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IT Show 2010: 11-14 March @ Suntec

Sally — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:22 +0000

Singapore IT Show 2010 is arriving at Suntec. Check out the best electronics bargains and hottest products in IT Show 2010.

Covering a record of 345,000 square feet of exhibit space – the largest in show history – sprawling over 5 entire show floors of Suntec Singapore (levels 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6), the IT SHOW promises to be nothing short of amazing. The 2010 IT SHOW will be action-packed and fun-filled introducing more new product categories, spanning across industries aimed to improve the consumer experience.

More than 820 exhibitors will feature a dynamic and comprehensive line-up of the latest and hottest consumer technology gadgets from new next-generation digital televisions, wireless HD, coolest new multimedia phone, ultra mobile PCs, Digital Imaging, Wireless Technology, Portable Entertainment, HDTV, Plasmas, Gaming, MP3, Networking, Digital Media, Audio & Home Entertainment/Lifestyle Products, Broadband Technology, Multimedia, Security, Software, Consumer Electronics to a plethora of accessories all on display.

The 2010 IT SHOW will be a spectacular event where visitors will experience the latest in digital entertainment products, new gadgets & services combined with Exclusive Show.

Check out these supplement to find out more about IT Show 2010 promotions:

DIGITAL LIFE on 10th March 2010 (Wednesday)
THE STRAITS TIMES on 11th March 2010 (Thursday)
TODAY Newspapers on 11th March 2010 (Thursday)

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Samsung’s High-Performance Compact Camera TL500

Sally — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:35:08 +0000

New York Times reports a high performance compact camera from Samsung,

Samsung just announced four new point-and-shoot cameras, and the most interesting by far is the TL500, high-performance compact camera that has a very bright f/1.8 lens and a comparatively large image sensor. These two features should make it much easier to get good shots in low-lighting conditions.

Find out more at NYTimes.com

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Harvey Norman “Warns” of Massive Price Reduction

Rocky — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:35:49 +0000

Harvey Norman recently put up a notice saying that they are NOT ALLOWED to advertise because of the massive price reduction:

Can you believe it? Even if it’s true, most consumers can tell it’s a different way of advertising. What really matters is, we want real low price products.

If you are near a Harvey Norman outlet, walk in and check out their offers. Do share here.

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DOT Your DREAM with Sony: Anything You can Believe

Rocky — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:59:29 +0000

Have you noticed SONY make.believe [make-dot-believe]? It’s very fascinating! make.believe stands for the power of Sony’s creativity, ability to turn ideas into reality and the belief that anything you can imagine, you can make real.

“believe” signifies ideas and ideals, while “make” represents the ability to turn those ideas into reality. The “dot” is where inspiration meets creativity, where creativity meets reality. make.believe unites: designers and engineers, hardware and software, electronics and entertainment, and Sony and consumers.

There are two contests you can’t miss: “dot your dream” contest, and photo contest. Win BRAVIA TV, PS3, Notebook, digital camera, and more.

“Dot Your Dream” contest

Dreams are personal aspirations. Everyone draws inspiration from different sources. This contest offers you 4 mediums of expression for your choosing to best express your dream. Pick one of the categories to represent and match your aspiration.

Four themes for the contest:

.music
.movie
.game
.tech

Winners of this contest will get $100,000 worth of sponsorship from Sony to realize his/her dream.

Photo Contest

Have a passion in photography? You should send in entries. Winners will be made fan photographers at World Cup SA 2010 to have the chance of a lifetime shooting top football stars in action at the side of pitch.

Visit http://pea.to/mdbs to find out more.

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HP Teaches How to Tune Up Windows 7 PC

Rocky — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:03:11 +0000

Windows 7 is designed for efficiency and speed, but over time, any system can get bogged down. In this FREE HP class, you’ll learn how to fix common hardware and software problems in Windows 7.

You’ll also take a look at installing and removing applications, and determining what’s running in the background. Finally, you’ll pick up system configuration tips for better performance, regular updates and more.

