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Travel fair a test of confidence
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 20/01/2010
» The travel industry is pinning its hopes on healthy customer spending at the Thai International Travel Fair 2010, which it says will reflect demand and confidence in Thai tourism in 2010.
A small price to pay
Database, Published on 20/01/2010
» Your TOT board put huge red Xs across all the recent auctions and three billion baht worth of contracts to build a fibre-optic network for broadband Internet, and vowed to call new contracts; the decision followed remarks by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva over the high prices of some of the bids, and your TOT will be certain to write new terms of reference for new auctions; the rather complicated auction was run in portions, for various parts of the country, but luckily for TOT turned out to total 3.03 billion baht, a full 0.01 billion below the budget; now they will have to do it all again, and despite what Mr Abhisit says, prices do go up, don't they?
Freeby for DB readers
Database, Published on 20/01/2010
» Did someone laugh when I stood up to talk about "the power of Database readers"?
Computer villains beware - digital forensics gather pace
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/01/2010
» In the physical world, the police need help from forensic teams to collect evidence to solve crimes and catch culprits. Similarly, in the digital world, digital forensics are a crucial part of the fight against cyber criminals and hackers. The evidence these professionals can gather against suspects can be presented in court.
A bite of the Apple
Database, Published on 20/01/2010
» Google released the Nexus One smart phone, an impressive gadget that will push more improvements in the iPhone, but will not immediately take much more than a nibble out of the Apple; the new phone runs on the Google operating system, and starts life with more than 18,000 apps - about 15 percent of the Apple selection but, on the other hand, able to multi-task, something the iPhone apps won't do; the big deal about Nexus One, however, is only about US and Canada, where Google aims to be, very roughly, what Number 2 yuppiephone firm DTAC was when the Norwegians took it over and it unlocked its phones; that is what Google is doing with Nexus, which is made by HTC of Taiwan and costs $529 or 17,500 baht in real money - but which is unlocked and will work with any carrier; this is a revolution in the US wireless industry, where phones are totally locked into carriers, and if you want an iPhone, you sign a two-year, near-usurious contract with AT&T; phone companies will feature the Nexus One - T-Mobile subsidises it for $179 for Americans who agree in writing to pay $79.99 a month for the next two years, or 6,000 plus 2,700 baht in real money; but Google will sell you the phone for use with any carrier from its website (google.com/phone) and this is the first crack in the phone-company control of the business.
INTERNET SITE of the Week
Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 20/01/2010
» This week's Internet Site of the Week is actually 69 websites employing Web 2.0 technologies that might be of interest to you, in the form of an article on Smash Apps.
Schools without rules
Outlook, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/01/2010
» Years after selling training equipment to vocational schools and colleges around the country, entrepreneur Boon-anek Maneetham realised he could offer more than just the educational tools; he wanted to provide a new way of learning to young students at a dream school.
Ready for anything
Mylife, Anjira Assavanonda, Published on 21/01/2010
» Being a nanny is not an easy task. It requires knowledge, skill, love, tenderness and a lot more. Rosalie San Juan, 36, learned this when she helped her sister find a nanny to take care of her niece a few years ago.
Outrage at Sasithara's transfer
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 22/01/2010
» Private tourism operators are calling on the government to reconsider the transfer of Sasithara Pichaicharnnarong, the permanent secretary of the Tourism and Sports Ministry, to an advisory post at the Prime Minister's Office.