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From drought to floods and another food shortage
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/11/2010
» Earlier this year lack of rain reduced Thailand's rice crop, then suddenly at the end of the rainy season massive floods are causing vegetable shortages.
Calculating the bill
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/10/2010
» The compensation bill to the government for helping those affected by the floods is expected to be very high.
Social networks prove invaluable in time of crisis
Database, Published on 27/10/2010
» The devastating floods in rural Thailand have galvanised Thailand's online community and ICT industry to come up with new ways to help through the power of open source, social networking and cloud sourcing for volunteers, as well as providing an integrated relief portal for the victims.
Friendly fire
Database, Published on 27/10/2010
» Steve "President for Life" Jobs, head of the world's second largest company, personally unveiled a new line of thinner, lighter MacBook Airs, each of which costs a mere 33,000 to 53,000 baht in real money; none of the machines has a hard drive, but instead use flash memory, which provides a claimed (and credible) five hours battery life, minimum, while connected to the web and working. Apple chief Steve Jobs announced that Mac OS X Lion will be available in less than a year, and it will be way, way better than the current, apparently pitiful and second-rate OS X, and you, yes you will be privileged to buy it if you want to.
When disaster strikes, why doesn't Thailand learn its lessons?
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 27/10/2010
» Disasters. With the Indian Ocean earthquake back in 2004 and the resulting tsunami, one would think Thailand would have learned a thing or two about handling disasters. Perhaps, but many of those lessons were not put to use when the floods hit the country last week.
Arisman's problem
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/10/2010
» Red shirt leader Arisman Pongruengrong may have a problem staying in Cambodia – if that is where is actually is.
Easy as pizza
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/10/2010
» Senators say getting emergency help should be as easy as ordering a pizza.
Court says go; Jaruvan says no
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/10/2010
» Few were surprised yesterday when Khunying Jaruvan vowed to fight a court verdict stripping her of her position as auditor-general.
Rising cloud leads to storm over privacy
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/10/2010
» The emergence of cloud computing, which facilitates the free flow of data, is leading to growing concern over privacy and security issues.
New priorities set
Database, Published on 20/10/2010
» The new ICT permanent secretary will push for a resolution of the smart identity card issue within the next three weeks and pointed out that a budget of 1.9 million baht has been allocated to uplift the Government Information Network and strengthen Internet security.