Hua Hin | Thailand
Hua Hin, one of Thailand’s premier beach resort towns on the Gulf of Thailand, is less than 200 km south of Bangkok, making it one of the most popular weekend getaway destination for city residents. A resort equally popular with young couples and families, tourists and Thais, Hua Hin is…
Learning from Amazon’s cloud collapse
Call it Cloudgate, Cloudpocalyse or whatever you’d like, but the extended collapse of Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) is both a setback for cloud computing and an opportunity for us to figure out how to stop it from happening again. Amazon may be best-known for its online shopping site, but…
Playstation Network suspended over ‘external intrusion’
Millions of gamers are unable to play online as the Playstation Network remains unavailable. Users are seeing error messages stating the network is “undergoing maintenance” or is “suspended”. In a blog post, maker Sony said it turned off the network on Wednesday after it detected an “external intrusion” and that…
Arsenal’s title hopes crushed by Bolton
Arsenal are all but out of the race for the English Premier League title after losing 2-1 to Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday. The Gunners conceded a 89th minute goal when Bolton’s Israeli midfielder Tamir Cohen headed home from a corner to leave London rivals Chelsea as…
Lindsay Lohan released from jail after posting $75,000 bond
Lindsay Lohan, accused of stealing a necklace, spent five hours in custody before posting a $75,000 bond Friday evening after a judge sentenced her to 120 days in jail for violating her drunk driving probation. Her release from Los Angeles County’s Lynwood Correctional Facility capped a long day that…
Nato strike hits Gaddafi compound
Nato says it’s been actively targeting command and control positions A Nato air strike on the Libyan capital Tripoli has badly damaged buildings in Col Muammar Gaddafi’s compound. Reports said at least two powerful missiles struck the Libyan leader’s sprawling Bab al-Azizia compound early on Monday. Three TV stations briefly…
