10/06/2008
In downturn, entrepreneurs think small (Boston Globe)
How is this downturn different? Bloggers of all kinds have been busy reading the economic tea leaves. Many in the tech sector find themselves comparing the current situation with the dot-com blowout of 2000. Bijan Sabet, a venture capitalist at Spark Capital in Boston, assessed where things stand.
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10/02/2008
Investigation Reveals Massive Security and Privacy Breaches Affecting Chinese Version of Skype (CircleID)
Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers have released a report on the extensive surveillance system in China that monitors and archives text conversations that include politically charged words. The research group, called Information Warfare Monitor, is a joint project of The SecDev Group, and the Citizen Lab, at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of ...
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09/25/2008
2008/09/24 (The New Straits Times)
SUBANG JAYA: Subang Jaya Municipal Council has come up with an innovative way to deal with illegal signboards and bunting in the town. It will hand out cash rewards of RM200 to those who provide information on individuals responsible for placing the outdoor advertisements.
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09/24/2008
RM200 reward to turn in illegal advertisers (The New Straits Times)
SUBANG JAYA: Subang Jaya Municipal Council has come up with an innovative way to deal with illegal signboards and bunting in the town.
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09/21/2008
Small hands, big burden (The Star)
Many young children shoulder the responsibility of helping the family put food on the table.
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09/21/2008
Boulder returns sister-city gift (Boulder Daily Camera)
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — The finishing touches are still being put on the Dushanbe Cybercafe, a return gift to Boulder's Central Asian sister city for the Dushanbe Teahouse in downtown Boulder. But when it finally opens, people here say the cafe will make a real impact on the lives of Dushanbe’s 1.2 million residents, who partnered with Boulder when they were still part of the Soviet Union and the ...
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09/20/2008
Kenya: The Cutting Edge (AllAfrica.com)
With crude oil prices having dropped far below $100 a barrel from $147 in July, David Kirenga is disappointed that oil companies are behaving as if nothing is happening, with high pump prices remaining the order of the day.
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09/11/2008
Hackers spoil MapleStory Fun (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE: Having sunk time and cold, hard cash into building up their virtual characters in an online game, some frustrated gamers have lodged a police report after seeing their accounts instantly depleted because of recent hacking incidents.
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09/09/2008
Hunt for Suspects In Embassy Bombings Elicits Anger in Kenya (Washington Post)
MALINDI, Kenya -- Almost 10 years to the day after the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, dozens of Kenyan anti-terrorism police busted their way into two homes in this sleepy resort town on the Indian Ocean.
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09/08/2008
Philippines test site EA's NBA computer game (The Manila Times)
The Philippines is one of four countries in the world where an online game franchised by the National Basketball Association will be tested for its appeal to the world's Internet gamers; contests engaged in by local afficiniados will be aired regularly over GMA-7 and made available for viewing online on this broadcast giant's Web portal.
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