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Thai ICT minister vows to curb rogue sites
News Thailand's new information and communications technology (ICT) minister places top priority on blocking Web sites criticizing the monarchy.
Tags: Politics, Cable, Web sites, Telecommunications, Information And Communication Technology, radio frequency, allocation, asset, industry, Web Site
NComputing L230
Reviews NComputing's L230 thin client is an option if you need to add a group of low-impact users to an existing Ethernet LAN. However, you'll need to ensure that the host PC is adequately specified to deliver acceptable performance to the terminals attached to it.
Built-in change processes increase chance for IT project success
Techguide An industry watcher shares the built-in change process his company uses and explains how it compares to the traditional project management approach.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Bentley College, VP, job, MBA, health care, built-In, team, Project management
Can new government sort out Thai 3G?
News perspective It seems 3G in the country will be delayed as long as possible so a small minority are kept happy, while businesses, the economy and techy geeks suffer.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Cable, Thailand, Database, ID Card, Standards, font, Government, CAT, 850/900
IBM: Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019
News Leading scientist, working with colleagues from several top universities, has pioneered computational analysis that rivals that of a cat's cortex. Human brain could be just a decade away.
Tags: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Brain, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Computing, Computer, DARPA, financial system, financial
Facebook provides free tool for translating sites
News Translations for Facebook Connect allows Web developers to tap technology that has been used to translate the social network itself into 65 languages.
Tags: Web 2.0, Site, Web Site, single sign-on, authentication, Google OpenSocial, Lee, Web 2.0, board, Facebook
Yahoo overhauls search results
News Internet giant stresses its commitment to improving user experience, following Microsoft deal in July, with revamped version of its search results.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web servers, Data Management, Wikipedia, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo IM, IM, Search Result, blog
Use Makefiles for more than handling code
Techguide Vincent Danen explains the make command and its associated Makefile, and shows how versatile the command is.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Command, Source Code, Red Hat Inc., SSH, SVN, Server, remote server, URI
How the venerable PS2 made it to 9 years old
News With the power of computers doubling about every 18 months, according to Moore's Law, the fact that the PS2 is still selling is pretty impressive. Can its successors follow suit?
Tags: Gamer, Jesse Divnich, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox
How Yahoo is betting its cloud will pay off
News With Yahoo counting on cloud computing to accelerate development, a behind-the-scenes IT guy like Shelton Shugar moves into the spotlight.
Tags: Cloud computing, Yahoo! Inc., Virtualization, software, Open-source Software, Apache Hadoop, Cloud computing, Server, corporate computing, Internet
DTAC undecided between 3G options
News The second-ranked mobile-phone operator DTAC remains undecided about its third-generation (3G) future, believing that next-generation mobile broadband is unlikely to materialize in Thailand this year.
Tags: Personal broadband, Business broadband, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Telecommunications, Thailand, DTAC, phone, SIM Card, 3G
Thai telco pledges to launch 3G this year
News TOT Plc will spend US$83 million to upgrade its 2G network to 3G and roll the new service out by year end.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Thailand, Bangkok, 2G network, consortium, TOT Plc., 3G, chairman, network, brand
Yahoo search pad: An online notebook that watches you
News The portal will launch new tool to help people organize research conducted on its Internet search engine.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Web sites, Personal broadband, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Tool, Notebook, Internet Search, VP, Search Result
Manage multiple systems with Parallel SSH
Techguide For a user caring for multiple systems, OpenSSH is extremely useful, but being able to execute OpenSSH commands in parallel is even more so.
Tags: Open source, Remote management, Command, Host, OpenSSH, SSH, Database, Tool, database backup, Pssh
Sun CTO to form cloud security forum
News Wayne Horkan, Sun Microsystems' U.K. chief technology officer, plans to form a public and private sector organization to address cloud security issues.
Tags: Cloud computing, Network security, Security, Web Service, Sun Microsystems Inc., Cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com Inc., compliance, data protection
