Swine flu: would you travel?
If you have been anywhere near the internet these few days, you know the airwaves have been plastered with news of the H1N1 swine flu virus. Besides getting information from…
Corsair Dominator GTs on sale in Sim Lim Square
Corsair's Dominator GT DDR3 memory modules are the kind of stuff that hardcore PC junkies lust for - and they are surprisingly turning up at Sim Lim Square shop Cybermind.…
Windows 7 “release candidate” out from April 30
Heads up, Windows 7 fans. Microsoft is offering the "release candidate" for its upcoming operating system for download from April 30. As its name implies, "release candidate" or RC is…
Commentary on vSphere4: call a spade a spade, and a cloud… virtualization
The tech industry is full of jargon junkies. We invent acronyms, come up with complex-sounding terms that are little more than airbrushed revamps of existing concepts. Scarcely had the latest…
Another mobile music service – now from Sony Ericsson
Turning the heat on Nokia, SE is getting in the act here too with its PlayNow Plus service, which lets users download thousands of songs onto their Walkman phones. Announced…
Acer launches five smartphones in Asia
Lots of Asian laptop/netbook/device makers seem to be jumping on the smartphone bandwagon, especially at the entry level range of the spectrum. Asus. Garmin. And now Acer. Acer announced their…
New Philips MP3 player has FLAC support
Philips may not be on many portable gear head's shortlists of brands when it comes to buying a new portable music player, but its new model's support for FLAC could…
Oracle to buy Sun for US$7.4 billion
Two weeks after IBM decided against buying Sun, Oracle announced just hours ago it has sealed the deal to buy Sun. Oracle will pay US$9.50 per share of Sun, 10…
Hands on: BlackBerry Storm in Hong Kong
A touchscreen with a tactile keypress. That's probably the most strikingly unique feature about RIM's first touchscreen device - the BlackBerry Storm ... aka its 9500 series. The concept of…
HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 prices and details unveiled
HTC unveiled their Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 phones at a media launch today, revealing for the first time prices and availability in Singapore. HTC Touch Diamond2 Price (inclusive of…
Phokki: world’s first online market for customized art
Want inexpensive customized art, browse hundreds of styles, and have it delivered to your doorstep anywhere around the world? Singaporean start-up Phokki, whom I wrote about before, just launched their…
IRAS website goes down for hours – “under maintenance”
What do you do when the entire nation is rushing to file their taxes just two days before the April 15 deadline? Put your e-filing server on maintenance, of course!…
Battleforge suffers from major trading bug – I lost S$21 worth of virtual assets
Electronic Art's new game is basically Magic The Gathering Online turned into real-time-strategy and is a fantastic game. But it has one HUGE problem - there is a bug which…
See your Facebook pals on your Sony Ericsson
The C510 phone offers "zero-click" access to your Facebook pals' status updates because it shows up on the main screen without you having to go into any menu. It's Sony…
Lotus Singapore 2009 talks up collaboration
At yesterday's Lotus Singapore 2009 -- part of a series of regional roadshows that IBM Lotus is holding in Asia Pacific -- the key theme emphasized throughout the conference was…
Search vendors eye online music
First, there were the Apple iTunes Store and Amazon.com's MP3 downloading service. Then mobile phone giants like Nokia and Sony Ericsson waded into the online music selling fray. Now, search…
Tweet Tuesdays: yet another social media get-together
We have Social Media Breakfast (SMB), Mobile Mondays and Web Wednesdays. We have groups like The Digital Movement (TDM) and e27 running all kinds of events from Barcamps to Blogouts…
WordCamp Hong Kong 2009 – and WordCamp Singapore?
Went to the first ever WordCamp Hong Kong today and the highlight for me was certainly hearing from the founding developer of the WordPress platform Matt Mullenweg, which this site…
Hands on: Targus for Mac
Targus has recently introduced a series of peripherals aimed at Mac users who tend to be a picky bunch when it comes to design. The Targus for Mac line includes…
Commentary: StarHub wins Opco deal in Singapore’s NBN
Firstly, no surprises that StarHub has won the OpCo deal. This was the "consolation prize" after it failed in its bid, along with a consortium that once contained the promising…
