Dropcast: spell slinging, Singapore style
Dropcast is the first DS game made in Singapore, released in Sept 2008 by Mikoishi. Unfortunately, it was released to very little fanfare here and abroad. The curse of the…
Intel Core i7s “fly off shelves” here
It's been said that recessions come and go but life goes on at Sim Lim Square, that six-storey techie haunt in Singapore, for those unfamilar. The best evidence comes from…
Announcing the Techgoondu LG TV winner!
This is the final wrap-up to our Techgoondu LG TV contest. Please check Part I and Part II if you're interested in the whole process! It was a democratic decision…
PC Magazine to end print business
Yup, scary stuff but the venerable PC Magazine will ending its 27-year-old monthly print magazine. The last issue is on January 2009. Interestingly this magazine managed to move 70-80 per…
Cool StarHub Hubstation HD – about time!
Somehow we didn't catch this piece of news last week, but it's still worthwhile to mention that StarHub has a new Hubstation PVR that now does HD as well. This…
Say hello to the new Mariah Carey
Not sure what in God's name he was thinking, but a Korean geek has sang his way to YouTube fame by er, going out of tune with a Mariah Carey…
Asus has got touch on its Eee desktop
Not sure why Asus called it the world's first touch-screen PC, but its new Eee Top ET16 series of desktop PCs do come with a nice touch-screen and neat "all-in-oneness"…
Techgoondu LG TV contest roundup (Part II)
In the first part of the roundup, we tallied the entries on the Techgoondu LG TV contest, and Apple iPhone emerged as the favourite gadget of 2008. In this article,…
Techgoondu LG TV contest roundup (Part I)
The Techgoondu readers have spoken. For our recently concluded contest, in which we're giving away an almost brand new S$5,000 42-inch LCD TV (kindly sponsored by LG), the favourite geek…
Microsoft’s latest Windows Live refresh
Though Google's been getting the publicity over here at Techgoondu, Microsoft also did a nice show-and-tell this week of its upcoming "Wave 3" updates for Windows Live services. Here's a…
Movie buffs can “Google” it!
Type the words "Quantum of Solace" followed by the "Singapore" in the local Google search box (as in www.google.com.sg). Voila! A shortlist of local cinemas showing this latest Bond flick…
Google adds video to e-mail and chat
It's one of those things that make you go: "why didn't I think of that"? Google has come up with another useful tool for its growing Gmail user base, by…
Dump iTunes, get Songbird
Tired of the increasingly bloated and unwieldy beast called iTunes? Give Songbird, a new open-source music player a spin. It has a lot of the nice Apple interface, but it…
Nice HTC updates to the Touch family
The Taiwanese phone maker showed off to the media (and Techgoondu) two nice additions to the Touch family - the Touch 3G and Touch HD - in a media briefing…
Tempting 24-inch 16:9 monitor deal from Dell
Just spotted a pretty nice deal over at the Dell website, while I was researching for an article. Its S2409W 24-inch monitor is going for a nice S$489, making it…
The Long Tail of UGC
At the Digital Media Festival last week, Hugh Hancock, who coined the term machinima or machine cinema, spoke on the Long Tail of user generated content (UGC). We all know…
Goondu Buy: CardScan scanner
My latest tech splurge is not exactly high on geek-factor, so I've decided to call it a goondu buy instead. But boy has it saved me a ton of time…
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 in shops here this week
Another drool-worthy phone has gone on sale in Singapore: the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. The bad news: its hefty price tag of S$1,298 without operator contract. The quad-band X1's calling…
Geek Buy #1: AE Aego M speakers
This is the first of our Geek Buy series, where we bring you the best buys in town whether it's a laptop, cellphone or pair of speakers. Let's start with…
Stupid football programming from StarHub
StarHub has done something so stupid with its Barclays Premier League programming that I'm sure all the thousands of football fans in Singapore will join me in wanting to wring…
