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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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Goondu review: Sony Vaio Z, a new standard to follow

Let's start by getting the price of this state-of-the-art laptop out of…

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Jabra’s ruggedised Bluetooth sport earphones look the part

The Jabra Sport receives the music wirelessly via Bluetooth from your smartphone…

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Better roaming rates as StarHub and Conexus ink deal with Vodafone?

Flat-rate fees for surfing the Web on the phone in Europe could…

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Sony Playstation 3 now comes in blue and red

Come November 17, the game console will ship in Singapore in "splash…

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Commentary: Singapore considers “do-not-call” list in overdue data protection law

A long-overdue consumer data protection law that lets phone users opt out…

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Goondu review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray

When the Xperia Ray was unveiled at CommunicAsia in June, we wondered…

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M1 fibre broadband users locked out of Singapore sites

Users of M1's fibre broadband services are having difficulty viewing websites hosted…

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Nokia N9 to cost S$799 in Singapore, probably only Meego phone you’d see

After wowing crowds at the CommunicAsia show in June, Nokia's "all screen"…

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SingTel restoring 3G connections after “software glitch”

SingTel says it is restoring connections to its 3G services this evening,…

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HTC’s Radar Windows Phone priced well at S$569, out in Singapore in October

HTC is shipping its first smartphone with Microsoft's much-awaited "Mango" version of…

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Comex 2011: Techgoondu’s pick of the hot deals

Braving the human jam at Suntec City this weekend for some tech…

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Comex 2011 deals – no, not the TouchPad, it’s sold out today

Check out the latest deals and download and preview sales brochures before…

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HP TouchPad to sell for S$118 at Comex Singapore fire sale

Finally, after days of teasing folks here in Singapore, HP has revealed…

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Singapore’s 100Mbps fibre broadband goes from S$39 a month

M1 has slashed prices for its 100Mbps fibre broadband plan to an…

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Fancy a smart TV? Plug in an Asus O!Play Mini Plus

  The hype surrounding Internet or smart TVs these days begs the…

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HP Singapore to offer refunds for TouchPad

But the new price for the fire sale expected to happen at…

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Sony Ericsson smartphones to offer Google video chat after Gingerbread update

After being much criticised for its slow updates for its 2010 models,…

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Japanese phones and tablets you’d wish are in Singapore

A variant of the popular Sony Ericsson Arc that tunes in to…

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Sony Playstation 3 goes from S$399 now, is a great high-end Blu-ray player

Sony's Playstation 3 is going for as low as S$399 from today,…

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sails into Singapore, dodges legal troubles elsewhere

The much-awaited rival to Apple's iPad 2, goes on sale today in…

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