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New media to continue growing inimportance
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 20/01/2010
» New media will play a more significant role in people's daily lives and offer new opportunities to society, but privacy and security will become matters of greater concern.
The 3G saga continues... for the worse
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 20/01/2010
» It has been more than a month now since Thailand joined the civilised world when the Turtlephone Organisation of Thailand launched its 3G network in Bangkok and the surrounding areas. I signed up one day after launch. So, how has the experience been? How is the network? How is the customer service and billing?
Adding a new dimension to notebooks
Database, Tony Waltham, Published on 20/01/2010
» With banner ads for the movie Avatar 3D plastered across newspaper pages and outside Bangkok cinemas over the New Year the timing was certainly right for Acer to make its first foray into 3D with the relatively inexpensive Aspire 5738DG notebook PC being the flagship.
Working the web
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 20/01/2010
» I've always loved the expression "Work the web", but what exactly does it mean? How do you work the web? It sort of reminds of that old Microsoft slogan "Where do you want to go today?". It sounds nice, but, what does it mean, if anything?
Techniques for teaching adults
Learningpost, Timothy Cornwall, PHD, DTM, Published on 19/01/2010
» I believe adult students learn best when they know what is required to complete an exercise and, more importantly, when they know why they are doing it. Unlike younger pupils, adult students need to see the benefit in undertaking a task. They must have the confidence that they can complete what has been asked and that, when it is finished, there will be some intrinsic or extrinsic benefit from what they have completed.
Planning a business trip
Learningpost, Thomas Tuohy, Published on 19/01/2010
» While it is true that a lot of business these days is done from behind a computer or a telephone, at some stage in every business person's career there will be a need to go to a client's office and make contact personally.
No emissions? No waste? No way!
Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 19/01/2010
» Continuing on the green theme from the last two articles, I have decided to write an article on what I consider to be the future of living and how modern-day buildings can be adapted to become more environmentally friendly.
Somwung opens up on enhancing teacher quality
Learningpost, Published on 19/01/2010
» 'Quality of education is the only thing that is going to move Thailand to a better position,'' said Prof Emeritus Somwung Pitiyanuwat, PhD. Before leaving his position as acting director of the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Onesqa), he gave an exclusive interview to ''Education'' on his vision on improving the quality of teachers in Thailand. Below are edited excerpts.
3D TV, cloud computing and USB 3.0 to lead way in 2010
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/01/2010
» 2010 will be the year in which storage and connectivity play a key role for consumers, while social networking will find its way deeper into enterprises where virtualisation and cloud computing are moving forward.
Talk is cheap
Database, Published on 13/01/2010
» Technology monitor Fast Market Research of America reported that domestic Thai consumers and companies bought $2.7 billion worth of computers in 2009 - almost 89 billion baht in real money; the research firm said this was "slight growth" from 2008; the report said personal computers still had only about 14 percent market penetration, leaving lots of room for future growth; phone sales will continue to be dominated by lower-priced handsets, the report confirmed (see later item in this summary); the last full report showed overall electronics sales in Thailand around $4.9 billion in 2008 - 163 billion baht in today's currency.