10 November 2005

Stories from 10 November 2005

Malaysia: Pirated VCDs

  10 November 2005

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

Philippines: Bot Master

  10 November 2005

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 to wonder, had the arrest happened in the Philippines, under what laws could the programmer be prosecuted.

Taiwan: Student Suicide

  10 November 2005

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 that one of his own students has just killed himself.

Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

  10 November 2005

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. For example, Nzingha did not have fun, and thinks that Eids “are generally boring anyway.” Meanwhile, Riyadhawi have decided to...

Armenia: Ordering Votes

  10 November 2005

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