สำนักงานส่งเสริมอุตสาหกรรมซอฟต์แวร์แห่งชาติ (SIPA) จัดงานสัมมนา “UBUNTU: ระบบปฏิบัติการเพื่ออนาคตธุรกิจไทย” สำหรับองค์กรธุรกิจและบุคคลทั่วไปที่สนใจ Ubuntu และระบบปฏิบัติการ Linux อยู่แล้ว หรือองค์กรธุรกิจที่กำลังขยายกิจการ โดยงานนี้จะจัดในวันนี้ 25 ตุลาคม 2550 ที่จะถึงนี้ ที่โรงแรมดิเอ็มเมอร์รัล ห้องบอลลูม1

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Websites crucial to customer buying decision, retention, interaction

Survey finds lack of web site can drive customers elsewhere

PHILADELPHIA, Mar 29, 2007; 1&1 Internet, Inc. (1&1), the
world’s largest Web-hosting company, today announced the results of it’s latest survey.

In an age when consumer loyalty can make or break a business, a recent survey found that securing and retaining customers can be as easy as providing a comprehensive Web site.

Commissioned by 1&1 Internet, Inc. (1&1), the world’s largest Web-hosting company, the survey of 520 U.S. households, revealed that a Web site improves interaction between consumers and businesses, and lack of a Web site could drive business away.

More than one-third of respondents (36 percent) agreed that lack of a web site would lead them to shop elsewhere or select an alternative business, while 28 percent agreed that they would have “doubts or reservations buying from a business without a Web site.” In addition, an overwhelming number of respondents (76 percent) felt it was easiest to contact a business via a phone number or e-mail address provided online.

“Web sites provide a link between consumers and their retail experiences,” said Andreas Gauger, Chairman, 1&1. “Providing an online service is essential to keep consumers happy and loyal.”

About 1&1 Internet Inc.:

1&1 Internet, Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $4 billion. 1&1 was established in 1992 and hosts more than seven million domain names, while 38,000 servers run on the company’s state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1’s global community is more than 6 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information about 1&1, please visit the company’s Web site at www.1and1.com or call 1-877-461-2631.
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(BangkokPost.com) – The airport express link will be unveiled on November 9, according to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

Acting SRT governor Bancha Kongnakorn said trains to be used in providing transportation services have arrived at Lam Chabang port in Chonburi province.

Train services will be divided into two categories. The first line spans a distance of 28 kilometres and will run between Makkasan railway station and Suvarnabhumi airport in fifteen minutes.

The second train service, the City line, stops at all stations between Makkasan train station and Suvarnabhumi airport. The total running time between these two points will take 30 minutes.

According to authorities, the airport link is now 70 percent complete and it could take at least 370 more days before the entire route is finally completed.

BANGKOK, Oct 18 (TNA) – Residents near Suvarnabhumi airport plan a new round of protests at Bangkok’s main airport as they claimed a specially-convened tripartite committee has failed to make any progress in solving problems relevant to compensation payments to homeowners affected by noise pollution.

Prasert Boonkaew, a leader of the local residents said that the tripartite committee, comprising representatives from the Transport Ministry, the Lawyers Council of Thailand and homeowners, has worked slowly. Homeowners claimed that the Transport Ministry has been buying time by setting up the committee, which has yet offered no clear-cut solutions to tackle the controversial problem.

The residents’ leaders then decided to reject the work of the tripartite committee and planned to stage a new protest on October 28 to put pressure on the government.

They will gather at Romruedee village before deciding whether to move to Suvarnabhumi airport or not. They believe more than 5,000 residents will congregate.

Meanwhile, Transport Permanent Secretary Chaisawat Kittipornpaiboon said in his capacity as chairman of the tripartite committee that the government is not simply buying time but negotiating property prices to satisfy both the Airports of Thailand (AoT) and the residents.

Without satisfactory results from the negotiation, there has been no progress.

