CommunicAsia gadget roundup
Samsung seems to be the brightest light at the show here. I'm particularly intrigued by the Galaxy Beam, which looks a little like a Galaxy S with a bit more…
Cisco bets on connected communities
Networking giant Cisco Systems unveiled its vision of smart, connected cities of the future during a media event at the Shanghai World Expo today. In a showcase of interest to…
Sony Ericsson comes up with “affordable” Xperia X8
Back to life with the Android Xperia X10 and X10 mini launched early this year, Sony Ericsson has just unveiled the Xperia X8, an "in between" member of the Android…
Lack of knowledge main reason for homes refusing fibre
What's the next-gen broadband network all about? What can it do for me? Those questions were topmost on the minds of some home owners who have so far rejected a…
Year-long 3D TV trial in Singapore from today
Singapore will be running a S$5 million, year-long trial of 3D TV from today, just months after the first 3D TVs started going on sale here at retail stores.
Hands on: Nokia N8
The N8 carries Nokia's N-series DNA of powerful multimedia features in a great package. But, and this is an important but for many smartphone users, Symbian 3 doesn't compete well…
What’s hot at PC Show 2010
TV deals shave off hundreds of dollars for folks looking for a new flat-screen wonder at the PC Show 2010 at Suntec City.
Hands on: Motorola Milestone XT
Just three months after launching the Milestone with StarHub, Motorola has released the updated Milestone XT, a souped up, no-keyboard version of its highly-successful Android predecessor.
Adobe: 53 per cent of smartphones to have Flash by 2012
Adobe predicts that 53 per cent of the more than 300 million smartphones to ship by 2012 will sport its Flash software to show off multimedia websites on the small…
Wake me up when you’ve got multi-tasking… wait, the iPhone 4 has it!
Other than a high-res screen and an improved, slimmer design, the new iPhone 4's "new" features are seriously "me-too" ones that others have had for months now.
Thanks for making UNWIRED 2010 a success!
From mobile broadband to the next big app on the small screen to augmented reality, the inaugural UNWIRED 2010 conference held on May 27, 2010 at the Singapore Management University…
HDS launches S$4.6 million Asia Pacific distribution centre in Singapore
Hitatchi Data Systems (HDS) has just started operations on their one-month old spanking new S$4.6 million Asia Pacific distribution facility in Singapore. The centre will serve Asia Pacific (excluding Japan),…
Panasonic aims to be number one green company by 2018
Green IT is one really hot meme. At a press conference held by Panasonic yesterday at Marina Sands in Singapore, Panasonic declared their ambition to be the top number one…
Starcraft 2 pre-orders for S$109 at Licence2Play
It's no surprise for anybody who went down to last weekend's Licence2Play that Starcraft 2 was the biggest thing there. Blizzard and IAHGames had a big booth showcasing Starcraft 2:…
Unwired 2010 post-mortem (Part I)
A big thank you for all the attendees who took the time and effort to come down to Techgoondu's first indepedent and wireless event UNWIRED last Thursday 27 May at…
LG Mini GD880 – some nifty features but menus can be faster
In a smartphone market crowded with gizmos of all shapes and functions, first impressions count. A lot. Unfortunately, despite being called a "pocket rocket" by LG, the Korean electronics giant's…
Salesforce.com and their Cloud 2.0 vision
Every good story needs a hero and a villain. In Salesforce.com's case, that villain is Microsoft, who is the poster boy for enterprise software. Or so that is the narrative…
Do-it-yourself: Update your Nexus One to ver 2.2 aka Froyo
Here's why you might want to do it yourself instead of waiting for the Google update which could take weeks: You get Flash on your phone - and suddenly the…
Android 2.2 “Froyo” on the way and it’s a good thing
While the iPhone, through good tech and not a little hype, has drummed up interest in smartphones among even non-techies in the past two years, the arrival of Android 2.2,…
HP powers data centres with cow manure
Fancy your internet business being powered by cow dung? According to a recent research paper by HP, this is not a pipe dream. At the 4th ASME International Conference on…
