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Many crimes deserve fines, not jail
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/02/2011
» Fines for minor offenses can save the state money and deter crime while allowing gainful employment.
Twitter cuts off UberMedia apps for tweets
AFP, Published on 19/02/2011
» Twitter on Friday suspended UberTwitter, UberCurrent, and Twidroyd applications in a clash with a startup that controls a fifth of the "tweets" at the hot microblogging service.
Rivals say Facebook could be tough sell in China
AFP, Published on 14/02/2011
» Facebook may be eyeing a move into mainland China, but web firms there cast doubt on whether the social networking giant can tap the monster market -- assuming authorities lift a ban on the site.
US Environmental Protection Agency to share know-how
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/01/2011
» Concrete steps to make Map Ta Phut liveable and ensure safe limits on industrial expansion may be realized soon.
FBI in hunt for pro-WikiLeaks hackers: report
AFP, Published on 01/01/2011
» The FBI has joined the hunt for hackers who took down websites like PayPal, after they stopped processing payments to whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, US media reports said Friday.
WikiLeaks' opponents in sights of 'Anonymous' hackers
Published on 09/12/2010
» Anonymous, the "hacktivist" group behind cyber attacks on Visa.com, Mastercard.com and other websites, vowed to extend their campaign to anyone with an "anti-WikiLeaks agenda."
PayPal says cut WikiLeaks account because of US position
Published on 09/12/2010
» Internet payment service PayPal said on Wednesday that it had suspended the account of whistleblower website WikiLeaks because it was involved in activities deemed illegal by the US government.
Heavy industry relocation to Burma?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/11/2010
» With industrial projects suspended at Map Ta Phut recently, the city of Dawei in Burma near Southern Thailand is looking more attractive for heavy industry projects.
Chemical health hazards at Map Ta Phut
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/10/2010
» A study from Silpakorn University indicates that industrial chemicals will continue to pose health hazards to villagers.
Need to know
Database, Published on 17/02/2010
» The US Federal Bureau of Investigation began a campaign to force all Internet providers in the United States to record and file all web activity by all users, all the time, in case the FBI ever needed the information; FBI director Robert Mueller said he wants storage of "origin and destination information," able to be retrieved with a search warrant issued by a judge in important cases such as terrorism, kidnapping, criticism of FBI and the like; in a huge, shocking coincidence, pretty well every US state investigation bureau backed the FBI proposal, because you never know when a state prosecutor might need information about the surfing habits of a nefarious outlaw, paedophile or political opponent, not that top investigators would ever stoop to asking for politically related surfing records, perish the thought; the FBI, by the way, does not want actual data such as email retained, only the information recording the origin and destination of a web session - for now.