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Apathy reigns as Thailand continues to fail to embrace its potential
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/01/2010
» After so many years of writing, I have ended up with a 'why bother' attitude when it comes to the more controversial news which should matter. Anyone remember the not-very-smart ID cards that cost 888 million baht and which, to this day, are not fully utilised?
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Back to the future
Database, Published on 31/03/2010
» Don't panic, announced Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, but in the next 60 days the government will "create a level playing field" for telecom companies and probably try to extract truckloads of money and turn back the clock on concessions granted by the state duopoly; Mr Abhisit continued to maintain that telecoms firms (translation: one telecoms firm) made money from changes during the Thaksin Shinawatra years; he said he wants to "unwind the concessions," go back to the future and probably send a huge bill to Advanced Info Service of Shingapore; Mr Abhisit said he envisioned one big concession contract covering all telecoms firms and saving the bacon of your slowly dying ToT and CAT Telecom. Wichian Mektrakarn, CEO of No 1 yuppiephone firm Advanced Info Service of Shingapore, explained that if Mr Abhisit succeeds in unravelling all concessions contracts and reverting to the early 1990s when they started to come into being, "the whole system will collapse." Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij seemed to contradict the prime minister; he told Hong Kong businessmen it is "unlikely" the government will try to extract retroactive concessions payments.
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Aiming for all-round articulation
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 29/06/2010
» The time for the grand finale of the three-day 1st Thailand World Schools Debating Championship (TWSDC) arrived earlier this month just as the curtain fell on the government-red shirt conflict.
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If they didn't want it then, why would they want it now?
Database, James Hein, Published on 08/09/2010
» A number of companies are now readying their iPad challenger. But why? What has changed in the past 10 years to suggest people who once rejected pen or touchscreen computing will now embrace it?
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Practical and Beautiful
Realtime, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 17/12/2010
» The long-awaited Constellation Quest, Vertu's first smart phone, has arrived in Bangkok.
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Top technologies for 2011
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 22/12/2010
» 2011 will be the year of cloud computing, mobile applications, media tablets and next generation analytics. Apart from those three technologies, social analytics, social communications, video, context-aware computing, ubiquitous computing, storage class memory and fabric-based infrastructure and computers are the top 10 strategic technologies for 2011 according to Gartner's forecast.
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Global radio experts float new mobile phone standard
AFP, Published on 21/01/2012
» Global radio experts have approved radio standards that are to usher in a new mobile phone operating system to replace third generation or 3G technology, the International Telecommunication Union announced on Friday.
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Stellar ambitions
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 10/05/2012
» If you thought astronomers worked night shifts in total darkness and were a lonely lot, think twice. Somsawat Rattanasoon, 34, a senior technician at the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, works under conditions far different from what we generally think.
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Astronomer: More than a job, a passion
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/05/2012
» Working late into the night on top of Thailand's highest mountain Doi Inthanon, astronomers scan the sky looking for stars & planets.
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Phelps tunes up for swimming trials in Texas
AFP, Published on 02/06/2012
» US Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps won the 100m butterfly and lost the 100m free in his final meeting before the US Olympic swimming trials later this month.
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