Mr. Chaiwsawat said that the gathering of homeowners at the airport, if it occurs, won’t help resolve the problem. (TNA)-E004

The embattled management of Suvarnabhumi Airport have received some consolation from a reader poll by an independent online travel magazine that voted it the world’s fourth best airport.

The top three finishers in order in the Smart Travel Asia poll were Hong Kong International Airport, Singapore Changi and Kuala Lumpur International Airport in its Travel Poll 2007.

The poll ranked Suvarnabhumi ahead of South Korea’s Incheon International Airport, which last March was named the ”Best Airport Worldwide for 2006” by the Geneva-based Airports Council International (ACI). Incheon was fifth in the Smart Travel Asia poll.

Except for the inclusion of Suvarnabhumi, the Smart Travel Asia poll was consistent with the much more extensive survey released in August by UK-based Skytrax. That survey placed Hong Kong first on the list of top 10 Airports of the Year for 2007, followed by Incheon and Changi, which tied for second place.

Skytrax put Kuala Lumpur in fifth place, while Suvarnabhumi failed to crack the top 10.

The methodology of the Smart Travel Asia poll was not disclosed, though the online magazine said it was ”based on actual experience, word-of-mouth through friends and colleagues, as well as an idea of the brand drawn from advertising and editorial exposure in the media, a great deal of this online”.

The magazine noted that Suvarnabhumi, which has had its share of teething troubles, was a ”a vast improvement” over Don Muang airport, which was closed for six months after 92 years in operation and reopened in March this year for some non-connecting domestic flights.

Serirat Prasutanond, the general manager of Suvarnabhumi airport, said the Smart Travel Asia poll was a welcome encouragement to the airport operator. But he conceded that it could be based on much less comprehensive polling criteria and sample size.

Perceived as the industry yardstick, the Skytrax 2007 survey was based on 7.8 million detailed passenger surveys covering 170 airports, conducted over 11 months.

The Skytrax survey also covers more than 40 categories of product and service quality, including terminal cleanliness, staff efficiency and courtesy, terminal signage and walking distances.

In the ACI rankings, Suvarnabhumi is now ranked 40th.

Mr Serirat said that AoT wanted to see Suvarnabhumi ranked in the top 10 in the ACI table by 2009.

New Toshiba notebook series DynaBook C7

The Japanese company Toshiba introduced the new Double C7/212PMEW laptops, and C7/212CMEN C7/212CMHN series DynaBook C7.

Toshiba laptop series DynaBook C7

C7/212PMEW model equipped with a mobile Pentium III-M with a frequency of 1.20 GHz, and a model C7/212CMEN C7/212CMHN-mobile Celeron processor with a frequency of 1.20 GHz.

A senior C7/212PMEW model based chipset CyberALADDiN-T + ALi M1535B with integrated graphic controller equipped with 12,1-inch LCD display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels, the amount of operational PC133 memory 256 MB (with the possibility of expansion up to 1 GB) hard drive at 40 GB, combined drive DVD / CD-RW.

The computer has two slots for PC-card type II slot flash-card format for Secure Digital (SD), a network controller, embedded controller wireless local area networks standard IEEE 802.11b, Bluetooth wireless controller 1.1, V.90 modem, the four-port USB 2.0 port IEEE 1394 (FireWire), analogue D-Sub port video interface and TV.

Dimensions computer up 238 x 289 x 35.5 mm, the weight is about 2.1 kg. At laptop Windows XP Home and Office package of Office XP.

Time continued operation of a standard laptop lithium-ion battery is about 4.2 hours. The main characteristics of the models and C7/212CMEN C7/212CMHN similar characteristics oldest models, but they do not have laptops wireless controllers, and C7/212CMHN equipped with a hard disk of 30 GB.

Toshiba Laptop C7/212PMEW come on the market in Japan on January 25, 2003 at an approximate retail price of 210,000 Japanese yen (about 1778 dollars), a model and C7/212CMEN C7/212CMHN-at a cost of 180,000 and 150,000 Japanese yen (about 1524 and 1270 dollars), respectively.

