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It's just not cricket (I Wish)
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/01/2010
» I write this from a dark corner of my bedroom in my mother's holiday unit in Marcoola, Queensland, a room to which I have retreated in order to escape the scourge that infects this otherwise idyllic Australian holiday I'm enjoying this week. It's cricket, and I can't escape it.
A 'better' software suite
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 06/01/2010
» It is always dangerous to get into a rut, because the rut is below the road level. Once you've lowered yourself, you start doing things "because they always have been done that way". and in technology that can quickly transform the rut into a swamp.
Thunderbird gets more improvements
Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 13/01/2010
» Many computer users, including Database readers, prefer - or are leaning towards - handling all their email in the cloud. But I know that many wouldn't think of taking their regular email duties away from their desktops.
Cracking good time
Database, Published on 13/01/2010
» German tech nerd Karsten Nohl showed off at the Chaos Communication Conference in Berlin how he cracked the encryption that you were trusting to keep your phone calls un-tappable throughout Thailand; the researcher proved it would be pretty simple to crack any GSM encryption; he said the 20-year-old encryption algorithm used by most GSM companies is simply too weak, and can be cracked by anyone who really cares; he released all the data, cracking tables and instructions, but did not give away an actual cracking program, because that might be illegal.
Out with the old, in with the new
Outlook, Marius Murdoch, Published on 14/01/2010
» It might seem like the ancient past, but it wasn't so long ago that we lived in the dark ages of dial-up internet, floppy disks, pagers and fax machines. Luckily these old-hats died with dignity, and while we may miss the harrowing screams of connecting modems, good riddance to bad rubbish. But other technologies seem insistent on carrying on, despite smarter and more accessible alternatives gaining saliency in the new decade. What looked to be consumer mainstays seem poised for poor performance and obsolescence this year. Here's a list of some of the stale technologies of 2010.
What's in a name? Plenty in this country
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/01/2010
» There is a building not far from my home in salubrious Samut Prakan that I happen to pass whenever I take a shortcut to Sukhumvit Road. It's a boring, designless concrete factory or shop or something or other. And out the very front, in very big letters, is the name of the business: "NEWISH GERMS".
Somwung opens up on enhancing teacher quality
Learningpost, Published on 19/01/2010
» 'Quality of education is the only thing that is going to move Thailand to a better position,'' said Prof Emeritus Somwung Pitiyanuwat, PhD. Before leaving his position as acting director of the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Onesqa), he gave an exclusive interview to ''Education'' on his vision on improving the quality of teachers in Thailand. Below are edited excerpts.
New media to continue growing inimportance
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 20/01/2010
» New media will play a more significant role in people's daily lives and offer new opportunities to society, but privacy and security will become matters of greater concern.
A very weighty matter
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/01/2010
» I caught my dear friend Evil Neil going through his New Year's presents last week as I paid him a visit in his office.
Promises, promises
Database, Published on 27/01/2010
» She earned the title of Thailand's Best Information and Communications Technology Minister of 2009, and just two weeks into the new year, she showed she has no intention of slowing down; Thailand, declared Ranongruk Suwanchwee will definitely have third generation phone service in 2011, or if not, then in a year shortly thereafter; as Korea, Japan and other countries worked on startup up 4G service, Mrs Ranongruk insisted that 3G service for Thais was a top priority, and she fully intends to spend 20 billion baht this year alone.