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    ICT 2020 initiative to be drafted by end of year

    Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 14/07/2010

    » ICT for public service, one of the seven strategies of the National ICT policy framework 2011-2020 (ICT 2020), has been addressed with the target to transform e-government to i-government by 2020.

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    Boosting business acumen

    Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 13/07/2010

    » Suppose you were a lady aged 45 or above. How wonderful it would be if you could find a serene, natural-approach exercise centre where you could work out away from the critical eyes of the younger, hardcore fitness buffs.

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    Saluting the unsung heroes behind the scenes

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 07/07/2010

    » It is clear that society is focused only on disasters and destruction. When something good happens, it is rarely news, yet in the realm of IT, putting together a disaster recovery plan or business continuity plan is not a trivial job and seeing them work brings a sigh of relief.

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    Massive coincidence

    Database, Published on 30/06/2010

    » Who ever would have predicted that a million Thais would not be able to get ID cards because of a spat between the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Internet Censorship of Thailand (MICT)? Well, actually, lots of people predicted that, as far back as 2002 when the "smart card" was just a gleam in the eye of certain grasping politicians, just as it is today; the MICT has approved the million-unit shipment of the cards with chips, but the MOI says they are flawed; Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the MICT should get with the suppliers of the cards and tell them to shape up, and the MICT people told the prime minister they would speed up the process and try to get back to him in a month or so; you should be ashamed of yourself for what you're thinking about the public-service officials and politicians who run the ministries, and are simply tragic victims of a serious problem involving the nation's security.

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    Climate change negotiator

    Outlook, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 30/06/2010

    » After long hours in a closed meeting room at climate change negotiations in Bonn earlier this month, Dr Surachai Sathikunarat, a young Thai climate change negotiator, should have had peaceful coffee breaks.

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    Martha part of TAT revival plan

    Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 25/06/2010

    » The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will spend 10 million baht to enlist the American household diva Martha Stewart to film her TV programmes in Thailand in September to promote the country to international visitors.

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    A dubious distinction

    Database, Published on 23/06/2010

    » Because there isn't nearly enough control over the Internet, the cabinet approved setting up a new office to "prevent and suppress" anything on the Internet that is aimed at or might be aimed at the monarchy; with some help from Mr Orwell, the government decided the office should be called the Bureau of Prevention and Eradication of Computer Crime; Juti Krairiksh, the new MICT (Minister of Internet Censorship of Thailand) explained that any Internet provider who did not instantly comply with his "request" to block a website would lose its licence.

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    Welcome to Cloud 2

    Database, Published on 23/06/2010

    » While the IT industry is talking about how to leverage cloud computing, salesforce.com is already talking of the next major shift, to Cloud 2, the social cloud.

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    Pay as they grow

    Database, Published on 16/06/2010

    » The US yuppiephone network AT&T used to have a plan that provided all the data you could eat at one price; on the day that Steve "President For Life" Jobs unveiled the incredibly wonderful version four of the Apple iPhone, AT&T did away with the unlimited wireless data plan, and put subscribers on pay-as-you-go - cheaper to join, but of course more expensive if you want to stay connected.

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    After all the waiting games, Thailand looks set to leapfrog 3G

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 02/06/2010

    » Thailand is going to leapfrog 3G entirely and go straight to 3.9G, according to newly appointed National Telecommunications Commissioner Dr Natee Sukonrat, who has burst on to the Twitter scene under his username of @DrNatee39G.

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