The release version of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Desktop Edition will launch Oct. 18.

Download : http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Upgrade : http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

Ubuntu, the incredibly popular desktop Linux distribution that seeks to deliver the best of open-source software every six months, will be out in a few days. Gutsy Gibbon Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Edition includes improvements in advanced plug-and-play printing, enhanced browsing and the option of a smooth new user interface built on top of the latest GNOME 2.20 desktop.

The latest version of Ubuntu includes numerous new features. In particular, its hardware support has been improved. Besides better plug-and-play configuration for printers, the new Ubuntu includes automatic firmware installation for Broadcom Wi-Fi cards.

Laptop users will also be pleased to see improved support for display systems. With Gutsy Gibbon, full external VGA (projector) support is available out of the box, with easy reconfiguration when hardware is switched. For power users, this release includes the ability to manage multiple monitors.

New features since Ubuntu 7.04

GNOME 2.20

The Gutsy Gibbon release candidate brings you the latest and greatest GNOME 2.20 with lots of new features and improvements.

Desktop 3D effects

Compiz Fusion is enabled by default and will bring 3D desktop visual effects that improve the usability and visual appeal of the system. Ubuntu 7.10 automatically detects whether the hardware is capable of running compiz; if not, it falls back to normal desktop. Additional effects can be enabled in “System/Preferences/Appearance” under the “Visual Effects” tab. There you can also disable the effects entirely.

Desktop search

The deskbar applet is now included in the default configuration. It allows quick access to your common actions, including opening web bookmarks and searches, sending messages to your contacts, and more.

The Tracker indexer has been added to the desktop, making it easier and faster to search for your documents, photos, music, videos, chat logs, and all other files. You can use Tracker in the search dialog, the file selector, nautilus, or the deskbar applet.

Fast user switching

It is now possible to easily switch between user sessions without the inconvenience of entering your username or password numerous times, a time-saver on computers shared by multiple users.

Firefox plugins in Ubuntu

Firefox now comes with an improved plugin finder wizard that allows users to search and install packaged plugins easily, bringing users a richer web-browsing experience with the integrated security support of the rest of the Ubuntu system:

In addition, users can now open the Ubuntu application installer with a list of packaged Firefox extensions available by clicking on a link in the Firefox Addons dialog:

Dynamic screen configuration

Several drivers, including ones for ATI, nVidia, and Intel graphics chips now support the X Resize and Rotate Extension (xrandr). This enables dynamic monitor detection, and resizing and rotating of video output, for no-fuss support for projectors and external monitors.

If you have this hardware and used MergedFB / Xinerama previously, you may need to update your X configuration to use this new feature.

Graphical configuration tool for X

You can now configure what driver you want to use for your graphic card, change the default resolution for all users or change your monitor’s refresh rate without having to turn to the terminal. A new GUI has been added making it easy to adjust your video and monitor settings. This tool can also set up dual screen capabilities for cards that use the Xinerama mode.

Fully automatic printer installation

Printers are now automatically configured by merely plugging them in and turning them on. Printer setup cannot get any easier!

Handling of non-free device drivers

Restricted-manager can now handle drivers which are free in themselves, but which require non-free firmware or other packages to operate. Only three clicks are needed to fetch and install firmware for wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets, and for a number of Winmodems commonly found in laptops, provided that you have an alternative Internet connection.

When restricted-manager detects hardware for which a restricted driver is available, a notification window pops up:

NTFS writing

While previous Ubuntu releases only supported read access to Windows (NTFS) partitions, Gutsy Gibbon now fully supports reading and writing to them, by integrating the NTFS-3g project. This significantly eases file and document sharing with Windows.

Power consumption

Ubuntu includes the latest Linux kernel, featuring dynticks. It allows the processor to use less power and produce less heat. For laptops this means more battery life and burn-free laps and for desktops and media center PCs, a quieter, cooler environment.

