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  • TECH

    Promises, promises

    Database, Published on 27/01/2010

    » She earned the title of Thailand's Best Information and Communications Technology Minister of 2009, and just two weeks into the new year, she showed she has no intention of slowing down; Thailand, declared Ranongruk Suwanchwee will definitely have third generation phone service in 2011, or if not, then in a year shortly thereafter; as Korea, Japan and other countries worked on startup up 4G service, Mrs Ranongruk insisted that 3G service for Thais was a top priority, and she fully intends to spend 20 billion baht this year alone.

  • LEARNING

    Victorious football managers

    Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 23/02/2010

    » After months of successfully completing challenging tasks, the "Fish 'n Ship" team from Assumption College Sriracha, ultimately snatched the trophy for the first time in "The Pitch" challenge earlier this month.

  • TECH

    All up in the air

    Database, Published on 03/03/2010

    » The most efficient and honoured minister of Information and Communications Technology in more than a year asked Chinese companies if they could design a satellite to replace the original Thaicom One; the request, signed by the Defence Ministry as well as by Ranongruk Suwanchwee herself, would call a Chinese-designed bird a Thai name, and use it to replace the satellite that Shin Corp, now of Shingapore, refuses to replace; assuming the Chinese are willing (haha) to design a satellite and deal with the canny minister, it remains to be seen whether they also would like to build, fit, launch and perhaps maintain the bird, and how that would fit in with the Defence Ministry's contention since September, 2006, that foreigners should not be involved in Thai telecoms.

  • TECH

    Online shopping on the increase

    Database, Published on 14/04/2010

    » A MasterCard survey of online shopping habits has found that 77 percent of Thai respondents accessed the Internet every day, while 63 percent enjoy shopping online, with women's clothes, CDs/DVDs and cosmetics among the top selling products.

  • TECH

    Ubuntu gains ground on the Evil Empire

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 28/04/2010

    » Linux on the desktop is about to make a major leap forward this week with the launch of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on April 29. People have been speculating for years about when Linux will become mainstream and hit the desktop. Ubuntu 10.04 or Lucid Lynx might just do that.

  • TECH

    Digitising duty free to boost airline revenue

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/05/2010

    » With margins being squeezed tighter and tighter, and low-cost, no-frills carriers on the rise, airlines are having to find new ways of generating revenue. One avenue is duty free sales and Guest-Logix offers solutions for airlines and trains to tap into their captive audience and monetise them.

  • TECH

    Mobile phones offer hope to 'bottom of the pyramid'

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 12/05/2010

    » ISLAMABAD : Sriganesh Lokanathan, senior research manager at LIRNEasia, spoke of the need to address the agricultural sector in South Asia which makes up a large share of the labour pool but a low share of GDP.

  • TECH

    PayPal launches new policy

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 30/06/2010

    » Addressing Thai consumers' concerns about buying online, PayPal has launched an additional layer of consumer protection giving consumers the confidence to buy from over eight million vendors.

  • LIFE

    Airport Link a Potential Tourism Bonanza

    Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 09/08/2010

    » The long-awaited opening of the Airport Rail Link on Aug 23 will substantially enhance the convenience of visiting Bangkok but a number of critical missing links impede connectivity with the city's mass-transit systems.

  • NEWS & PR

    Flute prodigy returns to Bangkok for special concert

    Learningpost, Published on 24/08/2010

    » Flute prodigy Yae Ram Park will be reunited with her former classmates at Shrewsbury International School in September when she returns to Bangkok to perform in a special concert.

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