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Travelling in the Age of the Internet

Isn’t it awful when you board a plane not knowing what awaits you when you reach your destination? What’s worse is when you arrive at your accommodation and discover that it doesn’t even come close to the pictures in the brochure. These days, this happens less and less as people turn to the internet to [...]

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A student displays a picture of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on a tablet at the Ban San Kong school on May 27, 2013

Tablets thrust Thai classrooms into digital era

In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens practising everything from English to mathematics and music.

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The Yahoo logo is displayed in front of the company's headquarters on July 17, 2012 in Sunnyvale, California

Yahoo! says it has received thousands of US requests

Internet giant Yahoo! said in a letter to users that it has received up to 13,000 requests for information from US law enforcement agencies in a six-month period ending May 31.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco on June 10, 2013

Apple releases details on US data requests

US tech giant Apple revealed on Monday it received between 4,000 and 5,000 data requests in six months from US authorities, days after Facebook and Microsoft released similar information.

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A pedestrian speaks on a mobile phone while standing next to a promotional billboard, on May 2, 2006

Scammers fleece Australians out of $90 mln

Australians were fleeced out of more than Aus$93 million (US$90 million) last year by scammers, and officials on Monday said they believe it was just the tip of the iceberg.

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A young computer expert studies at an internet security training centre, on February 14, 2013

China paper hits out at US surveillance programme

China’s official army newspaper on Sunday branded the United States Internet surveillance programme exposed by former spy Edward Snowden as “frightening”, and accused the US of being a “habitual offender” when it comes to network monitoring.

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