Test drive Windows 8 now with Microsoft’s consumer preview
This pre-release version for consumers should give everyone a good look at the upcoming OS that is supposed to offer both the familiar PC mouse interface and a touch-based feel…
Competition heats up with another no-contract fibre broadband plan
Yet another service provider has come up with fibre broadband plans without the usual two-year lock-in period, in the latest sign of competition heating up in Singapore. ViewQwest today said…
Commentary: IDA pushes for faster fibre turn-on
The fibre optic cable may have reached your home, but when you try signing up for one of those speedy fibre broadband services that your friends have been talking about,…
Chrome Beta lands in Singapore Android Market
If you're a proud owner of the newly-minted Samsung Galaxy Nexus, be sure to check out Google's Chrome Beta browser that has finally made its way into the Android…
Nokia outs 808 PureView 41-meg camera phone
The Finnish phone maker has taken quite a number of people by surprise by unveiling a phone, sorry, camera, that boasts a sensor capable of 41 megapixels of detail and…
HTC hopes to turn phones into real cameras, backed with cloud storage, with One series
The cameras on its new HTC One series of high-end phones are tweaked to fire in 0.7 seconds, after auto-focusing on a subject in a short 0.2 seconds, say company…
Win a Lenovo u300s IdeaPad Ultrabook worth S$1,899
Tell Techgoondu you most geek moment of 2011 and stand a chance to win a Lenovo u300s IdeaPad Ultrabook!
Dell acquires backup software specialist AppAssure
Dell has acquired AppAssure, a backup and recovery software specialist, in a bid to beef up its software and storage portfolio. The latest acquisition by the world's third…
Fujifilm’s X-Pro1 is the most expensive mirrorless interchangeable lens camera yet
Pictures look great, as the company promises, but with a price tag of S$2,400 for the body alone, the new Fujifilm mirrorless shooter has some serious convincing to do.
Time to buy an updated Blackberry Playbook on the cheap?
With attractive prices and updated software this week that finally reverses the massive mistakes of last year, the tablet might be worth considering for folks looking for a good bargain.
Dual-screen Sony Tablet P goes on sale in Singapore at S$848
The clamshell design will surely remind folks of portable game consoles of the past, and this Sony is a certified Playstation gadget that plays your games made for other Sony…
Goondu review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Techgoondu reviews Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and finds it a fun button mashing action RPG
Epson shows off “world’s lightest” GPS tracker for runners
Don't call it a watch, even if it looks like one of those digital wonders that you wore to school in the 1980s. This new gizmo from Epson is touted…
Goondu DIY: Choosing and switching your mobile, broadband and TV plans
What should you be aware of when you next sign up for those two-year contracts, after the big changes in the telecom market in the past few years? Here's a…
Fibre broadband start-up MyRepublic takes on the Big Three telcos
Consumers signing up for fibre broadband services in Singapore got one more alternative to the big three of SingTel, StarHub and M1 earlier this week, with the entry of MyRepublic,…
Singapore is the world’s most Facebooked nation, says Hitwise
Singapore is the most Facebooked nation in the world, says Hitwise
Commentary: Reality check on the cloud
When the going gets tough, business will often cast their eyes on the next big thing to boost the bottomline. The current hype in IT happens to be cloud computing,…
Post cloud: what will happen in the next 10 years
If Parallel's founder Serguei Beloussov gets his way, the technology landscape in 2022 will be dominated by mobile and social technologies, big data and the cloud. People would interact through…
SMBs warming up to cloud services
The market for cloud computing services among small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) is expected to swell to US$68 billion by 2014, a new study has found. According to Parallels'…
Goondu review: Bose OE2i headphones
Like all Bose gear, the OE2i is not cheap. But if you like a compact pair of headphones with offers above average audio, they are worth checking out.
