Geek Buy #3: Seagate Momentus hard disk
I had not gone to Sim Lim Square or Funan Centre (now called Digitalife Mall or something) for two months, and I think that's a record. The reason: I had…
Affordable slimness from HP
When I first saw pictures of the new HP Pavilions launched here today, I wasn't surprised to see more sleek, shiny models to follow the recent trend in skinny laptops.…
Another Goondu site is birthed
Check out Musicgoondu, a purely fun-seeking project by two Business Times scribes - Christopher Lim and me - and joined by our close circle of music-mad friends, including one who…
Runners who sweat buckets’ best friend: AT Ontos
I have written about this pair of Japanese-branded headphones before, but after a particularly draining jogging session yesterday, which I must have sweated buckets over 2 hours and thoroughly drenched…
First looks: Windows 7 Beta
At a Microsoft blogger's event last week, Techgoondu and several local bloggers walked home with copies of Windows 7 beta. I decided to give the newly-minted OS a test-run on…
First looks – HTC Touch Diamond 2
Got my first touch-and-feel of HTC's upcoming Touch Diamond 2 phone, which will run on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 when launched later this year. As the name suggests, this followup…
Empire Total War also needs Net access for single player mode
First it was Dawn Of War 2, and now it is Empire Total War. War is out in the open, but the battle it seems is against piracy. ETW is…
World Builder goes viral
Machinima. Virtual worlds. Next generation human computer interfaces. Bruce Branit's nine minute World Builder short film is poignant, brilliant and beautiful. A work of art that fires on all cylinders…
Great offers at IT Show ’09 (Part III)
Are we in the worst recession since the 1930s? Doesn't seem like it when you see the long lines of people waiting to sign up for a StarHub line or…
Great offers at IT Show ’09 (Part II)
Do check out Part I if you haven't done so! At every computer show I always check out memory card prices just to see how much they have fallen. Here's…
Great offers at IT Show ’09 (Part I)
It's that time of the year again when the biggest consumer computer show -- IT Show '09 -- hits Singapore. Running from March 12th to 15th (today to this Sunday),…
A night for tech start-ups in Singapore
Firstly, a big thank you to the folks who took time out of their busy lives to come down for our first meet-the-techgoondus event last night. We hope you had…
Singapore’s broadband penetration past 100 per cent
It's official. There are more broadband connections in Singapore than there are households. In January 2009, the household broadband penetration rate here reached 102.1 per cent, according to the latest…
D-Link’s simultaneous dual-band router – at last!
It's been a long wait, but Wi-Fi buffs here are finally going to get their hands on D-Link's DIR-855 Xtreme N Duo Media Router at the IT Show, which runs from…
Thoughts on Blogout ’09
"Social media is like teen sex. Everybody wants to do it. Nobody knows how. When it's finally done there is surprise it's not better" -- Avinash Kaushik, analytics evangelist, Google…
A radio for Twitter feeds
A student from the Queen's University Belfast in the UK has come up with a radio that "tunes in" to Twitter feeds and broadcasts them in audio in real time.…
TG Scoop: The World’s Toughest Phone is set to hit Singapore!
Sonim XP3 Enduro | S$598 without contract | Available in Q2 2009 Ruggedness has a new phone. This death-defying mobile is so tough; it tempts you to break it… if…
Don’t alienate the legit gamers
There has been some discussion lately about Dawn Of War 2 and how it is sucky becoz we have to install Steam to play the single player campaigns even. Here's…
Where is the Samsung NC10?
Just when I thought that Techgoondu readers back home are spoilt for choice when it comes to picking a netbook, I read from a Techgoondu friend's (Wins) article in The…
Microsoft’s My Phone – about time!
Hands up if you've got a Windows Mobile phone that you never bothered to sync with your PC. Well, there's an easier way now. I'm talking about Microsoft's My Phone…
