IDC: Healthcare industry warming up to the cloud
Healthcare service providers in the Asia-Pacific region are planning to turn to cloud computing to improve patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes, a new survey has found. According to IDC Health…
Will worries of “shadow IT” derail cloud rollouts?
Even as organisations rein in "server sprawl" by consolidating their servers in a grand data centre re-design, they are now beginning to worry about another problem - users starting up…
Standard Chartered Bank and IDA launch mobile app venture
They are looking for 10 software engineers to undertake a traineeship programme in mobile app design and development.
Asus motherboards to come with Thunderbolt support
Tired of your MacBook-toting friends boasting about their fast Thunderbolt link that lets them hook up speedy external drives, monitors and a whole host of other stuff? Well, here's some…
Would you give a stranger unlimited access to your PC for US$1 million?
A recent survey commissioned by anti-virus maker Norton found that 76 per cent of Singaporeans would rather say no to US$1 million than allow strangers unlimited access to their computers.
Crysis 3 to be available in Spring 2013
Fans of the cult series will be happy to know that the setting will be a cross between the two previous instalments - parts of New York will be overgrown…
Listen to new music with adaptive lossless streaming
Music lovers can now check out new artistes with downloadable mobile music albums that stream the music to them smoothly by adapting the quality to either online or offline use.
F&N extends Google Apps to Singapore employees
Fraser & Neave (F&N) became the latest large enterprise to hop onto the cloud computing wave when it announced plans to move 3,000 employees in Singapore to Google Apps. The…
Goondu review: HTC One V feels premium at budget prices
You'd be hard pressed to find another phone that does just as much, comes with as many useful features and feels just as solid and well-built at this price.
Flashback trojan brings up Apple Macintosh vulnerabilities
This week, some 600,000 Macs were said to be affected by the Flashback trojan, which could steal passwords and other personal information from unsuspecting users. Still think that only PCs…
Pink Samsung Galaxy Note arrives in Singapore on Saturday
It had to come in pink sooner or later. Samsung's surprise hit of the season, the Galaxy Note, is arriving in town this Saturday, dressed in pink and following in…
Goondu Q&A: Getting a grip on enterprise mobility
As more companies jump on the enterprise mobility bandwagon, security has become a prime concern among CIOs. According to a recent Symantec study, businesses are incurring hefty losses due to mobility-related…
Symbian Belle gets Microsoft Office Mobile, still putting up a fight
The new Nokia Lumia 900 is reportedly selling very well in the US, and currently sits comfortably in the No. 1 spot on Amazon’s “Cell Phones With Service Plans” category.…
5,000 DOTA 2 invite keys up for grabs for StarHub customers
Starting today (11 April), StarHub is giving away a neat 5,000 DOTA 2 invite keys to the above customers for free on a first-come-first-served basis.
Five quick questions on Facebook and Instagram
What now for privacy and are we returning to the excesses of the dot.com days? These are among the questions that users and market watchers are asking after Facebook's acquisition…
Commentary: What now for Nokia and Windows Phone?
If pumping dollars into the system only gets Microsoft and Nokia a small share in return, and if selling its high-end phones on the cheap doesn't do it, then surely…
Gartner: global IT spending isn’t as rosy as expected
The global spending on IT products and services is expected to reach US$3.7 trillion this year, a 2.5 percent increase from 2011. The new forecast marks a decline from Gartner's…
Goondu review: Focal Spirit One
The market is strewn with many options now, but the Focal Spirit One is worth a listen because it rewards "on the go" users with better-than-average sounds that go against…
Hands-on: Lumix GF5 clears up Panasonic’s mirrorless camera strategy
The GF5 better be well-priced, or it might very well flop in a country saturated with DSLRs and other mirrorless cameras.
No more ugly IDA stickers on phones and gadgets?
Compliance labels that stick out like a sore thumb on your shiny new gadgets could become a thing of the past in Singapore, after the government infocomm regulator said on…
