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    Of 3D, iPads and other fads

    Database, James Hein, Published on 30/06/2010

    » Forget the iPad for a moment and consider that the tablet revolution started a decade or so ago never went anywhere. Today, tablets occupy a fairly small niche market. People just don't want to interface with a machine using only their fingers on a touch screen. Once the novelty wears off, it is back to the notebook or desktop for any real work.

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    Dog days on a Greyhound

    Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/06/2010

    » I am not a bus person. I do trains, planes, and people movers with ease and enthusiasm, but buses arouse the dark silhouette of despair that sleeps fitfully in my stomach, waking to attention the moment my backside hits the bus seat. I don't go around advertising this fact; the last time I casually mentioned it was in Sydney trying to find a way to get from Bondi to the casino.

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    Bullets go ballistic

    Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 15/06/2010

    » I'm sure we are all familiar with how dangerous bullets are, especially in light of the recent civil unrest in Bangkok. Weapons and bullets are designed to maim and kill. The mechanics of how deadly projectiles work make for fascinating science.

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    Hands-free repetition

    Database, James Hein, Published on 09/06/2010

    » I've been thinking about automation lately, in the sense of having my computer do things for me. The story starts with wanting to have some of the time I spend in front of a game handled by some program so that I didn't have to be there the whole time. To cut a long story short I ended up being ripped off by some guy selling a solution that ended up being a macro recorder and player. The rip-off part was because the guy was selling a cracked version of a product from http://www.jitbit.com. I paid enough to almost have purchased their Lite product and found about the scam when I read their forum and also found the exact same product as a BitTorrent download.

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    Pilot school fights its own demons after ruinous fire

    News, Kultida Samabuddhi, Published on 08/06/2010

    » Mahidol Witthayanusorn is a dream school for many students and parents. This 19-year-old academy is Thailand's first and only science school with a special curriculum exclusively designed to create outstanding scientists.

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    Teachers fail exams on own subjects

    News, Sirikul Bunnag, Published on 08/06/2010

    » High school students who perform poorly in computer studies, maths and sciences now have new friends to share the pain _ their teachers.

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    Govt officials blame 'tension' for school torching

    News, Published on 08/06/2010

    » Health and educational officials blame poor school guidance and systems to help students manage tension for a 16-year-old boy's sudden breakdown and his torching of a building at Mahidol Witthayanusorn School, causing up to 130 million baht in damage.

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    The clothes horse is in clover

    Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/06/2010

    » Just arrived back from a clothes shopping trip in Los Angeles. Hardly justification for a column, I know, but bear with me. Things get a little more deep and meaningful as we progress.

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    Bayer and friends teach conservation

    Learningpost, Published on 03/06/2010

    » On a Saturday afternoon, a line of green-clad student naturalists walked under a scorching sun between a sugar cane field and a forest. They were headed to Khao Pasang community forest, which serves as a buffer between the cultivated land in Mae Poen district and the reserved forests of Mae Wong National Park, in Nakhon Sawan province. The district is about 300km north of Bangkok.

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    Technology to boost public safety

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

    » SINGAPORE : Motorola is taking public safety solutions to a new level with the launch of the industry's first Tetra 2 in-car radio with high-speed TEDS data along with far-ranging improvements to its command and control and intelligence systems that help support mission-critical operations in policing, fire, oil and gas through to transportation, airport, seaport and other industries.

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