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Drawing the Line on spying on internet chat users
News, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 23/09/2013
» Thai police claim that the popular instant messaging app Line is secretly helping them to gain access to chat logs. Naver, its creator, has denied helping them and said it had not received any requests from the Thai police. Both statements are very right, and yet are very, very wrong.
Qualcomm promises a revolution
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 15/12/2010
» HONG KONG: Dual core snapdragons, e-readers based on the design of a butterfly's wings and body area networks that will revolutionise e-Health are just some of the things that telecommunications giant Qualcomm says we can expect to see and buy in 2011.
Where will the new world order unfold?
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 15/12/2010
» When Amazon took down the WikiLeaks site from its EC2 cloud, it opened a whole new can of worms as to what can be put in the cloud and what cannot. But for some, there will be a collective sigh of "I told you so", and the loser in this, again, might well be the United States, while the winner... well, that would be whoever moves quickly enough to take advantage of the upcoming exodus.
Thai banks face strong competition in Asean
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 15/12/2010
» Thai banks will need to get their act together to cope with increased competition when deregulation happens in 2015 with the advent of the Asean Economic Community.
TGS 2011 to highlight classic retro gaming contest
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» The Thailand Game Show (TGS) will be held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC) between Jan 6-8. The event, now in its fifth year, is themed Power-Up+.
Kaspersky to build up Asean market
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» Kaspersky has announced its plans to take on the lucrative corporate malware protection market here in Asia through sheer technical excellence and promises to do everything, up to and including flying out researchers to investigate problems on-site to help solve the growing problems of targeted attacks that corporations have to face.
MS re-claims lead with HD7 phone
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» Microsoft is back to re-claim its throne at the top of the smart phone pecking order with the launch of the Windows Phone 7 HD7 phone that was launched, and immediately sold out, in conjunction with HTC and Dtac.
Future shock: We got it wrong
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» I must have spend much of my childhood wondering about the future. As a child of the '70s, I grew up seeing a bleak, post-apocalyptic vision. Whether it was in the aftermath of a war with the USSR or just a meteor shower leaving humanity blind and eaten by man-eating plants (as in Day of the Triffids) or brainwashed and put into bubble-skinned suits (The Prisoner), the future was scary, yet intriguing, and something to be held in awe.
Island proving an IT hotbed
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» Phuket is a hotspot for software development. One of the pioneers has been developing software there from the days of dial-up modem to today's hyper-connected social media millennials.
Challenges ahead for telco firms
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/12/2010
» The new Frequency Allocation Act has failed to keep up with technology according to an NTC commissioner while all the major telcos agree that concession conversion is needed for a level playing field and to prepare the industry for imminent AFTA and WTO trade liberalisation.