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Alfred Siew

Alfred is a writer, speaker and media instructor who has covered the telecom, media and technology scene for more than 20 years. Previously the technology correspondent for The Straits Times, he now edits the Techgoondu.com blog and runs his own technology and media consultancy.
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Corsair Dominator GTs on sale in Sim Lim Square

Corsair's Dominator GT DDR3 memory modules are the kind of stuff that…

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Windows 7 “release candidate” out from April 30

Heads up, Windows 7 fans. Microsoft is offering the "release candidate" for…

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Another mobile music service – now from Sony Ericsson

Turning the heat on Nokia, SE is getting in the act here…

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IRAS website goes down for hours – “under maintenance”

What do you do when the entire nation is rushing to file…

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See your Facebook pals on your Sony Ericsson

The C510 phone offers "zero-click" access to your Facebook pals' status updates…

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Commentary: StarHub wins Opco deal in Singapore’s NBN

Firstly, no surprises that StarHub has won the OpCo deal. This was…

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S$5/mth for SingTel push mail on the Nokia E63

After months of running a free beta trial, Nokia has finally launched…

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First looks and hands on: Nokia E75

If I hadn't told you this was a phone with a slidable…

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StarHub launches public trial of 21Mbps mobile broadband

Some 100 users will be able to hook up to a public…

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Geek Buy #3: Seagate Momentus hard disk

I had not gone to Sim Lim Square or Funan Centre (now…

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Affordable slimness from HP

When I first saw pictures of the new HP Pavilions launched here…

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First looks – HTC Touch Diamond 2

Got my first touch-and-feel of HTC's upcoming Touch Diamond 2 phone, which…

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Great offers at IT Show ’09 (Part III)

Are we in the worst recession since the 1930s? Doesn't seem like…

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Singapore’s broadband penetration past 100 per cent

It's official. There are more broadband connections in Singapore than there are…

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D-Link’s simultaneous dual-band router – at last!

It's been a long wait, but Wi-Fi buffs here are finally going…

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Microsoft’s My Phone – about time!

Hands up if you've got a Windows Mobile phone that you never…

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iPod helps Man Utd win Carling Cup

What does a goalie do as he prepares to step up to…

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A smaller Rampage II board from Asus

Want the power of Intel's Core i7 CPUs in a small "shoebox-sized"…

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S$238 to S$438 for SingTel HTC Dream

The first Google Android phone will go sale in Singapore tomorrow with…

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StarHub pay-TV goes fully digital

The writing's been on the wall, but StarHub is finally going to…

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