US$120 million Google data centre to open in Singapore by 2013
Google started the building of a new data centre in Singapore on Thursday, a US$120 million facility which represents the Internet giant's expansion of operations in the region.
Huawei Honor gets the honour of the first Ice Cream Sandwich update
Shortly after its launch in Singapore, the Chinese manufacturer has beat every other big-name Android manufacturers to the game and released an Ice Cream Sandwich update to its Honor smartphone.
Singapore Facebook users vent anger on fake SMRT “feedback” page
From the angry to the sarcastic, Singapore's frustrated train commuters have taken to Facebook pages - real and fake - to vent their unhappiness at the massive train disruption yesterday.
Samsung brings the fight to Apple
The knives are out. Since Steve Job's untimely death, Samsung has been ramping up the assault on Apple, having launched a series of funny ads attacking the iPhone 4S. Take…
Goondu Christmas guide 2011: Five phones to buy
If you are thinking of phones to stuff into the stocking this year, here are five of the hottest mobiles that would not disappoint most gizmo lovers.
Open source webOS: will developers bite?
After weeks of deliberation, Hewlett-Packard (HP) will now contribute its webOS mobile operating system to the open source community. Meg Whitman, HP's newly-minted president and chief executive officer, said in…
Huawei Vision and Honor join low-cost Android family
Huawei may be one of the top manufacturers of mobile broadband dongles, but the company is still the underdog in the Android smartphone arena. With two new low-cost devices just…
Tin Pei Ling, iPad 2 and Hong Kong top Singapore search terms
Google Singapore has unveiled its list of top search terms used by Singaporeans in its annual Zeitgeist that offers a glimpse of the year's major trends and events. Topping the…
Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Note
What is crucial to its popularity in recent weeks since its launch is that it has come at a time when the screen sizes of phones have themselves increased from…
Recycle your used printer toners with Project Homecoming
What do you do with your printer toners after they run out of ink? For most of us, it’s straight to the trash for these spent cartridges. But did you…
Singapore-made Orastream app offers scalable, smooth music streaming
It enables music players to stream the songs at as high a quality as possible, depending on the network that is delivering the songs. This means you always enjoy the…
Run Windows applications on a Mac with WinOnX
If you need to use a Windows program occasionally on a Mac but don't want to cough up US$80 for Parallels Desktop 7, a new Mac app by NES Software…
Goondu review: Sequence
There are some games that simply shouldn't work. For example, Sequence by Irridium Games, a crazy mash-up lovechild between a finger-pounding rhythm game with an old-school hard core RPG. Surprisingly,…
Visit Nepal in 3D with Singapore-made website
A Singapore company has come up with an online tour, called 3rd Planet, that takes a user on a visit to places like Nepal's Patan Durbar Square.
Goondu review: Linksys RE1000 Wireless-N Range Extender
If you subscribe to StarHub's fibre broadband service and are stuck with the Huawei HG256s gateway that seems to be plagued by poor wireless coverage, a range extender might help.…
Review: Heroes of Might and Magic 6
I've been a long-time fan of turn-based strategy games in the fantasy genre. I have played the original King's Bounty, Heroes of Might and Magic (HOMM) 1 through 6, Disciples…
Weekend pick of the Sitex 2011 deals
Before you head down to Singapore's last quarterly IT bazaar this weekend, check out some of the standout deals here.
Wave goodbye to Google Wave
Google will retire its Wave collaboration platform for good next year in an “off-season spring cleaning” exercise. In a e-mail to Google Wave users yesterday, the search giant said all…
Eye-catching deals at Sitex 2011
Heading down to SITEX this weekend? Here are some deals we spotted to whet your appetite!
SPH sues Yahoo! – a first here for old media versus new media?
Singapore is set to see a rare face-off between old and new media, after news emerged yesterday that Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) had sued Yahoo!, claiming that the digital media…
