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JAMES HEIN IT PROFESSIONAL

An IT professional of over 30 years’ standing. He has a column in Bangkok Post tech pages and has been writing without skipping a beat every week all these years.

Email : jclhein@gmail.com

James Hein
Someone, somewhere still uses IE
OPINION | 12 FEB 2020

Someone, somewhere still uses IE

More data, more problems
OPINION | 1 JAN 2020

More data, more problems

None more black
OPINION | 25 SEP 2019

None more black

The world knows where you've been
OPINION | 16 JAN 2019

The world knows where you've been

What does 2019 have in store?
OPINION | 2 JAN 2019

What does 2019 have in store?

Burning issues and great expectations
OPINION | 19 DEC 2018

Burning issues and great expectations

You can forget HAL 9000
OPINION | 5 DEC 2018

You can forget HAL 9000

Huawei still some way behind rivals
OPINION | 21 NOV 2018

Huawei still some way behind rivals

Australia still trailing Thailand in broadband coverage
OPINION | 12 SEP 2018

Australia still trailing Thailand in broadband coverage

Silicon Valley is not an arbiter of free expression
OPINION | 15 AUG 2018

Silicon Valley is not an arbiter of free expression

Privacy an artefact of times past
OPINION | 18 JUL 2018

Privacy an artefact of times past

A down vote for MS Skype
OPINION | 20 JUN 2018

A down vote for MS Skype

Cloud tech is no castle in the sky
OPINION | 6 JUN 2018

Cloud tech is no castle in the sky