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…
Q&A with SingTel VP for consumer products
Ying Lai Chang on how SingTel is coping with the mobile broadband explosion that has operators rushing to provide more bandwidth for anything from Facebook to e-mail.
Linux Foundation heightens Asian focus
New developments in Linux are about to emerge from Asia with the Linux Foundation's heightened focus in the region. Last week, the foundation appointed Cliff Miller as its new director…
HTC Desire in Singapore end May 2010, goes for S$898
The twin of the highly-successful Google Nexus One is hitting shops here only at the end of this month, killing earlier rumours that it was going on shelves this weekend.
Commentary: Why you should say no to World Cup 2010
No, it is not SingTel and StarHub you should be angry with. Nor should you fret that the S$66 package - or S$1-a-match - to watch the 2010 World Cup…
Get sweaty with this Walkman
Here's something for all you sweaty joggers and gym regulars - a "wearable" Walkman MP3 player that is not just water-resistant and but also washable. The latest Sony Walkman W,…
SingTel aims at newbie smartphone users
Just when you thought that mobile data plans could not get cheaper, along comes an "entry level" plan from SingTel to entice users to "test water" with surfing on their…
Amazon demystifies cloud computing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) senior vice president Andy Jassy spoke to Techgoondu to demystify some misconceptions about cloud computing and its benefits to enterprises as part of the IDA Distinguished…
Commentary: Singapore gets World Cup 2010 on TV
This lower World Cup bid, though still high by many measures, has at least shown that the Singapore market, and by extension, its viewers, are not absolute suckers for content…
Some users blocked from accessing Asiaone
Net surfers heading to Asiaone, the Singapore Press Holdings site offering a lot of the publishing company's newspaper articles, were prevented from entering the news site, after it was hit…
