What’s hot at Comex 2008 part 1
The jam started from as far back as SCGS along Bukit Timah Road and by the time I hit Nicoll Highway at 2pm yesterday, loads of cars were queuing up…
History channel on StarHub HD soon
Good news for content-starved high-def TV (HDTV) fans. History Channel is going to be shown on HD for StarHub cable TV viewers from September 1, bringing with it programmes like…
A motherboard with *gasp* eight RAM slots
Yeah, you read that right. MSI has come up with a mobo that has twice as many slots for memory modules than the average mobo out there. Four slots on…
New Nokia N series phones and HTC Touch Pro launched
Nokia today launched a couple of new N series multimedia phones, including the candy-bar N79 (above right), which the company is holding up as the smallest N series model so…
Where are the Centrino 2 laptops?
It's been more than a month since Intel launched its Centrino 2 platform, which includes CPUs that are faster yet use up less battery. Yet, you'll probably be surprised that…
As the hoopla hits Singapore…
Apple is hit with a lawsuit in the United States, from a woman who is alleging that the iPhone 3G's performance and reliability has been subpar. (source: Ars Technica) According the widely…
Hype versus reality
There's a saying that the market corrects itself when the hype gets overboard. It's happened to dot.coms, bloated Big Media companies... and apparently it's happening to Apple's new-found status at…
Apple releases fix for iPhone 3G
Barely acknowledging a problem with its over-hyped iPhone 3G gizmos, Apple has released a fix that would "improve communications with 3G networks", according to the Associated Press. According to the…
4870×2 hits Sim Lim stores
Finally, after weeks of waiting for PC buffs, ATI's 4870x2 graphics cards are starting to appear in Sim Lim Square stores. Cybermind is selling a 2GB Powercolor version for S$799…
iPhone 3G woes mount
It's becoming a piece of bad news a week for Apple's over-hyped wonder-gizmo, as reports from around the world now claim that the 3G iPhone has poor 3G reception that…
Twitter pulls the plug on outbound SMS updates
From today, Twitter will no longer deliver outbound SMS messages over their UK number. While you can still post updates using the default UK number via SMS, your followers will…
Headphones for runners
Yo! jogging fans who can't pound the pave (or revolving treadmill belts) without music being piped into your cranium, what's your favourite headphones? The search for a pair that is…
Twits go live as Olympics get underway with fireworks
Where people used to just passively absorb TV images beamed at them at home, today's Net-savvy crowds share their thoughts instantly online through Twitter, that microblogging site that lets people…
$143 MS Office 2007 – is it really a discount?
Microsoft Singapore is giving a 43 per cent discount on Office 2007 Home and Student edition so you can now get it for $143. The software giant issued a press…
Warner Music wants more moolah from Guitar Hero
The News: According to Reuters , the chief executive of Warner Music - the world's third-largest music company -said Guitar Hero and Rock Band music games need to pay more to license…
StarHub DNS servers down
The time is about 10 plus in the night, and my StarHub connection suddenly went down... first MSN, then my FTP, then Web browsing. Reset the router, then the modem…
Techgoondu is now on Twitter!
For all Twitter users out there, you can now follow us on our newly minted account at http://twitter.com/techgoondu. All blog entries will be automatically posted as Twitter updates. Keep the…
Free calls to eight countries, really
Singapore's very own Net telephony provider Mediaring has an under-advertised service called Mediaring Talk which lets you call from your PC to any phone - both mobile and landline -…
As the hype fades…
... reality sinks in for the Apple iPhone. At first, the story was about how frenzied crowds queued up for the hyped up wonder gadget. Now, weeks after, people are…
New ROM for HTC Touch Diamond users
Don't like the sluggish performance of the HTC Touch Diamond? There's a new ROM out for Singapore users here that should speed things up on the small screen. A Hong…
