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Preetam Rai

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

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27 October 2009

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At the Indonesian Blogger Festival

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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.

11 October 2009

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Barcamp Phnom Penh Attracts Regional IT Enthusiasts

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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.

31 May 2009

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

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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.

26 January 2009

Fiji

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. 

1 January 2009

Thailand

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

18 December 2008

North Korea: A New Mobile Network

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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.

8 December 2008

India

Kima posting on the illusionaire blog announces the election results in Mizoram and talks about the high turnout and intense interest in the polls.

3 December 2008

Thailand

Oakmonster is happy that she can finally go back to Thailand. The opposition supporters had occupied the main airports in Bangkok and disrupted air services.

Philippines

The blogger at Village Idiot Savant remembers the teachers who impacted the blogger the most.

Malaysia

Mahaguru wonders why Malaysia in not exploiting the abundant sun and wind as a form of energy.

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