Monday, March 6th, 2006 « MageP’s Lab

Ang Lee: Best Director Oscar

(SOURCE: Reuters)

Ang Lee won the Academy Award as best director for the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain", becoming the first Asian to win Hollywood’s top honor for filmmakers.

On why he wanted to direct Brokeback Mountain, based on a short story by Annie Proulx, has become a box office success and a hit with [...]

Newfound strategy: Daily protest until Thaksin resigns

Via BBC:

(SOURCE: BBC, 5 March 2006)

The people of Thailand has upped their stake against the Thaksin’s government, marching to the Democracy Monument, which commemorates the end of absolute monarchy and introduced Thailand’s first constituition.

Their newfound strategy: Daily protests until Mr. Thaksin resigns. Sooner or later, Thaksin will find emergency declaration is inevitable, not long [...]

Intel cuts revenue forecast; expecting a long-term struggle

In a troubling sign for a tech industry dominated by Intel chips, the world’s No. 1 semiconductor company sharply cut its first-quarter revenue forecast Friday after seeing weaker-than-expected demand and a "slight" share loss to rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as AMD surged ahead with aggresive marketing.

Shares of Intel, the world’s biggest semiconductor maker, [...]