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'Shafts of light' win AFP freelancer Pulitzer prize
AFP, Published on 17/04/2013
» When Javier Manzano, a freelance photographer for Agence France-Presse, walked into a dimly lit sniper's nest in Syria he did not know a photo he took there would win him a Pulitzer prize.
Arabs urged to use social media to fight extremism
AFP, Published on 13/03/2013
» Arab interior ministers were advised to confront the spread of extremism through social media networks with their own cyber knowhow, as they gathered for a security meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday.
Motorola pushes public safety frequency on 4G
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 28/02/2013
» Motorola Solutions, the Illinois-based provider of mission-critical communications, is urging the Thai telecom regulator to allocate a fourth-generation (4G) frequency for public safety purposes.
Mexican Facebook page threatened over crime posts
AFP, Published on 23/02/2013
» A Facebook wall post denouncing crime is apparently dangerous stuff in Mexico's drug-infested north, where the administrator of a popular page on the social network has received threats.
Raunchy Vine videos prompt adult rating
AFP, Published on 07/02/2013
» The propensity for people to post porn evidently prompted Twitter on Wednesday to stamp an adult rating on an updated version of its Vine video-snippet sharing software.
Games play people
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 17/10/2012
» You see a woman sitting across from you on the MRT with, of course, a smartphone in her hand. Her face is a blank and her eyes passively glaze across the screen. It would probably suggest that whatever was on the screen was the most uninteresting and mind-numbing thing possible, but her fingers speak otherwise.
Big cash stockpile puts US tech firms on the spot
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Apple has more than $81 billion parked overseas. Microsoft has $54 billion, Google $43 billion and Cisco $42 billion.
Mexican minister suggests mobile app to fight crime
AFP, Published on 19/07/2012
» Mexico's interior minister suggested Wednesday that a mobile software app could help crack down on the country's crippling drug-related crime.
Russian Wikipedia shuts to protest Internet bill
AFP, Published on 10/07/2012
» The Russian-language Wikipedia website shut down for a day Tuesday and symbolically blacked out its logo in protest at a bill that would allow the state to block access to blacklisted websites.
Russian Wikipedia shuts down in protest at Internet bill
AFP, Published on 10/07/2012
» The Russian-language Wikipedia website shut down Tuesday with a stark black line across its main page in protest at a bill it warned could be used to censor the Internet.