10 November 2005

Stories from 10 November 2005

Malaysia: Pirated VCDs

Project Petaling Street Blog reprints an email circulating among Malaysians listing the top 10 reasons why we should buy pirated VCDs.

10 November 2005

Philippines: Bot Master

At the Pinoy Tech Blog, the arrest in the U.S. of a Filipino-American “bot master” who wrote programs that seized control of tens of thousands of computers leads one poster...

10 November 2005

Taiwan: Student Suicide

Michael Turton, the teacher who blogs from Taichung as The View from Taiwan, has written before on the topic of teen suicide in Taiwan. He is shocked to find out...

10 November 2005

Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

Eid is an occasion of amusement, a time of the year people always relate to with happiness and joy. However, for some Saudi bloggers, this Eid was a little different....

10 November 2005

Russia: Curious Characters

Russian Marketing Blog reports on the use of English words in print advertising despite a majority of the population's inability to read Latin characters.

10 November 2005

Armenia: Ordering Votes

Oneworld Multimedia reports that the mayor of Yerevan has instructed teachers to vote for constitutional amendments supported by the government in an upcoming referendum.

10 November 2005