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  • LEARNING

    Govt prepares for teacher shortage

    News, Sirikul Bunnag, Published on 04/01/2010

    » Age is taking its toll on the Education Ministry, with half of the teachers at state-run primary and secondary schools now approaching retirement.

  • TECH

    Sleeping giant

    Database, Published on 27/01/2010

    » Google announced that it has had it up to here with four solid years of Chinese censorship, and there is a very good chance it will simply pull out of the country that blackens the name of free speech; the Google announcement also lambasted China for the touchy subject of hacking email and document accounts - Google said the Chinese do it all the time, do it to Chinese and foreigners, and do it to individuals and companies including, recently, Adobe Systems; the announcement touched off a drama that will run weeks, likely more; former anti-Google advocates like Reporters Without Borders praised the search engine giant, but investors bailed on Google and started buying Baidu, the search company that helps and empowers the Chinese hacking and snooping; after all is done, Google may indeed finally begin living up to its promise to do no evil.

  • TECH

    Drive for SMEs to embrace IT potential

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 27/01/2010

    » With 2.8 million small businesses in Thailand, various government agencies are collaborating with the private sector to encourage greater adoption of information technology through incentive programs designed to strengthen the kingdom's competitiveness.

  • LIFE

    Indian millionaire weddings key niche

    Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 04/02/2010

    » The Indian wedding business could bring in 30-40 billion baht to Thailand, says Satish Sehgal, president of the India Thai Business Association.

  • TECH

    HDD industry to see strong rebound in 2010

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 10/02/2010

    » Economic recovery and storage demands will drive the hard disk drive industry (HDD) with worldwide shipments forecast to reach 650 to 670 million units this year, according to Ban Seng Teh, Vice President and Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Japan Seagate Technology, the world leader with a 31 percent market share.

  • TECH

    GM says Nokia's future lies in selling experiences

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 10/02/2010

    » Nokia has launched its new X6 smart phone with its first finger-friendly capacitative touch screen aimed at music-sharing youth and firmly painted its future as a services company, not just a phone maker.

  • TECH

    Mobile apps set for meteoric rise

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/02/2010

    » Smart phone fever, spread over a number of platforms, is opening new opportunities for mobile operators and software developers to gain revenue from applications.

  • TECH

    Big Brother is watching - and waiting to break down your doors

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/02/2010

    » What do the GT200 magic wand and the Internet Sniffer project have in common? Both are an assault on privacy and allow the state to pick on anyone at will.

  • TECH

    Creative industry initiative gives Thai animation a push

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 03/03/2010

    » One aspect of the Government's "creative industry" push to uplift Thailand's economy is the digital content industry, in an attempt to make the country stand out in the Asia market.

  • TECH

    All up in the air

    Database, Published on 03/03/2010

    » The most efficient and honoured minister of Information and Communications Technology in more than a year asked Chinese companies if they could design a satellite to replace the original Thaicom One; the request, signed by the Defence Ministry as well as by Ranongruk Suwanchwee herself, would call a Chinese-designed bird a Thai name, and use it to replace the satellite that Shin Corp, now of Shingapore, refuses to replace; assuming the Chinese are willing (haha) to design a satellite and deal with the canny minister, it remains to be seen whether they also would like to build, fit, launch and perhaps maintain the bird, and how that would fit in with the Defence Ministry's contention since September, 2006, that foreigners should not be involved in Thai telecoms.

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