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Alfred Siew

Alfred is a writer, speaker and media instructor who has covered the telecom, media and technology scene for more than 20 years. Previously the technology correspondent for The Straits Times, he now edits the Techgoondu.com blog and runs his own technology and media consultancy.
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Touch-screen galore at CommunicAsia

You may have heard about the massive Samsung and LG launches here…

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Check when fibre is coming to your home

One piece of good news from this morning's CommunicAsia announcements is that ultra-fast…

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Commentary: Free Wi-Fi extended to 2013 in Singapore

Singapore's free islandwide Wi-Fi service will be extended for another four years,…

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Singapore’s FTTH service to go partly commercial in 1H 2010

Singapore's ultra high-speed broadband service, capable of offering speeds of 1Gbps, will…

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Good deals at PC Show 2009

From 32-inch LG TVs going for S$499 to super-slim laptops priced at…

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Soundbuzz music store to shut down on July 15

Soundbuzz, one of the first online music sources in Singapore, is officially…

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Latest from Asus: Race-car inspired graphics cards?

Just when you thought you have seen the last tacky CPU cooler…

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Hi, my name is Satio

It was once called Idou... now it goes by another Japanese robot-sounding…

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Plug and play overclocking

Asus last week unveiled its latest ROG OC Station, a hardware-based overclocking…

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Nice earphones from Creative – B & O cousins?

Creative has just unveiled its new Aurvana Air earphones, which look every…

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HTC Magic hands on: Nice-sized Android

The HTC Magic, a "Qwerty-less" version of the the HTC Dream which…

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The dream is over, goodbye Duke!

3D Realms is shutting its doors, and along with it, fragging the…

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A richer Facebook on Windows Mobile

Not long after Sony Ericsson put an easy-access Facebook app on its…

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Goondu DIY: FreeNAS

First off, I'm going to share my experience with FreeNAS, the freebsd-based,…

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Corsair Dominator GTs on sale in Sim Lim Square

Corsair's Dominator GT DDR3 memory modules are the kind of stuff that…

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Windows 7 “release candidate” out from April 30

Heads up, Windows 7 fans. Microsoft is offering the "release candidate" for…

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Another mobile music service – now from Sony Ericsson

Turning the heat on Nokia, SE is getting in the act here…

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IRAS website goes down for hours – “under maintenance”

What do you do when the entire nation is rushing to file…

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See your Facebook pals on your Sony Ericsson

The C510 phone offers "zero-click" access to your Facebook pals' status updates…

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Commentary: StarHub wins Opco deal in Singapore’s NBN

Firstly, no surprises that StarHub has won the OpCo deal. This was…

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