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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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Centrino 2 laptops find their way to Comex

I had written just last week that some retailers were keeping their…

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History channel on StarHub HD soon

Good news for content-starved high-def TV (HDTV) fans. History Channel is going…

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A motherboard with *gasp* eight RAM slots

Yeah, you read that right. MSI has come up with a mobo…

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New Nokia N series phones and HTC Touch Pro launched

Nokia today launched a couple of new N series multimedia phones, including…

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Where are the Centrino 2 laptops?

It's been more than a month since Intel launched its Centrino 2…

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As the hoopla hits Singapore…

Apple is hit with a lawsuit in the United States, from a…

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Hype versus reality

There's a saying that the market corrects itself when the hype gets…

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Apple releases fix for iPhone 3G

Barely acknowledging a problem with its over-hyped iPhone 3G gizmos, Apple has…

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4870×2 hits Sim Lim stores

Finally, after weeks of waiting for PC buffs, ATI's 4870x2 graphics cards…

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iPhone 3G woes mount

It's becoming a piece of bad news a week for Apple's over-hyped…

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Twits go live as Olympics get underway with fireworks

Where people used to just passively absorb TV images beamed at them…

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StarHub DNS servers down

The time is about 10 plus in the night, and my StarHub…

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As the hype fades…

... reality sinks in for the Apple iPhone. At first, the story…

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New ROM for HTC Touch Diamond users

Don't like the sluggish performance of the HTC Touch Diamond? There's a…

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Share your StarHub HD5 experience

Finally, there's one more channel on StarHub - the long-awaited free-to-air HD5…

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GTX 280 prices fall to S$699

If you have been holding out for a new top-end graphics card,…

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Apple = no virus?

You've probably seen those Apple ads that proclaim that there are no/few…

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Watch Lost 24 hours after it screens in the US?

Pay-TV challenger SingTel came up with a pretty interesting proposition today: How…

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Want a 3G iPhone? Buy one for S$1,700 to S$2,000 in HK

So, you can't wait for SingTel to bring the hyped-to-the-heavens 3G iPhone?…

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Zen X-Fi: finally, something promising from Creative

On the face of it - a rather "thin" face of it…

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