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Internet Site of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 14/07/2010
» Getting medical advice on the Internet is not always the best idea. There are many health sites packed with information, but one needs to be careful about where the information comes from and stick with trusted sites by trusted names. And even then, as such sites will say, one should only use the information as a bit of a diagnostic tool rather than as an excuse not to visit the doctor. Whenever there's any sort of health trouble, a visit to the doctor is a must.
Technology to boost public safety
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 02/06/2010
» SINGAPORE : Motorola is taking public safety solutions to a new level with the launch of the industry's first Tetra 2 in-car radio with high-speed TEDS data along with far-ranging improvements to its command and control and intelligence systems that help support mission-critical operations in policing, fire, oil and gas through to transportation, airport, seaport and other industries.
Take it all off
Database, Published on 14/04/2010
» The most powerful media mogul on Earth challenged the most powerful media company in the explored universe; ''We are going to stop people like Google ... from taking our stories for nothing,'' explained Rupert Murdoch to dutiful reporters at the US National Press Club; he intends to charge Google and other search engines to look at his newspapers' stories _ or ban them from his site; here's the way the world's most fearsome newspaper proprietor thinks about free content on the Internet: Take it all off, because then the public will have to pay; his Wall Street Journalnewspaper has already put out an app for the Apple iPad and an application for readers to buy content, for a mere 400 baht per month or so; he also intends to charge everyone on the planet 2 (100 baht) a month to read his Times of London.
Internet site of the week
Gotfried. K, Published on 24/02/2010
» My friend Marty Salin sent in this week's Internet Site of the Week. He says, ``Onelook.com offers a dictionary search better than Google's. As a writer, I often have to look words up. For years, Onelook.com has been my go-to tool. Whenever I need to look up a word, I use Onelook to directly search dozens of dictionaries, both plain English and specialised. The results page links directly to the entry I looked up in each dictionary, and getting multiple definitions is just a matter of Ctrl-clicking each of my favourite dictionaries to open them up in new tabs.
Big Brother is watching - and waiting to break down your doors
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/02/2010
» What do the GT200 magic wand and the Internet Sniffer project have in common? Both are an assault on privacy and allow the state to pick on anyone at will.
Getting creative
Database, Published on 10/02/2010
» No 1 yuppiephone network Advanced Info Service of Shingapore issued an "Oh yeah?" challenge to you No 1 state-owned G3 provider, TOT, to wit: If you don't let AIS use your 3G services, we won't let any of the TOT subscribers use AIS networks for calling outside the 3G area - meaning about 99.8 percent of Thailand; to rehash the story up to now: AIS has no 3G service but lusts after it, while TOT has installed some 3G carriers for a few thousand users in a couple of corners of Bangkok, and may have some service in Pattaya within a few months, or so.
Cracking good time
Database, Published on 13/01/2010
» German tech nerd Karsten Nohl showed off at the Chaos Communication Conference in Berlin how he cracked the encryption that you were trusting to keep your phone calls un-tappable throughout Thailand; the researcher proved it would be pretty simple to crack any GSM encryption; he said the 20-year-old encryption algorithm used by most GSM companies is simply too weak, and can be cracked by anyone who really cares; he released all the data, cracking tables and instructions, but did not give away an actual cracking program, because that might be illegal.