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    Venezuela passes media, Internet-muzzling law

    AFP, Published on 21/12/2010

    » The Venezuelan parliament passed a law banning for the first time Internet content that promotes social unrest, challenges authority or condones crime, fueling outrage by the opposition.

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    The rise of the digital spies

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 10/11/2010

    » The controversial video clips leaked on YouTube which related to the Democrat Party's alleged attempt to lobby the Constitution Court over the misuse of election grants and irregularities in the recruitment of court officials has shown the increasing role of spy cams and clandestine digital devices in secret service.

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    Disappoint people at a rate they can endure

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 10/11/2010

    » I wonder what Professor Jamison would think of our beloved National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). Quite a bit, I am sure, but he was tight-lipped when I asked him as he also works for the seven great ones in a consultancy position. Let's see.

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    Revoke

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/11/2010

    » to officially say that something is no longer legal, e.g., a contract, a law, a document, etc.  ยกเลิก, เพิกถอน

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    allegedly

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/11/2010

    » claimed to have done something wrong, but not yet proven; stated without giving complete proof ถูกกล่าวหา, ถูกอ้าง

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    Confusion reigns over three-point-whatever

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 15/09/2010

    » Just what is 3.9G? To most of the world, 3.9G means LTE, long term evolution, but for Thai people 3.9G is a vague concept of 42MBPS, but quite what technology it is seems to be beyond most of the people I asked at the 3.9G Thailand Human DNA event.

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    Taxing woes

    Database, Published on 20/10/2010

    » Cabinet approved a draft law for a "green tax" on all industries, to kick in by 2012; there is still some work to do but proposed rates are in the neighbourhood of 10,000 baht per tonne of waste water, 2,500 baht per tonne of emissions and 15 percent of 1,000 baht per tourist; Big Business enthusiastically welcomed the environmental tax proposal, but had a couple of teensy weensy little worries, hardly worth mentioning but still... such as about consumer resistance when they push the new taxes onto the public because no way will business absorb the costs; and also there's unfairness of, say, shops along the Chao Phraya dumping pollution and not having to pay any tax; also, there is concern over calling tourists "pollution"; but really, all in all, an excellent idea.

  • TECH

    After the deluge

    Database, Published on 03/11/2010

    » As soon as the first five videos alleging misconduct by the Constitution Court appeared on YouTube, police opened a criminal investigation _ to find whoever uploaded them.

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    Peering through the dust that's settled over 3G

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/10/2010

    » So now that the 3G dust is settling, one is left to ponder what happened. Finally, after almost two years of dithering, ToT is moving ahead with its 3G network.

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    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.

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