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Green-conscious creativity
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 07/07/2010
» 'The world is in your hands. Start the journey now - by playing Junk Master".
Going places
Database, Published on 07/07/2010
» Google also wants to know where you're going and how you plan to get there; the king of search rifled the lunch money for $700 million to buy ITA Software, a US company organised in 1996 by computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; it sells the software that runs many airlines' reservations systems, and services travel sites including Kayak, FareCompare, Hotwire and Microsoft's own Bing Travel; Google CEO Eric "I Know Jack" Schmidt promised that he "will improve the way flight information is organised", but the US Justice Department said this deal will get a tough look by the anti-monopoly division.
Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 07/07/2010
» Facebook is a popular site, with 400 million users now and counting. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping for one billion users in the not too distant future, a goal he just might achieve.
Govt cracks down on social networking forums
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 03/07/2010
» A member of the social networking website Facebook has spent the past two months in jail, accused of breaking lese majeste law in messages posted at his Facebook page.
Yahoo switches off search
Database, Published on 01/09/2010
» Yahoo, which began life as a searchable list of the best Internet web sites, ended all Internet searching for users in the US and Canada - and soon, for the world; Shashi Seth, senior Yahoo president for vice, said he was thrilled and excited to announce that effective Aug 24, all Internet searches at yahoo.com - text, image, video, whatever - were automagically switched to Bing, the Microsoft search engine, "with more markets to come" presumably including Thailand; the end of Yahoo searches marked "great work and partnership" between Yahoo and Microsoft, apparently, and it was a "milestone" in Yahoo history; comment Number 1 at the blog where Mr Seth made the announcement asked for a moment of silence for the end of Yahoo as a search company, because "They have ceased to exist in the universe they created".
Murky lead-up
Database, Published on 01/09/2010
» Members of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) turned out to be the suspicious type; the Magnificent Seven disclosed they are afraid that the companies who want to bid at the auction for 3G licences might now get together and actually share information about their prospects at the end of the month; in fact from Monday, it will be collusion, it will be a criminal offence for any of the companies to even issue a press release on what its plans might be for 3G; the companies have put in papers to pre-qualify to take part in the auction on Sept 20, along with deposits of 1.28 billion baht apiece, and that money will be seized if any company tries to share its plans with any other; the NTC has asked the Ministry of Internet Censorship in Thailand (MICT) to coordinate collusion by law enforcement agencies to make sure there is no collusion by the phone companies, top agencies called in as monitors include the DSI and Amlo - Department of Special Investigation and the Anti-Money Laundering Office.
ICT cited as key to stronger, more unified Thailand
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 11/08/2010
» Thailand has defined its vision to increase and improve its use of ICT to help develop a stronger economy as well as boost social equality and environmental friendliness by 2020, as part of the Smart Thailand concept.
The big jailbreak
Database, Published on 04/08/2010
» The US Copyright Office held its triennial meeting to consider various claims and complaints, and the biggest laugh was over the application by Steve "President for Life" Jobs of Apple; no, the copyright phuyai chuckled, you can't make it against the law to tamper with your phone that you bought with your money; and at a stroke, the Apple iPhone fiddling known as "jailbreaking" became legal worldwide; Mr Jobs contended the iPhone is so special that heavy prison sentences should attend anyone delving into his phone and trying to use it on a network, with apps not approved by Apple; the Copyright Office said it was nonsense; to his credit, Mr Jobs never had sued any of the estimated 400,000 owners of jailbroken iPhones in the US, while awaiting the decision from on high.
THEOS creates new roles for Thailand
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 01/09/2010
» When the THEOS satellite went fully operational last year, it changed Thailand's role from being just a ground station and data provider to that of a satellite operator and owner, allowing for a more flexible use of satellite imagery and broadening the application of satellite images for economic, social and national security purposes.
Large printing for the smaller market
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 04/08/2010
» SVOA has paraded Roland cutting, printing and 3D engraving machines to help businesses to operate more affordably.