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Tweet and peep
Database, Published on 28/04/2010
» Your TOT announced plans to set up a 3G network to provide service to tourists; luckily for some TOT executives, the planned network will cost 20 billion baht, shared among a consortium of Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and, well, you should be ashamed of having such a suspicious mind; the tourist-only network would cover Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket if TOT gets permission, and the controlling company would be the No 5 yuppiephone network SuthepNet, aka Thai Mobile.
Orwell would approve
Database, Published on 28/04/2010
» The troubles from the Iceland volcano gave one struggling industry a boost; Cisco Systems reported that the closing of all airports in Europe brought a big increase in the use of video conferences by people stuck on the ground; it was more of a claim than report — anecdotal, in the word of Cisco executive Fredrik Halvorsen — but it appeared that grounding airplanes was a big help for the videoconferencing sector; among those who didn’t get the word were the transport ministers of Europe, who whined that they could not hold an emergency meeting on stalled air traffic because they could not fly to some capital city for the meeting.
PC market 'shining'
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 28/04/2010
» The ongoing political unrest in Thailand has driven the PC market to below 3 percent from projected figures in the first quarter, but there is still positive demand from the public sector.
Turmoil slows Thai IT market
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 21/04/2010
» Political turmoil in Thailand will slow down the growth of the IT market by at least 10 percent and make Indonesia and Vietnam more attractive in Asean, according to a Thai IT executive. Meanwhile a computer event at Siam Paragon will be postponed to May.
Untangling the stats to establish the smart phone leaders
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 21/04/2010
» So what is the most popular smart phone platform out there? BlackBerry? It certainly seems that way with our former Prime Minister telling his peasant mob to use it to watch a certain coloured TV channel that is otherwise banned.
Everything the iPad can do, others can do better
Database, James Hein, Published on 21/04/2010
» The release of a new Apple device is always an interesting event. On one side of the coin are those that buy everything Apple no matter if they need it or not. I have one associate, for example, who has purchased every iPod variant and machine. Yes, he has more than he could ever use, but he just buys each new device as it is released anyway. On the other side is the guy who was early in line to get the latest iPad, walked outside and immediately destroyed it so he could be the first to do so.
Taking the science path
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 20/04/2010
» Once again, MSD Thailand (MSD), in collaboration with Kenan Institute Asia, the Office of the Basic Education Commission, and the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, organised the "MSD In-Step Fun Science Camp" (Fun Science Camp) at Rajaprajanugroh 35 School in Takua Pa district in the southern province of Phangnga.
Negotiation the key, say tourism groups
Business, Published on 17/04/2010
» The Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (Fetta) sees negotiation as the route to end the confrontation between the government and red-shirt protesters.
Quality over quantity
Database, Published on 14/04/2010
» Through the mobile street protests and the emergency rule, the Information and Communication Technology Ministry trudged on; permanent secretary Sue Lor-uthai held a press conference to brag that he had ordered about 10,000 websites to be blocked from the sensitive eyes of the Thai public between March 14, when the red-shirt street theatre opened, and the week before Songkran; he had another 700 awaiting blocks as soon as the courts approve; by contrast, security czar and the official censor of the 2010 Emergency Decree, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, only claimed credit for blocking or closing down 36 websites; the difference between the two numbers could not immediately be explained, but Mr Suthep was dealing with quality over quantity, successfully closing down Prachatai.com to the entire world, for example.
More than just a list
Muse, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 10/04/2010
» Almost every movie lover knows the Oscar-winning film Schindler's List, which simplifies the true story of Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist and member of the Nazi party who saved the lives of more than 1,000 Jews by hiring them in his factories during World War II. Lists changed throughout the wartime. Yet, the official one is dated April 18, 1945, three weeks before the German army surrendered. Three copies are being kept in museums in Jerusalem, Washington D.C., and in Orange Country, New York. The only copy in private hands is now for sale for $2.2 million (71.4 million baht).