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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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LG sticks with 3D, as Optimus Max reaches Singapore

Despite lukewarm response to the first smartphones with 3D features last year,…

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Sony Tablet S and P get Ice Cream Sandwich update in Singapore

Users of the Tablet S and Tablet P starting getting their Ice…

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SingTel fined a record S$400,000 for 3G service disruption

The IDA today meted out its heaviest fine yet to a telecom…

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Crowds queue up for Samsung Galaxy S III in Singapore

We are told that the phone is sold out in many outlets…

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Bye bye to a common set-top box for Singapore

It was meant to be the one set-top box you need at…

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Samsung Galaxy S III in Singapore on May 30, costs S$998

The latest star in Samsung's Galaxy is coming to Singapore stores on…

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Hands on: Asus PadFone comes to StarHub on June 2

It's a phone, a tablet and a laptop rolled into one. The…

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Q&A: Mock Pak Lum, StarHub CTO

StarHub is looking into offloading mobile data to existing Wi-Fi technologies as…

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Here come the Thunderbolt motherboards from Asus and others

The first Thunderbolt-enabled motherboards will be shipping soon, starting with vendors such…

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Commentary: Opennet problems threaten to spoil Singapore’s fibre broadband experience

When thin, fragile-looking cables are being laid in thousands of drains, risers…

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Nokia Lumia 900 comes to Singapore on May 26, costs S$849

The Nokia Lumia 900, the Windows Phone camp's best smartphone to date,…

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Kronicles offers on-site and off-site backup for SMEs – at a monthly cost

Enterprise-grade option promises to keep up to three copies of customers' most…

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Goondu review: Audio Technica ATH-ANC9 QuietPoint

All the original attributes - the great sound, the portability and solid…

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SME Toolbox: Basic IT gear for a new business

Here are some suggestions from our first SME Toolbox to get your…

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Hands on: Samsung Galaxy S III stars as new flagship phone

Stick with the formula, as Samsung has done here with the Galaxy…

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Samsung Galaxy S II gets Ice Cream Sandwich update in Singapore – finally

It has released a "DXLP9" version of the phone's firmware, which essentially…

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Building a new PC for Diablo 3? How about Company of Heroes 2?

The followup to the ground-breaking real-time strategy will start firing up in…

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Motoactv finally comes to Singapore for a rather expensive S$399

This nifty sweat-proof and rain-proof player runs on Android and can fire…

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Samsung bets on bigger screen, smarter features in new Galaxy S III

The Galaxy S III, which will ship in Singapore by June the…

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Asus to ship US$1,000 GTX 690 graphics card and it’s already sold out in Singapore

Asus is shipping the fastest and possibly sexiest PC graphics card around,…

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