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    Last one in, again

    Database, Published on 06/01/2010

    » Never in Thai history has a story that didn't happen so dominate the news and clearly emerge as the Technology Story of the Year; just before the New Year, your TOT flipped a switch that started providing bandwidth of the third-generation kind in a couple of obscure corners of Bangkok, but in truth, 2009 was the year that Laos and Cambodia totally humiliated the telecoms state enterprises by leaving Thailand a far, distant last among Asian countries providing 3G service to yuppiephone subscribers.

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    Computer villains beware - digital forensics gather pace

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/01/2010

    » In the physical world, the police need help from forensic teams to collect evidence to solve crimes and catch culprits. Similarly, in the digital world, digital forensics are a crucial part of the fight against cyber criminals and hackers. The evidence these professionals can gather against suspects can be presented in court.

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    Clearing the road for traffic updates

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/01/2010

    » Advances in technology have led to a revolution in traffic management, with motorists taking it upon themselves to update traffic information via interactive websites such as Twitter.

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    Data-interception technology sparks privacy vs safety arguments

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

    » Experts have raised concerns over whether using Sniffer software to resolve suspicious internet activity violates the Computer-related Crime Act B.E. 2550.

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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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    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.

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    The extermination of all things impure from Apple

    Database, James Hein, Published on 24/02/2010

    » Is Oracle a trusted form of Open source software? With the recent resignation of Ken Jacobs, the man tipped to look after MySQL, people are starting to wonder. Jacobs was known as the friendly face of Open source in Oracle. When Oracle did not assign MySQL to Jacobs, he quit. Jacobs did say that he believed Oracle would look after MySQL and "make it better".

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    Private matters

    Database, Published on 03/03/2010

    » Google sent its best PR people out to tell the media that it was "taken aback" by complaints and a raft of media stories about how Google Buzz had severe privacy issues; the problem, the spin doctors said, was that Buzz was tested inside Google before being foisted on the public at large, and people working at Google didn't seem to mind that the new social network set them up with a group of people to follow and be followed by - presumably because most of them knew each other, or close to it; even the PR mavens seemed hugely unaware that much of the digital world is already sceptical about Google's actions and intentions, since it never provides a clue what it does with the vast amount of information it already has accumulated.

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    Thailand's digital democracy in action

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/03/2010

    » As the red shirt movement heats up politics in Thailand, several non-politicians have been seeking ways to express their opinions as well as report the red shirt movement through popular social network sites like Facebook and Twitter, placing Thailand on the map of Digital Democracy along with many other countries.

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    IT businesses confident despite political situation

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/03/2010

    » The organisers of Commart have increased their security system during the volatile political situation and said visitor figures may decline 20 percent but the value of transactions will reach 3 billion baht due to declining product prices and demand in the market.

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