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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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Nokia’s touch-screen 5800 XpressMusic launched

Nokia has taken the wraps off its new 5800 XpressMusic phone, the long-awaited…

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Google Android phone makes debut

As anticipated, Google launched the first phone with its Android OS just…

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Google/HTC Dream phone to launch tonight (SGT)

In the past few months, it's been photographed and it's been talked…

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Microsoft mouse and keyboard that make you say “chio!”

Here's a mouse that will feel comfy whether you use in on…

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Nokia ovi – can it better other online services?

A year after announcing its ovi online services, Nokia today showed off…

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Can Google Chrome make people switch from Microsoft?

How do you refine a piece of software that everyone has been…

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Last-minute bargains at Comex today

Traditionally, computer bazaars have the best deals for the last day, when…

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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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