ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia

Beyond Borders

September 27th, 2004

Where hope survives
Set against the backdrop of the world’s most dangerous hot spots, this thrilling romantic adventure stars Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie as Sarah Jordan, a sheltered American socialite living in London. When she meets Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) a renegade doctor, his commitment to humanitarian efforts in war-torn nations moves her deeply. Driven [...]

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India launches learning satellite

September 22nd, 2004

India has launched its first satellite to be used for expanding the country’s educational network.
The Edusat, weighing around 2,000kg, will help train teachers and provide primary and secondary education by linking classrooms across India.
“It will be another beautiful bird in the sky spreading education.”
Wouldn’t it be interesting to learn how India spends time, energy and [...]

Great to Get Gmail account

September 20th, 2004

I have got a Gmail account lately. Thanks to a person on a web designer mailing list for sending an invitation for the account. Occasionally Gmail sends out some invitations, so that people can give them to others to create a web based email account. Amazingly I now have it one, though it is still [...]

Indian gift links Cambodia to cyberspace

September 18th, 2004

Cambodia — It may be vacation time, but students still hang out at a small number of schools in impoverished Cambodia, lured by free Internet kiosks that can get them up to speed in cyberspace.

Moyura, Khmer version of Thunderbird 0.7.3

September 17th, 2004

It is going to be a revolutionary way to communicate via the Internet, which hopefully we will have no doubt to read and write email in our own language. Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3, an open source email application has been translated by KhmerOS and is now available in Khmer, called Moyura, known as Peacock in English. [...]