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Why the powers that be oppose evolution
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 26/05/2010
» There are times when having an engineer in the room when big business deals are being hammered out would make sense. One such incident would be the way ToT and AIS are going about their 3G roaming on-again, off-again disagreement.
Digital information sets new records
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 19/05/2010
» Despite the economic recession last year, digital information continues to grow, setting new records and is expected to reach 1.2 zettabytes this year. Meanwhile a significant portion of the information will be in the "cloud" in the next decade.
Not quite a God Phone, but I couldn't be happier with the Nexus One
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/05/2010
» Google Nexus One. What does it mean? How good is it? Is it really the God Phone that many have been talking about? Or is it a failed experiment given its dismal sales compared not only to the iPhone, but even its fellow Android by Motorola.
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.
What's in a name? On the net, who knows
Database, James Hein, Published on 03/03/2010
» How much can you trust an Internet Domain? When you go to, say, http://www.reliableshopping. com, how much can you find out about it? Theoretically when a domain is registered it should have information on who did so. You can use tools like http://www.whois.net to do a quick check. In the case of the site above, I found it is owned by godaddy.com. Trying http://www.internic.net to look it up found even less info, but I did ascertain that the domain will expire soon.
Out of the blue
Database, Published on 17/02/2010
» PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey decided right out of the blue to call on the Magnificent Seven to get their act together and press ahead with an auction of third-generation phone bandwidth, and to heck with the consequences, constitution and so on; the National Telecommunications Commission, in his opinion, needs to move along because the public needs 3G. The National Telecommunications Commission chuckled at Mr Sathit, and made another decision to delay another project, this one the application by No 1 yuppiephone network Advanced Info Service of Shingapore to fire up its proposed roaming service with your TOT; the problem was so important that the NTC gave it to a deputy secretary, Thakorn Boonyasith, who said the proposed new TOT-AIS hookup could violate the terms of the old TOT-AIS concession; AIS wants to suck up most of the TOT's 3G bandwidth, such as it is, in return for which it will allow other customers to use AIS facilities for calls outside the small corner of Bangkok where 3G is actually available.
Protection for, and from, the cloud
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/02/2010
» MACAU : Since it has introduced the Smart Protection Network (SPN), the vision and commitment of delivering protection from the cloud in 2008, Trend Micro (TM) is moving towards "protection for the cloud".
Intel launches new Core family
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/01/2010
» Digital lifestyle, new technology refreshment, 3G competition and low PC penetration will accelerate PC spending in Thailand, with some 3 million units expected to be sold in 2010.
Adding a new dimension to notebooks
Database, Tony Waltham, Published on 20/01/2010
» With banner ads for the movie Avatar 3D plastered across newspaper pages and outside Bangkok cinemas over the New Year the timing was certainly right for Acer to make its first foray into 3D with the relatively inexpensive Aspire 5738DG notebook PC being the flagship.