Motorola Milestone comes to StarHub – and it’s cheap
It's official. Two months after Techgoondu first broke the news that the Motorola Milestone was coming to Singapore via StarHub in March, the companies have unveiled that the much sought-after…
Garmin-Asus M10 available in Singapore 27th March
Garmin and Asus made a big splash today at their media event for their upcoming launch of the M10 phone in Singapore, which they believe will be a breakout phone…
Commentary: Singapore’s pay-TV content sharing
After all these years, and facing the wrath of football fans deprived of live World Cup matches, Singapore's media regulators finally decided a fortnight ago to rule out exclusive pay-TV…
Sound like a Rogue or Mage
Creative's World of Warcraft Wireless Headset, which promises to let you sound like an Alliance or Horde character while fighting off enemies in the online game, goes on sale now…
Free Unlimited Plants vs Zombies, Bejewelled2, Zuma and more
Now you can play all your favourite Pop Cap Games for free, but only if you are in Singapore, Malaysia and possibly some other South-east Asian countries. PopCap - the…
Nokia N900 hits Singapore on Mar 27
Nokia announced today that the N900 can be pre-ordered in Singapore from now to Mar 26 from http://www.nokia.com.sg/n900/preorder. Available for S$999, the Maemo-based device has a ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up…
IT Show 2010: new Core i3 and i5 laptops rule
Fewer people seem to be carting away printers and TV sets at IT Show 2010, but laptops running Intel's new Core i3 and i5 processors are the best bargains at…
YOG social media initiatives don’t get enough love
The more I talk to the Youth Olympic Games folks to uncover stories for Digital Life, the more I find out that some of the really interesting YOG social media…
MeeGo steering group easing platform concerns?
Valtteri Halla, the Nokia member of the MeeGo Technical Steering Group recently attempted to allay the concerns of the open source community by underscoring the importance of openness in the…
Free iPad for beta testing? Nope, you’ve been scammed
It's the oldest trick in the book when it comes to scamming: Play on people's greed. Take a look at a current one involving free iPads for beta testing :…
YOG launches virtual world to reach out to youths
As part of the worldwide promotion to create buzz around the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC), together with the Infocomm Development Authority…
Apple goes after HTC
The internet is abuzz with Apple's lawsuit today in the US, claiming that HTC has infringed about 20 of their patents. Gizmodo has an excellent breaking story of this, and…
Samsung 3D TVs go on sale this month
Get ready to put on your 3D glasses and watch Wayne Rooney leap up in 3D to score his latest headed goal. If electronics behemoth Samsung is to be believed,…
Linux OS – A Rose By Any Other Name
I wrote a piece for the Sunday Times published today about the emergence of the smartbooks - netbooks which use mobile processors and Linux/Google operating systems instead of the usual…
B&W’s first computer speakers promise hi-fi on the desktop
British hi-fi speaker maker Bowers & Wilkins is offering its first ever PC speakers, the MM-1, for pre-order here in Singapore before they ship in April 2010.
Commentary: The anti-virus market
The anti-virus (AV) market is increasingly getting to be a difficult business for market incumbents. The top players in this space -- notably Symantec's Norton and McAffee, followed by Trend…
Techgoondu gets a new facelift
It's the third incarnation of Techgoondu since its inception more than 18 months ago, but the tagline remains the same: The revolution has begun.
Whither Linux drivers?
Linux users are often at the mercy of hardware vendors when it comes to device drivers. The open source community often needs to turn to reverse engineering to churn out…
Microsoft vs Google: Fight!
There has always been rivalry in the tech industry, but it's not that common when a tech giant chooses to name and launch a direct assault on an opponent. Take…
Phone of the show – HTC Legend
In a show where new gizmos stare at you from every corner, HTC this morning just launched what looks like the best phone here at Mobile World Congress, with a…
