Singapore-made Orastream app offers scalable, smooth music streaming
It enables music players to stream the songs at as high a quality as possible, depending on the network that is delivering the songs. This means you always enjoy the…
Run Windows applications on a Mac with WinOnX
If you need to use a Windows program occasionally on a Mac but don't want to cough up US$80 for Parallels Desktop 7, a new Mac app by NES Software…
Goondu review: Sequence
There are some games that simply shouldn't work. For example, Sequence by Irridium Games, a crazy mash-up lovechild between a finger-pounding rhythm game with an old-school hard core RPG. Surprisingly,…
Visit Nepal in 3D with Singapore-made website
A Singapore company has come up with an online tour, called 3rd Planet, that takes a user on a visit to places like Nepal's Patan Durbar Square.
Goondu review: Linksys RE1000 Wireless-N Range Extender
If you subscribe to StarHub's fibre broadband service and are stuck with the Huawei HG256s gateway that seems to be plagued by poor wireless coverage, a range extender might help.…
Review: Heroes of Might and Magic 6
I've been a long-time fan of turn-based strategy games in the fantasy genre. I have played the original King's Bounty, Heroes of Might and Magic (HOMM) 1 through 6, Disciples…
Weekend pick of the Sitex 2011 deals
Before you head down to Singapore's last quarterly IT bazaar this weekend, check out some of the standout deals here.
Wave goodbye to Google Wave
Google will retire its Wave collaboration platform for good next year in an “off-season spring cleaning” exercise. In a e-mail to Google Wave users yesterday, the search giant said all…
Eye-catching deals at Sitex 2011
Heading down to SITEX this weekend? Here are some deals we spotted to whet your appetite!
SPH sues Yahoo! – a first here for old media versus new media?
Singapore is set to see a rare face-off between old and new media, after news emerged yesterday that Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) had sued Yahoo!, claiming that the digital media…
Hands-on: CSL Spice Mi350
Malaysian cellphone maker CSL is targeting business travelers with the Spice Mi350 dual-SIM smartphone that lets you pop in two SIM cards into a single device. That means you could,…
Goondu review: this week’s app round-up
Popcorn: SG Movie Showtimes, free from Android Market Previously exclusive to the iPhone, Popcorn is a nifty app that lets you search, browse and book movie tickets from local cinema…
Hands-on: Lenovo U300s ultrabook joins the tussle for your holiday spending
Eschewing the wedge-shaped design championed by Apple and ASUS, Lenovo’s take on the ultrabook is a sensible book-shaped machine that has a nice heft and overall feel.
Made-in-Singapore app takes aim at Twitter
Like Twitter, the app lets users feature – or feecha – an event or an object that’s close to him/her, which friends of that user can discover. Unlike Twitter, however,…
Singapore social media: Attack of the Birds and the Bees
Singaporeans are a well-connected socially networked lot. When Straits Times first broke the news of the bee attack at Ngee Ann Poly yesterday, with 35 students and three staff stung…
SingTel unveils local e-book service with skoob
Lovers of e-books in Singapore are getting their own local e-book fix, after SingTel said on Tuesday that it was offering Singapore’s first e-book service. This service, named skoob, will…
M1 gets S$300,000 fine for outage, appeals immediately
M1 is facing one of the stiffest fines meted out to a telecom operator in Singapore in years, after faulty hardware cards caused some of its users to be locked…
Sony’s new photo frames come with Wi-Fi
The DPF-WA700 and DPF-W700, once connected, can automatically retrieve and display photos shared on Facebook. Users can also hook up to an existing email account and view photos through it.
Toshiba joins the ultrabook party with the Portege Z830
Asus and Acer may have been slightly earlier to the game, but the battle for the slimmest, lightest and most powerful laptop is just getting hotter with new arrivals like…
Most free security apps do not guard against Android malware
If you've been using a free Android anti-malware app to protect your phone against malicious software, take note. According to tests conducted by AV-Test, which bills itself as an independent…
