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Preetam Rai

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About Preetam Rai

1627 posts · joined 2006-03-26

I am an educator and technologist always on the move. I am online at preetamrai.com .

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October 27th, 2009

At the Indonesian Blogger FestivalPhotos postVideo post

We visited the Indonesian blogger festival or PestaBlogger 2009. This is the third time the annual event is being held. The event saw bloggers from all over the vast island nation coming together in Jakarta to celebrate, discuss and party.

October 11th, 2009

Barcamp Phnom Penh Attracts Regional IT EnthusiastsPhotos postVideo post

The Cambodian Tech community hosted the Phnom Penh Barcamp earlier this month. In addition to a massive local participation, the Barcamp attracted participants from neighboring countries. The participants talked about technology and ideas on using IT tools for development. We have some images and videos from the two day event.

May 31st, 2009

Internet in North Korea, Nokia's Ovi Store, Google Wave and Tech Happenings

Tech events were happening in Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. North Korea got mobile internet and Google released a new product. We have reviews, analysis and links from bloggers in Asia and Africa.

January 26th, 2009

Oceania

Noted Fijian (Born in Papua to Tongan parents)  antropologist Epeli Hau'ofa died on January 11 in Suva, Fiji. The Savage Minds blog links to an essay by Epeli Hau'ofa tha argued against the commonly held assumption that the pacific islands were isolated communities held apart by massive oceans. 

January 1st, 2009

East Asia

Dozens of New Year party goes were killed in a fire that broke out at a Bangkok nightclub.

December 18th, 2008

North Korea: A New Mobile Network

The latest news from North Korea is the launch of a new high speed mobile network by an Egyptian mobile giant. We have reactions from the bloggers commenting on the launch.