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12 November 2009

AWS joins the Data Centre party in hot sunny Singapore

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Salesforce.com did it earlier this year in July, adding to its already heavy presence in Asia Pacific (by way of its Singapore HQ) with its first international data centre in Singapore.  Now, Amazon has joined the data centre party, with its announcement that it will be extending the Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Asia, first to [...]

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9 October 2009

SG Next-Gen National Broadband Network starts rollout

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The Next-Gen National Broadband Network, in Singapore’s bid to make up for lost ground against countries such as South Korea and Japan, has been rolled out amidst much fanfare by the passive infrastructure company (NetCo), otherwise known as OpenNet.  OpenNet is a joint venture of four partners – Axia NetMedia (Axia), Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Singapore [...]

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9 September 2009

Yikes – I like this Bike!

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This is one bike that will certainly turn heads for various reasons when it hits the mass market.
New Zealand-inspired YikeBike has built upon inventor Grant Ryan’s Mini-Farthing design to produce an under-10kg, foldable, Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) powered next-generation carbon-fiber electric ‘bicycle’ that makes the Segway look like a beached whale.  With a top speed [...]

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24 August 2009

The Actionscript Conference 2009 (Flash Camp S’pore)

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Warning – this is not an event for the un-geeky and uninitiated.
Currently into its second year, The Actionscript Conference (TAC) is a community conference with the focus on Flash Platform.  According to the site, attendants will see themselves immersed in a day of learning, knowledge exchange, and networking.  TAC aims to bring topics on Actionscript [...]

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24 August 2009

On Open Source and the State of Tech Journalism in Singapore

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I rarely read local technology stories, given that my usual fare comprises of Techcrunch, Venturebeat, Valleywag, Ars Technica and the likes.  This Sunday morning counted as one of those statistical outliers, which was made even more special thanks to the rude shock that I received after reading an article on The Straits Times’ ‘Think’ section [...]

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3 July 2009

FB + Twitter reports on Fusionopolis incident faster than News

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It’s a tad morbid, but I thought I should highlight this for the speed at which social media reports on breaking (and highly controversial) news faster than traditional media can, even in a country as small as Singapore.  To think famous and respected New York Judge Richard Posner had the gall to propose banning the [...]

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24 June 2009

Down my (computing) Memory Lane

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I finally got out of the chair yesterday evening and cleaned out a ton of junk from some long-forgotten storage.  Since my first computer at the age of 12 – an Intel 486DX-33 with a 170MB hard disk – I’ve left behind (to my mom’s dismay) shelves full of obsolete tech.  They quickly become time [...]

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16 June 2009

Of Universal & Singtel’s AMPed, and the bleak future for Mobile Operators

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Local heavyweight telecom operator Singtel announced yesterday that it launched AMPed, an interactive music experience for post-paid mobile customers.  According to Singtel’s press release:
Besides unlimited music downloads, mobile customers can join an inclusive music community, enjoy exclusive showcases and breakthrough music services
First-of-its-kind service in Asia, available across widest range of multi-brand 3G handsets
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9 June 2009

Apple sets cat among mice (yet again) with iPhone 3GS

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And so the eagerly-anticipated Apple iPhone 3GS launches amidst much fanfare.  Still, I was glad to see Phil Schiller introduce the new toy and rendering my iPhone 3G (which I had queued up for) obsolete.  For someone who has been making do with a jailbroken iPhone 3G thanks to its natural lack of MMS, Spotlight-like [...]

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7 April 2009

MIT’s Sixth Sense

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The cool geeks over at MIT never ceases to amaze me – makes me regret (just that ‘lil bit) spurning cold MIT for sunny Stanford when I was choosing my Masters back in 2005.
This is like Tom Cruise in Minority Report, albeit several light years behind in sophistication. It’s still a really good job [...]

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