Meet the Ophone
Source: sohu.com Source: sohu.com Source: IT168.com Early images of China Mobile's Ophone has surfaced in recent days. Lest you think this is another iPhone rip-off, the Ophone is being made…
A Techgoondu Christmas gift guide
What's a geek to do before Christmas? Buy a Techgoondu-approved gift to make others - and ourselves - happy of course. Granted, this year-end is shaping up to be more…
S’pore exercise junkies get your distance fix here
Thanks to Daft Logic, exercise junkies - those who pound the pavement with their Asics and crank the gears on their Cervelos - can find out exactly how much miles…
Killer new Facebook panel for Xperia
Call me impressed with blobs meet Facebook concept! Having used the new Facebook Xperia panel briefly last week, I must say this alternative mobile interface for Facebook is one of…
Techgoondu gets on Creative Commons
by Kevin Lim (theory.isthereason.com), for creativecommonssingapore.wordpress.com We've moved Techgoondu's content to the Creative Commons 3.0 License (Singapore). This basically means that as long as you attribute to the source (i.e.Techgoondu),…
Open-source stuff for Windows
When you hear geeks talk about "open source" software, things always end up with this impossible divide between Linux and Windows (okay, "proprietary software" for you Linux cultists out there…
HTC’s white diamond
HTC has come up with a "white" version of the Touch Diamond, its much-loved (but slightly laggy) touch-screen phone. It comes with all the same features, including a sharp VGA,…
Internet ad revenue to go up; newspaper ads, down
It is no surprise really, for those of us not asleep at the wheel, that newspapers are under major threat. According to this insightful December 9th 2008 press release by…
Lost in Singapore? Don’t know where? Use Gothere
If you live in Singapore and you haven't heard of or tried Gothere, do yourself a favour and take a look. It's such a useful resource that I have the…
Mario Kart Love Song
"The finish line is just around the bend I'll pause this game so our love will never end..." An “emo” love song about the red plumber, his perpetually kidnapped princess,…
Shoplette: Singapore’s shopping twitter
The idea: you spot a pair of pink hello kitty slippers in a boutique mall in Japan's trendy Shinjuku shopping district to die for, and you want to let all…
Death of (yet another) newspaper
Another one bites the dust. By the time you read this, news has probably spread - through the Net, no less - about the latest casualty resulting from the double…
Jabber and chatter on Singapore’s Yebber
Yebber is a Singapore-based website that aggregates reviews by end users and provides a mechanism for users to search for them. So far, pretty standard. The catch? It pays you…
Commentary: tech innovation is alive in Singapore
I often hear laments from my friends about the dead tech innovation scene in Singapore. “There is nothing new in tech coming out of Singapore”, they cry. Singaporeans in IT…
Spot.US: Journalism via Crowdfunding
Social media platforms have disruptively changed the environment in which big media works. It is now possible for anybody to reach out to millions, at very low-cost, on the web.…
Nokia’s new “slide-out keyboard” gizmo
Right after Sony Ericsson shipped its Xperia X1, along comes Nokia's new N-series "hero" product, the N97, that comes with, surprise, a slide-out keyboard. But unlike the Xperia, which runs…
SingTel, StarHub trot out netbooks and other freebies
Do you want an Asus Eee PC or an HP mini? That seems to be the choice that Sitex shoppers are being asked to make by SingTel and StarHub, as…
What’s hot at Sitex (Part IV)
Do check out Part I, Part II and Part III of Techgoondu's coverage at Sitex '08 if you haven't, where Alf did a bang-up job covering most of the stuff.…
What’s hot at Sitex (Part III)
Besides the usual TVs and laptops, there are other little bargains to be had at Sitex. We seem to have forgotten that printers were once the thing to buy at…
What’s hot at Sitex (Part II)
Okay, on to the other Sitex show bargains on the first day. One tempting deal comes from Samsung, which is selling its new 14.7-megapixel NV100HD camera for S$599, with loads…
