a series of rumors regarding the launch date for this device, the company itself stepped up and put them to a rest thro... |
15 March 2011
03:46 GMT |
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The internet was supposed to be the great unifier, the one technology which enables everyone to express themselves without fear of oppression. But as more and more governments around the world finally wake up to this, they're moving to seize control of the web one way or another, sometimes for misguided reasons ... |
17 January 2011
17:51 GMT |
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For the first time in western Mediterranean, a team of Spanish scientists have found fossils of Ordovician conodonts that were dated to between 446 and 444 million years ago. Discovering these prehistoric marine vertebrates (according to Clare Milsom and Sue Rigby), has allowed scientists to rebuild the paleogeograph... |
13 December 2010
08:13 GMT |
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When the Mars Science Laboratory rover, now called Curiosity, will roam the surface of our neighboring planet, it will provide daily weather bulletins for mission controllers on Earth. The readings will be taken by a Spanish instrument that will go on the explorations robot. In addition to searching for signs of past... |
1 December 2010
05:29 GMT |
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A mineralogical and chemical analysis of the 'terra rosa' soil in the Mediterranean, carried out by Spanish and American researchers, revealed that the mineral red dust came from Sahara and Sahel, in Africa.These two African regions emit 600-700 tonnes of dust every year, and this is what colored the soil i... |
12 November 2010
08:16 GMT |
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A new technology makes soil no longer necessary to grow potatoes, or at least seed potatoes for now, proved a new research project carried out by Newco – Potato Technology Transference Company, and Neiker-Tecnalia – the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development.The team of researchers man... |
11 November 2010
03:04 GMT |
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The Anonymous group has began attacking the websites of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE), as part of its ongoing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) campaign against anti-piracy organizations.Anonymous is large a group of hacktivists claiming to fight back at mora... |
6 October 2010
12:24 GMT |
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A research carried out by Spanish scientists between 1998 and 2007, watching the brown bear population within the mountains of Cantabrian Cordillera and their hibernation habits, concluded that female bears with babies and independent young bears (under the age of 2) do not usually hibernate.Apparently, the hibernati... |
6 October 2010
09:32 GMT |
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A team of investigators in Spain is currently developing a technology that could keep a virtual eye on pollution levels being generated by traffic jams. Whenever large numbers of vehicles amass in a traffic jam, a large portion of all drivers do not turn off their engines. This leads to the accumulation of toxic fume... |
7 September 2010
11:01 GMT |
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Because of the impact of extreme temperatures on agriculture and health in Spain, scientists at the University of Salamanca – USAL, have focused on the main causes of this phenomenon, hot days and cold nights between 1950 and 2006.The new research, which was published by Climatic Change, actually analyzed the p... |
31 August 2010
10:19 GMT |
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The Google Street View Wi-Fi saga continues with an investigation in Spain. A judge has ordered an official criminal investigation into the matter. Google representatives will also have to go before the court in October. Spain joins a long list of countries investigation Google over the issue. Several months ago Goog... |
18 August 2010
07:10 GMT |
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At least two new mobile phones are expected to soon make an appearance on the market in Spain, including the high end Nokia N8 and a white version of the Samsung Galaxy S. According to Spanish retailer The Phone House's website, we should see former device being put on sale come September, accompanied by the wh... |
3 August 2010
06:48 GMT |
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A Spanish study has presented survival percentages in nine types of cancer, after a period of five years from diagnosis. Cancer survival in Spain is almost the same as the European average, the lowest rate being for cases of lung cancer (under 11%). At this study took part 57,622 people from eight regions in Spain. M... |
15 July 2010
08:59 GMT |
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Apple's newly released iPhone 4 is rumored to be on its way to making an appearance on the market in Spain on July 28. The news comes from local wireless carrier Movistar, which tweeted info on its plans for the launch of the device, but which says that the actual launch date depends on the supply chain. The co... |
9 July 2010
04:51 GMT |
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The Spanish National Police has arrested eighteen members of an international fraud network specialized in credit card cloning. The group is accused of stealing a total of 2,5 million euros (over $3.1 million) and had the necessary infrastructure to misuse credit card details in less than six hours since they were co... |
5 July 2010
10:49 GMT |
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The Spanish police have detained the managers of a company selling customized accounting software for small and mid-sized businesses in the country. The firm is being investigated for rigging its programs to fail at predefined intervals, thus charging extra for maintenance.The case has been investigated by the Spanis... |
1 July 2010
03:49 GMT |
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A two-year-long investigation into an international credit-card fraud ring has culminated with the arrest of 178 individuals and dismantling of numerous credit-card cloning laboratories. Authorities estimate that, while it was operational, the cybercriminal network, with branches in several European countries, the U.... |
18 June 2010
11:04 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is pushing on with its tradition of using its virtual sports franchises to predict the result of important real life competitions, saying that the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa will be won by the European nation of Spain, which will defeat South Americans Brazil, three goals to one, in the fin... |
