First looks and hands on: Nokia E75
If I hadn't told you this was a phone with a slidable keyboard, you might just be fooled. Now, if you consider that a full-sized Qwerty is hidden in that…
First Shuffle still the most fab?
There are 4GB worth of reasons to love Apple's new and very small iPod Shuffle. But there is one reason why I don't - lack of controls on the player.…
Google opens a shop in Hong Kong?
"A Google shop? Now just what has Google diversified into?" That was my initial reaction when I went by this busy part of Causeway Bay (right opposite to the Sogo…
Wordcamp in Hong Kong
So how old do you think are the chaps behind WordPress - the platform that Techgoondu and tons of blogs run on? I recently found out that one of the…
StarHub launches public trial of 21Mbps mobile broadband
Some 100 users will be able to hook up to a public trial of StarHub's new 21Mbps mobile broadband service, as the telco readies to launch it commercially within the…
Geek Buy #3: Seagate Momentus hard disk
I had not gone to Sim Lim Square or Funan Centre (now called Digitalife Mall or something) for two months, and I think that's a record. The reason: I had…
Affordable slimness from HP
When I first saw pictures of the new HP Pavilions launched here today, I wasn't surprised to see more sleek, shiny models to follow the recent trend in skinny laptops.…
Another Goondu site is birthed
Check out Musicgoondu, a purely fun-seeking project by two Business Times scribes - Christopher Lim and me - and joined by our close circle of music-mad friends, including one who…
Runners who sweat buckets’ best friend: AT Ontos
I have written about this pair of Japanese-branded headphones before, but after a particularly draining jogging session yesterday, which I must have sweated buckets over 2 hours and thoroughly drenched…
First looks: Windows 7 Beta
At a Microsoft blogger's event last week, Techgoondu and several local bloggers walked home with copies of Windows 7 beta. I decided to give the newly-minted OS a test-run on…
First looks – HTC Touch Diamond 2
Got my first touch-and-feel of HTC's upcoming Touch Diamond 2 phone, which will run on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 when launched later this year. As the name suggests, this followup…
Empire Total War also needs Net access for single player mode
First it was Dawn Of War 2, and now it is Empire Total War. War is out in the open, but the battle it seems is against piracy. ETW is…
World Builder goes viral
Machinima. Virtual worlds. Next generation human computer interfaces. Bruce Branit's nine minute World Builder short film is poignant, brilliant and beautiful. A work of art that fires on all cylinders…
Great offers at IT Show ’09 (Part III)
Are we in the worst recession since the 1930s? Doesn't seem like it when you see the long lines of people waiting to sign up for a StarHub line or…
Great offers at IT Show ’09 (Part II)
Do check out Part I if you haven't done so! At every computer show I always check out memory card prices just to see how much they have fallen. Here's…
Great offers at IT Show ’09 (Part I)
It's that time of the year again when the biggest consumer computer show -- IT Show '09 -- hits Singapore. Running from March 12th to 15th (today to this Sunday),…
A night for tech start-ups in Singapore
Firstly, a big thank you to the folks who took time out of their busy lives to come down for our first meet-the-techgoondus event last night. We hope you had…
Singapore’s broadband penetration past 100 per cent
It's official. There are more broadband connections in Singapore than there are households. In January 2009, the household broadband penetration rate here reached 102.1 per cent, according to the latest…
D-Link’s simultaneous dual-band router – at last!
It's been a long wait, but Wi-Fi buffs here are finally going to get their hands on D-Link's DIR-855 Xtreme N Duo Media Router at the IT Show, which runs from…
