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  • TECH

    How to get around your ISP or country's restrictions

    Database, James Hein, Published on 21/07/2010

    » Internet control around the world seems to be settling out into a number of different camps. On the one hand there are the open Internet societies such as you might find in places like the United States. Next are those places that specifically restrict subject matter on a case by case basis if it causes some offence, like Qatar, Pakistan and Bangladesh. At the bottom of the stack or the restrictive nations that actively censor all manner of sources, like you may find in places like China and North Korea. Places like Thailand are not as free as the US but nowhere near as restrictive as China.

  • LIFE

    Pakistan reaches out to Buddhists

    Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 26/07/2010

    » Pakistan is seeking to highlight its Buddhist heritage as part of a broader effort to attract more visitors from Thailand and the Asean countries. A key objective is to narrow the huge imbalance in visitor arrivals; in 2008, a total of 63,258 Pakistanis visited Thailand but only 2,618 Thais returned the favour. Diplomatic, economic and tourism officials on both sides say stronger bilateral efforts to fix the imbalance are long overdue.

  • TECH

    Censorship versus security

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 18/08/2010

    » Freedom of speech, abuse of power by the government, and the new norms of a democratic society empowered by the Internet were all topics discussed by a wide variety of speakers at a seminar on the third anniversary of the Computer Misuse Act, often known as the Cybercrime law, hosted by the Thai Netizen Network, Media 4 Democracy and the Southeast Asia Press Alliance.

  • LEARNING

    Court cases in the news

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2010

    » There are currently four big legal cases in the news involving four different courts. We’ll look at the kind of vocabulary you are like to see in each of these cases, but first let’s look at some general vocabulary commonly found in court cases of all types. All come from recent Bangkok Post stories.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    TRC gets little from CRES

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/09/2010

    » Leaders of the security forces have provided the Truth for Reconciliation Commission with little new information in an first meeting on the April and May crackdown.

  • TECH

    Kaspersky wants digital passports

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/09/2010

    » In the '90s we had cyber hooligans and cyber vandals who wrote viruses just for the fun of it. In the first decade of the 21st century, cyber criminals aimed at enriching themselves. Today, with the discovery of the new Stuxnet worm, the world is facing the threat of cyber terrorism.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Reds shirts on the move

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/10/2010

    » Red shirts were on the move through Bangkok again yesterday, mourning the dead and demanding the release of those detained.

  • TECH

    Privacy a double-edged sword

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 13/10/2010

    » Trust. It's one of those things that takes forever to build yet can be destroyed all too easily.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    No experience required

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/10/2010

    » Deputy House speaker Apiwan Wiriyachai and other MPs are struggling to explain the appointment of unqualified outsiders to work as advisors.

  • TECH

    Digital evidence mounts

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/10/2010

    » Powerful digital technology is being blamed for enabling sophisticated crimes, terrorism and political activism.

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