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ICT cited as key to stronger, more unified Thailand
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 11/08/2010
» Thailand has defined its vision to increase and improve its use of ICT to help develop a stronger economy as well as boost social equality and environmental friendliness by 2020, as part of the Smart Thailand concept.
Time to wake up and start running
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 28/07/2010
» State domain assets. That word last popped up in anger during the privatisation of PTT, the Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand. A group of activists, led by now Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul launched a legal challenge arguing that while PTT, as a company, could be sold off and privatised, the assets which it had acquired as through its expropriate power as part of the state through its dual role as both a government agency and an operator were to be retained by the state.
Apple's unreasonableness keeps it competitive
Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 30/06/2010
» A week after the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple moved on. Safari 5 was out, the iPhone 4 was coming and iOS4 was announced for June 21. Analysts pored over the information - some second-hand and incomplete - the pundits predicted the end of the Mac, while the rest of us sat back to wait for what came next. We did not wait long.
Apple unveils iPhone with video chat
AFP, Published on 08/06/2010
» Apple's new iPhone features video chat, can shoot and edit high-definition quality video and has a crisper resolution screen.
Axis of evil
Database, Published on 19/05/2010
» In a shocking, surprising report, the software industry announced that it had been fudging figures on piracy for the past decade; no, just joking; the annual publicity yawn from the BS Artists of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said that Pantip Plaza and pirates like it worldwide took $51.4 billion from the pockets of poor innocent software writers _ $694 million in Thailand alone, but especially the pirates of Brazil, India and China, where PC use is spreading fast; down in the 14th paragraph, the BSA said the "unacceptable" piracy value was down 3 percent from 2008 worldwide, one percent in Thailand; the world's leading software pirate, according to the BSA, is the United States, to the tune of $8.39 billion.
Going international
Database, Published on 21/04/2010
» True Internet Gateway became True International Gateway at a penstroke of the Chicken People's subsidiary, with the company hoping to begin to sell actual international access "soon"; Supoj Mahapan, group general manager for international services business, said the company hopes to increase revenue by 20 percent, and surpass one billion baht this year; the company is already involved in overseas phone services, international roaming and data services; Mr Supoj said he hoped to expand into Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia, and spread the international service a little more widely.
A bite of the Apple
Database, Published on 21/04/2010
» Microsoft began peddling the Kin, a smart phone that seems certain to trash the Apple iPhone just like the Microsoft Zune trashed the Apple iPod; it's a social phone, explained Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment division, which has a camera and access to music, and who else but Microsoft ever would have thought of that, never mind the slide-out keyboard and touch screen; the Kin, made by Sharp, allows fast sharing of information with contacts in the phone book; critics liked it and Gartner analyst Van Baker called it a "very good entry" in the phone market; it did, however, raise one obvious question: Microsoft has an entertainment division?
Negotiation the key, say tourism groups
Business, Published on 17/04/2010
» The Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (Fetta) sees negotiation as the route to end the confrontation between the government and red-shirt protesters.
Flying off the shelves
Database, Published on 07/04/2010
» Incredible excitement, just unbelievable anticipation, as the date approached when, for between $499 and $829 (16,200 to 26,900 baht in real money) you could not just touch a Newton II slate computer, but actually own it; Apple reportedly sold out of the second version of the tablet, now renamed to iPad, which still has no known use but seems to be set to be flying off the shelves; as noted, you are far too foreign to have one just yet.
What to expect as 3G gains momentum across Thailand
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 31/03/2010
» It has been four months now and most of the ToT's five partners have gone ahead and launched their 3G offerings commercially. Coverage is still patchy but a major network upgrade is due next month. So what can users expect, and which is the best 3G MVNO to go for right now?