Antti Kaijanmäki announced the development of a mobile broadband configuration assistant for NetworkManager in April 2008

Armenia's national debt has increased significantly since 2008 when public external debt consisted of only 13. 5 percent of GDP.

Even in the last pre-crisis year, 2008, the Bulgarian economy was growing rapidly at 6. 0 %, despite significantly slowing down in the last quarter.

Internet penetration has been rising significantly over the past few years: the ratio of households having an internet connection has risen from 22. 1 % ( 49 % of which was broadband ) in 2005 to 48. 4 % ( 87. 3 % of which was broadband ) in 2008.

Windows Server 2008 builds on the technological and security advances first introduced with Windows Vista, and is significantly more modular than its predecessor, Windows Server 2003.

Most foreign and domestic corporate debt indices also suffered in 2008, posting losses significantly worse than the average hedge fund.

In 2008, the suppliers of the custom fuel failed to tender for a renewal of the transit agency's contract, leading to a negotiated contract at a significantly increased cost.

The hypothesis was significantly expanded in the 1960s by Soviet linguists, notably Vladislav Illich-Svitych and Aharon Dolgopolsky, termed the " Moscovite school " by Bomhard ( 2008 ), and it has received renewed attention in English-speaking academia since the 1990s.

Both exports and imports of fish and sea products grew significantly in the recent years, reaching correspondingly $ 2, 415 and $ 2, 036 millions in 2008.

In addition, the Albers EDGE program ( Education for Global Executives ) was honored in 2008 as the only academic institution to receive the President's " E " Award, which recognizes persons, firms, or organizations that contribute significantly in the effort to increase United States exports.

In 2008, inflation was tracking at 20. 3 % for the first half of the year, higher than the 3. 4 % in 2000, but down significantly from 160 % in 1988.

During Putin's first premiership and presidency ( 1999 – 2008 ), real incomes increased by a factor of 2. 5, real wages more than tripled ; unemployment and poverty more than halved and the Russians ' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly.

In October 2008, " An updated lifecycle assessment study for disposable and reusable nappies " by the UK Environment Agency and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs stated that reusable diapers can cause significantly less ( up to 40 per cent ) or significantly more damage to the environment than disposable ones, depending mostly on how parents wash and dry them.

Attendance at the pride parades has been increasing significantly since 2008, with an estimated participation of 3, 500 people in Delhi and 1, 500 people in Bangalore in 2010.

In 2008, the team at GANIL, France, described the results from a new technique which attempts to measure the fission half-life of a compound nucleus at high excitation energy, since the yields are significantly higher than from neutron evaporation channels.

According to Sendall ( 2008 ), blogs, wikis, and social networking skills are found to be significantly useful in the classroom.

But in June 2008 a series of heavy rains led to flooding of the Chariton, and more significantly, left flash flood waters of Spring Creek and Davis Creek to back up from the river into Novinger.

In September 2008, the DØ collaboration reported detection of the, a " double strange " Omega baryon with the measured mass significantly higher than the quark model prediction.

Mill operating margins have been significantly affected in the 2006 – 2008 time-frame by rising energy costs.

Finally, in 2008, a spectroscopic measurement gave a significantly lower value of 46 %.

A phylogeographic study in 2008 of 1150 volunteer Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups appeared to support the idea that the number of forced conversions has been significantly underestimated, as 20 % of the tested Iberian population had haplogroups consistent with Sephardic ancestry.

In December 2008, NS & I dropped significantly the interest rate ( and therefore the odds of investors winning a prize ) due to the corresponding significant drop in the Bank of England base rate during the " credit crunch ", leading to strong criticism from Members of Parliament, financial experts, and holders of premium bonds ; many claimed that Premium Bonds were now " worthless ", and somebody with the maximum £ 30, 000 invested who has " average luck " would win only 10 prizes per year compared to 15 in the previous year.

Slow progress in UWB standards development, the cost of initial implementation, and performance significantly lower than initially expected are several reasons for the limited use of UWB in consumer products ( which caused several UWB vendors to cease operations in 2008 and 2009 ).

For a general idea on how an empowered women can impact a situation monetarily, a study found that of fortune 500 companies, “ those with more women board directors had significantly higher financial returns, including 53 percent higher returns on equity, 24 percent higher returns on sales and 67 percent higher returns on invested capital ( OECD, 2008 ).” This study shows the impact women can have on the overall economic benefits of a company.

In a review of the Department of Finance Robert Wright, a Canadian economist, singled out the policies of the PD's and Fianna Fáil's 2002 election manifestos as contributing significantly to the 2008 property market crash.

Following French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit in 2008, relations have improved.

It had been hoped that patient adherence to antipsychotics would be higher with the atypicals, but a 2008 review found that the data have failed to substantiate the notion that novel antipsychotic drug use leads to improved medication compliance and favorable clinical outcomes.

HOPE II, in October 2008, further improved the situation by extending preferences to 2018.

Relations appear to have improved since March 2008, when Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a two-day visit to Iraq.

The greatly increased funding from Red Bull, including the use of the Red Bull chassis and Ferrari engines, gradually led to improved results, culminating in Toro Rosso's maiden win at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.

Performance during the 2008 – 09 season improved, with the club achieving a modest 16th place finish in League Two.

Under Rumfield, pitching improved in 2008 and closer Mike Benacka recorded 13 saves and a 0. 35 ERA in 22 games before signing with Oakland Athletics half way through the season.

Since the election of Dean Barrow in 2008, however, relations with Israel have improved considerably.

A version that can withstand windstorms could begin to replace conventional commercial fluorescent lighting systems with improved implementations in 2008 and beyond.

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have improved after the PPP party took over in 2008.

However, a recent addition of Mitcham Eastfields railway station in June 2008, nearer to the centre of the town than Mitcham Junction, on the same line, has improved transport links.

Between 2005 and 2008, the Audit Commission found that services improved from an overall rating of three stars and " improving well " to four stars and " improving strongly ".

The intersection was improved, with construction finishing on June 1, 2009, after eight months of work starting in October 2008.

In 2008, the " Spaghetti Bowl " interchange with Interstate 80 and U. S. Route 46 was improved, costing $ 70 million.

Since 2008, unemployment has improved slightly.

Since the clogged interstate Woodrow Wilson Bridge was widened in 2008, commuter access to Northern Virginia's booming job market has improved.

This junction continued to be improved, with new road markings and traffic signals completed in 2008.

The lake was further improved with the completion in 2008 of a major dredging operation that removed 184, 000 cubic yards of sediment from the lake.

Sales gradually improved in the following years, reaching a record high in 2008 and that further being overtaken in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

In 2007 and 2008, the Baltra airport was remodelled to include additional restaurants, shops and an improved visitor area.

In 1999 it was ported to the Dreamcast with improved graphics and new features and became available on Xbox 360's Xbox Live Marketplace in 2008.

The Owls improved in 2008 – 09 and 12th place with the best home defensive record in the division.

Before the start of the 2008 season, the team's prospects improved dramatically.

Global exit activity totalled $ 252bn in 2011, practically unchanged from the previous year, but well up on 2008 and 2009 as private equity firms sought to take advantage of improved market conditions at the start of the year to realise investments.