What you will learn:

Understand your PC and operating system
Use HP and Windows 7 tools to manage hardware and perform computer maintenance
Manage applications and processes running in the background
Clean up the Windows 7 environment
Troubleshoot common problems with Windows 7
Tweak your Windows 7 configuration for the best performance

Microsoft® Windows® 7: tune up your PC

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WIN A Studio Laptop Designed by You and $2500 Cash Voucher [by Feb 05 '10]

Rocky — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:56:51 +0000

Dell Design Studio laptops with great artist designs allow you to celebrate your individuality through your laptop and now they’re inviting you to try your hand at designing your very own original artwork for your very own Studio laptop.

To take part in the Make it yours contest, sign up and submit your artwork and you could have your very own design on your very own Studio laptop.

They’ll also be giving away $2,500 Cash Voucher to the winner so start expressing yourself and join the contest.

The last date for submission of entries is 05 February 2010. Winners will be announced on or around 19 February 2010.

Source: makeityours.asia

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IDA: all phone, broadband services can be terminated b4 contract expires

Rocky — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:39:18 +0000

The new IDA guidelines will apply to new or renewed contracts for all fixed-line, mobile and broadband services offered to consumers from 1 March 2010 onwards.

With these guidelines, the maximum contract period for all such services will not exceed 24 months. Consumers who sign on to contracts longer than three months and who terminate their contracts before the end of their contract period will no longer have to pay fixed early termination charges, but will see these charges decrease over time on a month-by-month basis as they serve out their contract.

In addition, operators offering these services must also ensure that these early termination charges do not include costs which they can avoid when the consumer terminates his service. Such costs could include back-end administrative and operational costs that the operator would not have to incur once the customer terminates the service.

The new IDA Singapore guidelines were prompted by consumers’ concerns that contract periods might be becoming unduly long, and early termination charges excessively high, which together hinder them from terminating the service and switching between operators. These guidelines were subsequently developed after a public consultation and a review by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).

The guidelines seek to ensure that industry practices will be more reasonable and fair, and strike a balance between protecting the interest of both consumers and providing operators with the freedom to innovate in designing service plans, while enabling them to seek early termination charges on a cost-recovery basis.

Source: IDA

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Dell Vostro V13 Launched in Singapore: 13.3-inch laptop w/ impressive specs

Rocky — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:54:36 +0000

The new release from Dell is a low-priced laptop powered by an Intel processor and the Mobile Intel GS45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced. This product focuses on low cost and low power usage by making use of a power-efficient and ultra-low voltage CPU.

The processor can be either the ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz, 3MB L2 cache), the Core 2 Solo SU3500 (1.4GHz, 3MB L2 cache) or the Intel Celeron 743 (1.2GHz, 1MB L2 cache). The laptop borders on netbook capabilities, but has a rather large screen for such products, namely a 13.3-inch diagonal LED-backlit HD Anti-glare, which has a maximum resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.

Source: softpedia

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SingTel, StarHub, M1: whose iPhone offer is the best?

Rocky — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:19:43 +0000

Someone (maybe the best iPhone offer provider?) created an online spreadsheet comparing different iPhone price plans from three Singapore telcos: SingTel (red), StarHub (green), and M1 (orange). Well done!

If iPhone is something you are interested to get, check out this spreadsheet and find yourself the best iPhone price plans in town.

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Oh! I Love Audi’s 2011 A8 Sedan!

Rocky — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:56:49 +0000

Audi unveiled its new A8 luxury sedan in Miami!

Audi A8 Sedan Photo

Audi’s 2011 A8 Sedan has an aluminum body, dubbed the Audi Space Frame, that weighs 40% less than a comparable steel structure. It also has full LED headlights, which use light-emitting diodes for all light functions. The tail lights feature 72 LEDs per unit and consume only 9 watts of power per unit.

Do you like Audi A8 Sedan?

Source: Fast Company

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How to Back up any smartphone?

