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Phishing attacks more than double
Business, Published on 21/10/2022
» Phishing incidents continue to skyrocket in Southeast Asia. The latest data from the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky shows that it took only six months this year for cybercriminals to exceed the total number of phishing attacks they made the year before against users in the region.
The eternal debate between privacy and security
Life, James Hein, Published on 01/03/2017
» What is the line dividing privacy from national security? If you are a privacy advocate, the line is closer to "everything is private". If you are a nation state wanting to protect its interests, that line falls somewhere nearer to your preschool diary. Homeland in the US is working on a policy requiring selected non-citizens entering the US to provide the passwords to their social media accounts to gain entry. This has triggered feedback from human rights groups, civil liberties groups and a bunch of professors. Given that every nation has a right to protect its borders and a customs official can search everything else you bring in, why not information in the digital realm?
Miss Thailand finishes in top six as Miss France is the new Miss Universe (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/01/2017
» The final round of the Miss Universe Pageant has finished and Miss Thailand, Chalita "Namtan" Suansane, made it all the way to the final six before being eliminated. The winner this year is Miss France.
New year, new predictions
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 07/01/2015
» It is another new year and I expect there will be many new Mac and iPad and iPhone owners. It is also prediction time again. I do not join this game, nor the one in which Apple is told what it must do. Note that after insisting on a larger iPhone (there are two now of course) some say that Cupertino must produce a smaller one, with a 4-inch screen.
Nigeria seeks to conquer African video games market
AFP, Published on 09/03/2014
» It's a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria and other diseases.
Making the internet a safer place
Asia focus, Published on 13/01/2014
» With more than 1 billion internet users and growing in Asia, the region is increasingly facing a higher volume and more sophisticated cyber threats.
In the garden of good and evil
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 31/07/2013
» A motorcycle-taxi driver who became a Twitter king, a YouTube comedy sensation, a monk who spreads dhamma online. This diverse group of online personalities recently gathered for a panel discussion titled Digital Agenda Thailand: Of Good And Evil In Social Network to share their views on how the new platform affects modern life.
Bandwidth frequency overlap vexes telecom regulators
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 18/06/2013
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is adamant about reserving the 510-790 megahertz frequency for the auction of digital television licences.
NBTC: Digital TV may use 700-MHz range
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 03/06/2013
» Regulators say the 700-megahertz spectrum may be used once new high-definition (HD) channels for digital TV are added.
Settapong quells nerves over digital TV auction
Business, Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 30/05/2013
» The September auction for digital TV licences on the 510-790-megahertz spectra will proceed as planned, says a key official of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).