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  • TECH

    Internet Site of the week

    Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 28/04/2010

    » It had to end and a victor had to emerge. We’re talking about the Browser War that raged across the computer landscape back in the early 1990s. When the Internet first came to prominence, it was very much because of the Netscape browser, which made “surfing the Web†a far less complicated affair than it had been previously.

  • TECH

    Orwell would approve

    Database, Published on 28/04/2010

    » The troubles from the Iceland volcano gave one struggling industry a boost; Cisco Systems reported that the closing of all airports in Europe brought a big increase in the use of video conferences by people stuck on the ground; it was more of a claim than report — anecdotal, in the word of Cisco executive Fredrik Halvorsen — but it appeared that grounding airplanes was a big help for the videoconferencing sector; among those who didn’t get the word were the transport ministers of Europe, who whined that they could not hold an emergency meeting on stalled air traffic because they could not fly to some capital city for the meeting.

  • TECH

    Tweet and peep

    Database, Published on 28/04/2010

    » Your TOT announced plans to set up a 3G network to provide service to tourists; luckily for some TOT executives, the planned network will cost 20 billion baht, shared among a consortium of Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and, well, you should be ashamed of having such a suspicious mind; the tourist-only network would cover Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket if TOT gets permission, and the controlling company would be the No 5 yuppiephone network SuthepNet, aka Thai Mobile.

  • LEARNING

    Testing times for students

    Learningpost, Published on 04/05/2010

    » According to the media, students living in the Asia-Pacific region are more likely to feel pressure before sitting for an examination. They also often report on the lengths parents go to ensure their children have every possible advantage in attaining success in examinations.

  • LEARNING

    Offers and requests

    Learningpost, Thomas Tuohy, Published on 04/05/2010

    » Whether your company trades in the manufacturing or service sector of a market, to some degree or other, your main focus will always be on buying and selling. This means that, in order to expand your business, you will continually be making offers to customers and companies in the same field.

  • LEARNING

    Let students keep books, says Obec

    News, Sirikul Bunnag, Published on 04/05/2010

    » Education officials are seeking approval for upper-secondary students to keep the textbooks lent to them under the Borrowing Textbooks to Study project.

  • LEARNING

    UTCC boosts IT skills

    Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 04/05/2010

    » The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) joined forces with Hewlett-Packard (Thailand) (HP) and Metro Systems Corp to promote the UTCC Hybrid Learning (hybrid learning) system in advance of the upcoming semester. The system aims to help students master IT skills and to move UTCC closer to its goal of becoming a full-fledged cyber university.

  • TECH

    Digitising duty free to boost airline revenue

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/05/2010

    » With margins being squeezed tighter and tighter, and low-cost, no-frills carriers on the rise, airlines are having to find new ways of generating revenue. One avenue is duty free sales and Guest-Logix offers solutions for airlines and trains to tap into their captive audience and monetise them.

  • TECH

    Thailand trumps Oz in tech stakes

    Database, James Hein, Published on 05/05/2010

    » Thailand is sometimes called a Third World country but, compared to some so-called developed nations, it beats them in technological developments. For the purpose of the exercise I'll use my country of birth, Australia, for most of the comparisons.

  • LEARNING

    Obec to roll out gifted pupils scheme nationwide

    News, Sirikul Bunnag, Published on 11/05/2010

    » Buoyed by the success of intensive classes for students gifted in science and maths at Mahidol Wittayanusorn School in Nakhon Pathom, the Office of the Basic Education Commission plans to duplicate the programme around the country.

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