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    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.

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    Who's next?

    Database, Published on 24/02/2010

    » Is Thailand next? Google said it will stop censoring for the Chinese government Real Soon Now, and last week told the Australian Censor Board to pound sand when the Ozzies asked Google to please censor YouTube videos from their "refused classification" bin; pretty much under the radar, Google has been happy to censor on behalf of the Thai government as well, since a previous administration cut off access to YouTube over a royal insult.

  • LEARNING

    Marketing gurus

    Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 04/05/2010

    » Earlier this year, Patr Bhalakula, a talented young Thai pursuing a Master in Marketing Management degree at IE (Instituto de Empresa) Business School, and his team won the second prize in the Novartis Masterminds Challenge in Spain.

  • TECH

    Call in the cyber warriors

    Database, Published on 14/07/2010

    » After the authorities detained him for two months without bail, friends of Wipas Raksakulthai revealed that the 37-year-old Ranong businessman had been jailed over posts found by the Centre for Repressing Embarrassing Subjects; handsome CRES spokesmen were unavailable for direct comment, but friends said Mr Wipas was a well-known red shirt; since his arrest, Thai Facebook users have criticised him, and have revealed personal information meant for friends on his web page; according to Mr Wipas' friends, a network of Thai Facebook users exists to seek and inform the CRES and the Ministry of Internet Censorship in Thailand (MICT) when they find nasty writing; media expert Supinya Klangnarong said it was ominous that the government had spread its censorship policies to social networks.

  • TECH

    Perish the thought

    Database, Published on 28/07/2010

    » The alleged "plan" by Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij to change the current yuppiephone concession contracts - and incidentally mortally wound Shin Corp and its No 1 network Advanced Info Service although that's not the purpose, perish the thought - has thrown business, government, regulators and even the Senate into a tizzy; the kindest people said Mr Korn had good intentions, lousy planning; others were not so charitable; they noted that his plan to issue AIS, Dtac of Norway and True Move of Thailand with 15-year licences was highly questionable in legal terms, and almost impossible to regulate; Anant Vorathitipong, vice-chairman of the Senate subcommittee on communications technology, warned that the minister could land the government in lawsuits up to taxpayers' necks.

  • TECH

    Unclogging the networks

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 04/08/2010

    » While most of today's modern 3G data plans talk of megabytes of data, airtime minutes are still important and telcos need tools to help them see the hidden congestion that is clogging up their networks to provide a better end user experience.

  • TECH

    Automate backups, and never forget

    Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 11/08/2010

    » We all do backups, right? And almost all of us have incredibly sad stories, heart-wrenching stories, about why we don't have backups when the computer lets us down again.

  • NEWS & PR

    More of those Melting Moments

    B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/09/2010

    » This week I must pause in my chronicle of Thai experiences to thank all my readers who sent in their personal Melting Moments this past week. Honestly, I am in awe of the response. When I send off my weekly column to my esteemed editor I sometimes forget that it's printed, read, and even responded to. I feel like Sally Fields receiving an Oscar for Places In The Heart.

  • LEARNING

    Dominate

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/10/2010

    » to have control over a place or a person, or to be the most important person or thing

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Blast update

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/10/2010

    » We now have a lot more information on Tuesday evening's bomb incident, but police still have much work to do to find everyone involved.

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