Encrypted hard disks

The alternate installer now given you the option to encrypt the entire hard disk (or individual parts if you partition manually). This provides robust data protection for laptops and other mobile devices which may be lost or stolen. Please keep in mind that this only protects the data when the machine is powered off.

AppArmor security framework

This easy-to-deploy kernel technology limits the resources an application is allowed to access and can be used to provide an added layer of protection against undiscovered security vulnerabilities in applications. Head to the AppArmor user guide to learn about this new security feature.

Additional installation profiles for Ubuntu Server

New pre-configured installation options have been added to the Ubuntu Server CD. Mail Server, File Server, Print Server, and Database Server options join existing LAMP and DNS options for pre-configured installations, easing the deployment of common server configurations.

Profile-based Authentication Configuration

Deploying authentication configuration has become a lot easier with the addition of auth-client-config. Files may be added to the profiles database, allowing for an administrator to set up a single profile for site-wide network authentication roll-outs. Find out more about AuthClientConfig.

Improved thin-client support

The speed of LTSP thin clients has been greatly improved through the use of compressed images, and LDM, the thin-client login manager included in Edubuntu, also now has support for autologin, multiple servers, and unencrypted graphics transport as an additional speed boost.

Ready to download?

Get it while it’s hot! Visit the download page to get Ubuntu 7.10 now, or see a list of other ways to get Ubuntu.

มาเรีย ชาราโปวา นักหวดสาวสวยจากรัสเซีย ที่ตกเพียงแค่รอบ 2 ในศึกเครมลิน คัพ ที่บ้านเกิดเมื่อสัปดาห์ที่ผ่านมา เสียตำแหน่งมือ 4 ของโลกให้กับ อนา อิวาโนวิช นักหวดสาวจากเซอร์เบีย ขวัญใจหนุ่มๆอีกราย จากการประกาศในสัปดาห์นี้

ในขณะที่ เอเลนา เดเมนเทียวา แร็กเกตสาวจากรัสเซีย ที่เอาชนะ เซเรน่า วิลเลี่ยมส์ จากสหรัฐฯ คว้าแชมป์ในรายการเดียวกัน ก็ขยับจากอันดับ 14 ขึ้นมาอยู่ที่ 10 ของโลก ส่วนสาวเซเรน่า ที่แม้จะได้เพียงรองแชมป์ก็ขยับขึ้นมาอยู่ในอันดับที่ 6 ของโลก แทนที่ของ แอนนา ชัคเวทัดเซ่ สาวจากแดนหมีขาว

ด้าน “แทมมี่” แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์ นักเทนนิสสาวชาวไทย ที่ตกรอบ 2 ในศึก “พีทีที แบงคอก โอเพ่น 2007” เมื่อสัปดาห์ที่ผ่านมา อันดับร่วงจาก 86 มาอยู่ที่ 105 ของโลกแล้ว

สรุปผลการจัดอันดับนักเทนนิสหญิงโลก จากการประกาศของ ดับเบิลยูทีเอ ทัวร์ เมื่อวันที่ 15 ตุลาคม 2550 (ตัวเลขในวงเล็บคืออันดับเมื่อครั้งก่อน)

1.(1) จัสติน เอแนง (เบลเยียม) 5,500 คะแนน
2.(2) สเวตลาน่า คุซเน็ตโซว่า (รัสเซีย) 3,775 คะแนน
3.(3) เยเลนา แยนโควิช (เซอร์เบีย) 3,475 คะแนน
4.(5) อนา อิวาโนวิช (เซอร์เบีย) 3,175 คะแนน
5.(4) มาเรีย ชาราโปวา (รัสเซีย) 3,161 คะแนน
6.(7) เซเรนา วิลเลียมส์ (สหรัฐฯ) 2,766 คะแนน
7.(6) แอนนา ชัคเวทัดเซ่ (รัสเซีย) 2,625 คะแนน
8.(8) วีนัส วิลเลี่ยมส์ (สหรัฐฯ) 2,470 คะแนน
9.(9) ดาเนียล่า ฮันตูโชว่า (สโลวะเกีย) 2,177 คะแนน
10.(14) เอเลนา เดเมนเทียวา (รัสเซีย) 2,022 คะแนน

