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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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Holiday Gift Guide: tech gizmos for the road warrior

Including the latest laptops to smartphones, here's a list of what a…

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WD’s Black² combines an SSD with a hard disk, costs S$459

The WD Black² comes with both a 120GB SSD and a 1TB…

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Geek Buy: Sony Vaio Pro 13 impresses

It offers a great balance of the three things I was seeking…

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Humans, not technology, make or break customer service

In an ideal world, companies would have this one-to-one relationship with customers,…

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Salesforce pitches for the Internet of things, like smart toothbrushes

That's the big vision. The company has to get the critical buy-in…

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OpenNet fined S$750,000 for not connecting users, provisioning services too slowly

OpenNet has been fined a hefty S$750,000 after failing to connect up…

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Salesforce bets big on mobile, promises easy-to-build apps

The customer service management vendor is looking once again to position itself…

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Parallels bets on rich yet easy experience on mobile devices

People want a rich experience on their tablets while enjoying the familiar…

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IDC: Android grabs 81 per cent share, Windows improves

The Google operating system made significant strides as people sought out low-cost…

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Commentary: Singapore hacking cases show importance of deep infocomm expertise

What's lacking are the battle-hardened code warriors, the experienced network engineers who…

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Goondu review: Jabra Sport Wireless+

If you work out often, and like music on the go, then…

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Section of Singapore PM’s site hacked into

The website still works, but the search function has been taken off.

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Goondu review: HTC One Max

Filled with great qualities once you discover them, but often overlooked because…

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IDA: “routing issue, hardware fault”, not hackers, downed government sites

So, in the end, it was an internal problem that caused the…

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Commentary: should maintenance bring down government websites for hours?

While there is speculation on why and how the sites could have…

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No more glass back for Nexus 5, but specs get updated

It comes a number of goodies missing from the previous Nexus 4.

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Study: Bukit Timah, Clementi road traffic most affected during peak hours

It takes about twice as much time to drive to town from…

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So, are Singapore’s telecom networks resilient?

The answer should be pretty straightforward for users, but Singapore's industry players…

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Nokia pushes out Lumia 2520 tablet, 6-inch Lumia 1520 and 1320 phablets

After months of merely updating its Lumia designs, Nokia finally came up…

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Can’t browse workgroup computers in Windows 8.1? Solution here

You can see the servers turn up on screen, but when you…

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