Eastman Kodak Company plans to phase out its “dedicated capture devices” business. This business includes digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames – in the first half of 2012. Kodak will instead expand its current brand licensing program, and seek licensees in these categories. Following this decision, Kodak’s Consumer Business will include online […]
BANGKOK, 10 February 2012 (NNT) – Researchers from the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Thailand (BIOTEC) have successfully developed ‘Ascochlorin’, which is viral resistant, from fungi found 8 years ago in a national park. According to BIOTEC Director Dr. Kanyawim Kirtikara, a team of scientists from BIOTEC and the Faculty of Science, […]
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission is expected to finalise within one month the appropriate validity periods for prepaid mobile-phone service. Settapong Malisuwan, chairman of the NBTC’s telecom committee, said yesterday that the panel had asked cellular operators to send information within seven days about the cost of providing prepaid mobile-phone service to determine the […]
As next supercontinent forms, Arctic Ocean, Caribbean will vanish first Geologists at Yale University have proposed a new theory to describe the formation of supercontinents, the epic process by which Earth’s major continental blocks combine into a single vast landmass. The new model radically challenges the dominant theories of how supercontinents might take shape. In […]
Nokia expects to lay-off around 4,000 employees as the ailing company plans to move its manufacturing operations to Asia. Nokia announced today its plans to move its manufacturing operations to Asia in a bid to cut costs and bring the smartphone building process closer to the component suppliers. Nokia lost its edge by failing to […]
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Office Commission of Thailand expects to conclude 3G conditions bidding for 2.1 Gigahertz within three months. Competitors will be able to propose their bids for the license in the third quarter of this year. One of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Office Commissioners or NBTC, Colonel Sethapong Malisuwan pointed out […]
BTJunkie one of the largest and popular BitTorrent search engines decided to shut down voluntarily. Visiting its website btjunkie.org currently displays a brief note from the founders: 2005 – 2012 This is the end of the line my friends. The decision does not come easy, but we’ve decided to voluntarily shut down. We’ve been fighting […]
23-year-old Chen Jung-yu was found dead at an internet cafe in New Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday night. Jung-yu was rigid in his chair with hands on the keyboard and mouse, according to local police. He had been playing the popular online multiplayer game World of Warcraft when he died (though another outlet is suggesting the […]
