Commentary: M1 finally joins the pay-TV party
While its service does not have the stellar A-list of football or movie content, M1's success or failure in pay-TV will be a test of how competitive Singapore's new telecom…
Hands on: Huawei Ideos
Huawei is taking a shot at the smartphone market with the Ideos, a handset targeted at feature phone buyers who would not consider a smartphone.
Singaporeans’ reaction on social media to recent gang assaults
As an ex-PR ex-journalist who has made a living telling stories for the better part of my working life, social media has opened my eyes to new ways of telling…
Hands on: Toshiba new S$639 AS100 tablet
Toshiba today joined a growing list of manufacturers rolling out alternatives to Apple's iPad tablet in Singapore, bringing the S$639 AS100 tablet, as well as the S$699 AC100 laptop-like Android…
Samsung Galaxy Tab goes for S$0 to S$538 from SingTel
SingTel is selling the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy Tab with discounts of more than S$400 this weekend, for users who commit to mobile subscriptions starting from S$39 a month.
Hands on: Archos 70 and 101 Internet tablets
After being not particularly successful with early Android tablets, the French company is back with a couple of tablets you really have to check out before buying an iPad or…
A visit to A*CRC’s secret computation facility
A*CRC's secret lab, where a crazed AI is poised to take over the world. No, wait, it's just the server room. Techgoondu had the chance last Tuesday to visit A*Star's…
Goondu review: Philips CushionSpeaker
This nifty gadget could be interesting to folks who spend hours on the couch with their laptops on their, er, laps. The Philips CushionSpeaker, as its name suggests, is a…
Creative surprises with low-cost ZiiO tablets
After staying quiet for a good while, the Singapore firm yesterday surprised many techies by pulling two Android-based tablet computers out of the hat with prices starting from a mere…
Oracle acquires online commerce vendor
Oracle is making its sixth acquisition this year with an announcement today to buy Art Technology Group (ATG), a provider of eCommerce software and related on-demand commerce optimization applications, for…
Galaxy Tab ships in Singapore on Nov 13
Samsung's Galaxy Tab is shipping in Singapore on November 13, with the Wi-Fi cum 3G version hitting stores before a Wi-Fi-only version that could appear later at a yet unspecified…
Microsoft debuts Office 365 cloud
Microsoft made a dash for the business cloud computing market last week with Office 365, a cloud service that repackages its two-year-old Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) under a new…
Goondu review: LG Optimus 7 and Windows Phone 7
If Apple thinks it knows everything you need, and if Google Android gives you a totally blank slate, Microsoft has smartly chosen the middle road - offering just enough of…
Environment agency website up and down as haze gets worse
Just as the haze is getting more serious - into unhealthy levels - in Singapore, the government agency responsible for monitoring the situation here has its website going up and…
iTwin goes commercial
Finally. After a year of hearing lots of buzz at Unconference 2009 and TechFest 2009, mentions on TechCrunch and Gizmodo, and a few stories in Straits Times and Digital Life,…
HTC HD7 goes exclusive to SingTel
The red operator has snagged the exclusive for HTC's HD7, one of several key Windows Phone 7 phones unveiled today at Microsoft's much-awaited smartphone OS launch.
Medal of Honor Tier 1 edition delayed at Singapore retailers?
During a check at Sim Lim Square earlier on Monday evening, the word is that the Tier 1 Edition (boxed version) of the much-awaited shooter, which comes with extra in-game…
How your brand can be hijacked on Twitter: a SingTel case study
A case study of how SingTel's brand was hijacked on Twitter. Here's a video that talks about the relationships Singapore twitter users have with our local telcos, and how we…
Savvis looks to Asia and private clouds
During the downturn about a year ago, the American and European IT companies were freezing growth, if not pulling out of Asia all together. Now, they are all coming back…
HTC Desire HD and Desire Z go on sale in Singapore in November
The two new numbers from HTC, which I had a brief hands-on with recently, are hitting shelves here next month, as they join an increasing bunch of new phones arriving…