4 June 2010
05:45 GMT |
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation recently announced the launch of three new handsets on the Spanish market, namely the HTC Desire, HTC Smart and HTC HD Mini. All three new devices come to the market with the company's HTC Sense solution, and are said to be able to offer an enhanced user experienc... |
7 May 2010
03:41 GMT |
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Palm's webOS-based Palm Pixi Plus handset is set to become available for purchase in Spain on Vodafone's network as soon as May 10, the Sunnyvale-based handset vendor announced today. Pixi Plus is the thinnest device released by Palm until now, while being capable of offering a great deal of appealing feat... |
3 May 2010
10:52 GMT |
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The European Southern Observatory (ESO), the most prolific astronomical organization in the world, has finally decided on a final location to build its newest instrument, the European Extremely Large optical/infrared Telescope (E-ELT). The massive construction's main feature will be a whooping 42-meter-diameter ... |
26 April 2010
13:01 GMT |
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EA Sports has announced that it will be launching a demo version of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the football simulation set to be launched on April 27. Players who are interested in seeing how the game is shaping up can check out the Xbox Live service from Microsoft or the PlayStation Network from Sony and down... |
8 April 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Spain is becoming the last bastion of common sense when it comes to peer-to-peer and file sharing, at least until the big media companies get their own way and change the law in the country altogether. Torrentfreak, the ever-vigilant blog focusing on BitTorrent and file-sharing issues, points to a recent lawsuit in S... |
15 March 2010
10:46 GMT |
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International cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Spain and the U.S., as well as several security companies, led to the arrest of three Spanish citizens who controlled one of the largest botnets in history. Dubbed Mariposa, the army of zombie computers connected from more than 12 million unique IP address... |
3 March 2010
11:10 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola announced recently that its high-end Motorola Milestone was expected to arrive on the market in Spain in mid-March. According to the company, the handset is set to become the first Android 2.1-based device in Spain, while also being capable of setting a new standard when it comes to the s... |
22 February 2010
03:46 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker and wireless carrier Orange announced recently the launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone on the market in Spain. The new mobile phone, now available for users in the country, comes with high-end communications and multimedia features, while also boasting a compact and refined desi... |
29 January 2010
08:32 GMT |
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Clearwire Communications, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation, announced today that it planned on launching a 4G network in the city of Malaga, Spain. Through this move, the company expands its Internet services in Europe for the first time, and will offer connectivity to around 600,000 people, as ... |
8 January 2010
08:30 GMT |
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The largest credit card recall effort in Germany's history is underway after an undisclosed payment processor in Spain was breached. Affected individuals are currently being notified and they will be reimbursed if they suffered any losses.The warning about the dangerous situation came from both Visa and Masterca... |
20 November 2009
05:13 GMT |
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Telefonica has announced today that it will carry in Spain the new Palm Pre smartphone running under the webOS platform starting with October 14, only a week from now on. According to the carrier, the price tag for the Pre will range from free to 219 Euros, depending on the price plan customers will opt for. Moreover... |
7 October 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Researchers at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Institut Catala de Paleontologia (ICP) believe they may have found a new genus of hominid primate, in the els Hostalets de Pierola, l'Anoia region. The fossil, which displays some very interesting characteristics, is described in the most recent issue of the s... |
2 June 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Over the years, Peruvian lakes have shown archaeologists that the traces of pollution they contain were not generated only by modern-day industrial activities, but also by mining done by the Spanish, the Incas, and several other populations on these territories before them. A number of lakes around Peru have importan... |
19 May 2009
21:01 GMT |
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It seems that users now have the chance to get their hands on yet another high-end mobile phone, this time the Nokia N97, and Spain is again the fortunate country to have it first, as the handset has just been made available for pre-order today (Spanish mobile phone users were also the first to purchase the Google An... |
4 May 2009
04:58 GMT |
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HTC Magic, the second mobile phone in the world to run under the Google Android operating system, is already available for purchase online for Vodafone's customers who live in Spain. The move was somehow unexpected, as most of us were looking at the UK site for the launch, yet it seems that the Spanish can now g... |
28 April 2009
02:10 GMT |
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An American judge is soon expected to decide on the faith of what some term the largest treasure to have ever been recovered from the ocean depths. Last year, the Odyssey Marine Exploration company found something off the coast of Portugal that made the Spanish government tremble with excitement – a long-forgot... |
25 March 2009
10:42 GMT |
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The Spanish Environment Ministry has announced only recently that the Pyrenee mountains, which are located at the border between France and Spain, have lost more than 90 percent of their ice during the 20th century, and that, if the current global warming trend continues, the remaining 10 percent of ice could disappe... |
25 February 2009
06:56 GMT |
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