**105.(86) แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์ (ไทย) 320.50 คะแนน**

ทีมชาติไทยยังคงโชว์ฝีเท้าได้อย่างร้อนแรงในศึกฟุตบอลโลก 2010 รอบคัดเลือก รอบแรก นัดที่ 2 โดยบุกไปถล่ม มาเก๊า ถึงถิ่น 7-1 เกมนี้ “โจ้ 5 หลา” ศรายุทธ ชัยคำดี เหมาคนเดียว 2 ประตู ทำให้ผ่านเข้าสู่รอบคัดเลือกรอบสองได้เป็นที่เรียบร้อยแล้ว

ช่วงครึ่งแรก นาทีที่ 22 ไทยขึ้นนำไปก่อน 1-0 จากการยิงของ ธีรศิลป์ แดงดา จากนั้น สุรีย์ สุขะ กับ นิรุจน์ สุระเสียง ช่วยกันยิงคนละลูก นาทีที่ 39 และ 42 ทำให้ไทยออกนำใน 45 นาทีแรก 3-0 ก่อนที่ ดัสกร ทองเหลา จะขยับสกอร์ให้ทัพลูกหนังสยามหนีห่างเป็น 4-0 ในนาทีที่ 48

เข้าสู่นาทีที่ 52 “โจ้ 5 หลา” ศรายุทธ ชัยคำดี ก็มาบวกให้ไทยทิ้งห่างไปเป็น 5-0 ตามด้วย จักรกริช บุญคำ ที่ซัดแฉลบกองหลังมาเก๊าเข้าไปเป็น 6-0 ในนาทีที่ 56 ก่อนที่ ศรายุทธ จะมาทำประตูที่ 2 ของตัวเองในเกมนี้ให้ ไทย นำสุดกู่เป็น 7-0 อย่างไรก็ตาม มาเก๊า ก็สามารถทวงคืนได้ลูกหนึ่งจาก ชาน คิน เซง ในนาทีสุดท้ายของเกม

หมดเวลา ไทย บุกมาถลุง มาเก๊า ถึงถิ่น 7-1 รวมผล 2 นัด ไทย ผ่านเข้าสู่รอบสองได้สำเร็จด้วยสกอร์รวมถล่มทลาย 13-2 โดยรอบต่อไปจะรอพบกับทีมใดทีมหนึ่งระหว่าง อินโดนีเซีย, สิงคโปร์ หรือ ฮ่องกง

รายชื่อผู้เล่นทีมชาติไทยที่ลงสนาม
ศิวรักษ์ เทศสูงเนิน, สุรีย์ สุขะ, เจษฎา จิตสวัสดิ์, เกียรติประวุฒิ สายแวว, ณัฐพงษ์ สมณะ, พิชิตพงษ์ เฉยฉิว, นิรุจน์ สุระเสียง, ดัสกร ทองเหลา, จักรกริช บุญคำ, ศรายุทธ ชัยคำดี, ธีรศิลป์ แดงดา

Suvarnabhumi Airport during the first year operation accommodated a total number of 41.8 million passengers and 1.23 million tonnes of cargo, according to its Director Serirat Prasutanond.

During October 2006 to September 2007, the airport offered services to 267,480 flights.

The number was huge though Don Mueang Airport was reopened on March 25 to accommodate 40 per cent of flights.

The total number of domestic passengers using both airports in Bangkok in the period expanded 11.16 per cent per annum, or 1.2 million to 12.4 million. Total domestic flights were numbered 114,358, up 17.23 per cent or 16,180 flights.

- The Nation