In December, the U.S. government asked scientists working on a man-made version of the avian flu virus to withhold certain details of their studies out of concern terrorists might use the information to manufacture and spread the dangerous virus, causing a worldwide pandemic. At the time of the request by the U.S. National Science Advisory […]
BANGKOK, 2 February 2012 (NNT) – TOT Public Company Limited says its 3G service will be officially launched in Bangkok on February 24th as scheduled. The TOT says the company has signed an agreement with Advance Info Service (AIS) on co-site cooperation in providing the third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunication network, and the cooperation has progressed […]
The third update to OS X Lion, 10.7.3, has been released and is now available in Software Update. Of potentially greatest interest is the fix that purports to “resolve a Wi-Fi connection issue when waking from sleep” — I know both of my Macs have fallen prey to this bug several times under Lion, and […]
Jake Reilly’s ‘Amish Project:’ 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email and Social Media College Student Drops Social Media, Reconnects with Romance Could you live without daily electronic conveniences — Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more — for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old copywriting student at the Chicago Portfolio School, did just that. […]
Before US law enforcement officials shut down the Megaupload file sharing web site and arrested several of its employees earlier this month, the FBI obtained a search warrant from a US judge to obtain conversations between Megaupload employees. News.com reports that some of those conversations were critical of Megaupload’s founder, Kim Dotcom. Read more: neowin.net
Thailand has endorsed Twitter’s new censorship policy to block tweets in accordance to a particular country’s laws, calling it a “welcome development”. Thailand’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry said it will work with Twitter to ensure tweets disseminated in the country are in compliance with local laws, the Bangkok Post reported Monday. Read more: […]
The microblogging service Twitter has changed its software support for censoring posts. With the new updates, Twitter can now withdraw individual posts and accounts in specific countries, as opposed to a global deletion. Twitter announced these changes in a blog post on Thursday, and released a clarification update on Friday. Twitter says it needed to […]
A photo contest for gay couples on Facebook for the upcoming Valentine festival is critiziced. The name of the social network Facebook site is ALL FOR MEN. More than 50 gay couples have send their photographs to compete in the contest which ends before the Valentine day. Read more: Pattayadailynews.com
