Thailand blocks 2,300 web sites
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| APPARENTLY there is a rash of web sites in the World Wide
| Wibble have miffed the Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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| The government has blocked more than 2,300 Web sites over
| the past year, most of them for offending the country's
| monarchy.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/198/1050198/thailand-blocks-2-300-web-sites
Internet Surpasses Newspapers
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| In a survey conducted by Pew Research Center for the People
| & Press in early December, 40 percent of respondents said
| the Internet was a prime source for national and
| international news. Only 35 percent said the same about
| newspapers. That’s a steep rise from 2007, when just 24
| percent relied on the Internet more than newspapers.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/12/31/internet-surpasses-newspapers
Recent:
European Parliament Set To Reprimand Mandelson For Pressuring
Thailand
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| Shortly after a new government was
| installed in Bangkok earlier this year,
| European Union trade commissioner
| Peter Mandelson urged it to review a series
| of compulsory licenses issued by
| the previous administration that overruled
| patents on several medicines.
|
| [...]
|
| Agnoletto alleged that there is a
| contradiction between statements that
| Mandelson has made to the Parliament
| and those contained in his letter. “He
| is using two different languages,”
| Agnoletto added. “I have the impression he
| is working more for the pharmaceutical
| industry than for the Commission.”
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1032
Old:
Thailand: Egat turns to open source to cut costs
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| There are 7,000 PC units based
| on Open Office or 70 per cent of all 12,000 PC
| units in the organisation.
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http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/08/28/technology/technology_30046747.php
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