This is the final wrap-up to our Techgoondu LG TV contest. Please check Part I and Part II if you’re interested in the whole process!

The 42-inch LG LCD TV (model 42LG70YR)

It was a democratic decision by the goondus.
Some of the votes were really close, and it could easily have been a different result. But in [...]

Yup, scary stuff but the venerable PC Magazine will ending its 27-year-old monthly print magazine. The last issue is on January 2009. Interestingly this magazine managed to move 70-80 per cent of its revenue and profits to its Web version over the last few years. The mag hit a high of 1.2 million in cirulation [...]

In the first part of the roundup, we tallied the entries on the Techgoondu LG TV contest, and Apple iPhone emerged as the favourite gadget of 2008.
In this article, we’ll be looking at some of the other gadgets that our readers picked, and why they picked these devices.

The Techgoondu readers have spoken.
For our recently concluded contest, in which we’re giving away an almost brand new S$5,000 42-inch LCD TV (kindly sponsored by LG), the favourite geek gadget of 2008 is a product that needs little introduction.
It has been ubiquitous in tech news throughout this year. It has legions of rabid fans, and [...]

Though Google’s been getting the publicity over here at Techgoondu, Microsoft also did a nice show-and-tell this week of its upcoming “Wave 3″ updates for Windows Live services.
Here’s a quick rundown of what it offers, as presented to a group of bloggers this week:

Live Messenger - check out the new Favourites group

>>Smarter Messenger:
Singapore’s favourite IM [...]

At the Digital Media Festival last week, Hugh Hancock, who coined the term machinima or machine cinema, spoke on the Long Tail of user generated content (UGC).
We all know that lower barriers to media production technology have led to the explosion of UGC. With low-cost DV cameras and consumer media editing software bought with a [...]

My latest tech splurge is not exactly high on geek-factor, so I’ve decided to call it a goondu buy instead. But boy has it saved me a ton of time since I got it, saving me from doing the goondu thing of filing loads of name cards I collect weekly.
If you are looking for an [...]

LG 42LG70YR

Fancy a S$5,000 42-inch LCD TV that not only has stunning Full HD resolutions, but also adjusts to your room’s lighting automatically?
Techgoondu is giving its readers a chance to win a set of the LG 42LG70YR, the latest LCD screen from the Korean manufacturer, as part of its efforts to reach out to the [...]

I’ve ditched iTunes, finally.
Finally, I’ve found a media player application that is quicker and better than Apple’s nice but increasingly bloated app to manage my 10k+ and growing song list.
MediaMonkey is my new favourite application for playing digital music through my music rig. And its free to boot.
This elegant app has plenty going for it: [...]

Anyways, here the deals/gadgets that caught my eye at the show.
(1) The Ultimate HP Student Offer (but they were willing to sell to this 39-year-old as well) at Booth 8428 level 4
It’s the new HP Pavilion dv5-1034TX running on Centrino 2 with a 512MB GeForce 9600M GT graphics card, Vista Home Premium, 15.4 inch WXGA [...]