Rocky — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:30:13 +0000

An excellent post at Gizmodo giving detailed instruction on how to back up any smartphone:

Apple iPhone
Google Android phone
Palm phones
windows mobile based phones
blackberry phones
symbian phones (both nokia and Samsung based symbian phones)

The most precious thing you don’t want to lose from your phone is all your contacts; maybe photos and videos as well. Doing a backup every month is necessary.

Gizmodo

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Videos: BMW 5 Series 2010

Rocky — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:19:41 +0000

We all love sexy stuff. BMW 5 series is something you don’t want to miss in 2010. Even if you can’t afford it like me, just have a good time watching it. Trust me, the new BMW 5 Series F10 2010 is very hot! Enjoy the BMW 5 series 2010 videos:

The new BMW 5 Series F10 2010

2010 BMW 5-series (F10) Official First Video from BMW

Is BMW your dream car? It’s one of my favorites. Maybe one day I get real lucky on toto.

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XP Quick Fix Plus: portable app with 40 quick windows XP fixes

Rocky — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:28:34 +0000

XP Quick Fix Plus is a tiny portable application that presents 40 quick windows XP fixes arranged in a push-button chart. Press the button for the problem you’re having like CDs not autoplaying, file associations grayed out, the boot.ini tab missing in MSCONFIG, or any of the other 40 common problems, and XP Quick Fix Plus will patch the registry key for the problem you’re having and get things back in working order.

Mousing over the buttons gives you a detailed description of the problem. Have a favorite quick-fix tool to share? Let’s hear about it in the comments. XP Quick Fix Plus is freeware, Windows only.

XP Quick Fix Plus [via lifehacker]

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10

Rocky — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:24:38 +0000

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, with 1GHz Snapdragon processor and big 4-inch capacitive touch display, comes with beautiful Rachael interface sitting on top of Android.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 – Video Promo

Click here to watch the video if you can’t read it in email.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 – Video Demo

XPERIA X10 Specs

Camera

8.1 megapixel camera
Up to 16x digital zoom
Auto focus
Intelligent face recognition features
Geo tagging
Image and video stabilizer
Photo and video light
Send to web (photo and video upload)
Smile detection
Touch focus
Video recording
Recent shot tray

Music

Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Media player
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™
TrackID™

Web

Bookmarks
Google™ search (from standby)
Web feeds
WebKit web browser Communication
Sony Ericsson Timescape™
Speakerphone
Vibrating alert

Messaging

Conversations
Email
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Text messaging (SMS)

Design

Auto rotate
Gesture control
Picture wallpaper
Touchscreen

Entertainment

3D games
Media browser
Infinite button
Video streaming
Video viewing
YouTube™

Organiser

Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Flight mode
Infinite button
Office suite
Phone book with dialer
World clock

Location-based services

A-GPS
Google Maps™
Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation* (free trial version)

Connectivity

3.5 mm audio jack
Bluetooth™ technology
Micro USB connector
Synchronisation
USB support
Wi-Fi™

Preloaded applications

Sony Ericsson Timescape™
Sony Ericsson Mediascape
Sony Ericsson Home with clock widget
Sony Ericsson Sync
Android Market™ Client
Gmail™
Google Calendar™
Google Maps™ with Street View
Google Media Uploader
Google phone-top search
Google search widget
Google Talk™
Google Voice Search™
Network Location Provider
Set-up Wizard
YouTube™

Screen

262,144 colour TFT touchscreen
4.0 inches
480 x 854 pixels (WVGA)
Scratch-resistant

Accessories In-Box:

XPERIA™ X10
Battery
Stereo portable handsfree
8 GB microSD™ card
Micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer
User documentation

Optional:

Hi-Fi Wireless Headset with FM Radio MW600
Car Charger AN300
Screen Protector ET902

Facts

Size: 119 x 63 x 13 mm
Weight: 135 grams
Phone memory: Up to 1 GB
Memory card support: microSD™
Memory card included: 8 GB
Operating system: Google™ Android Donut, version 1.6
Processor: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ QSD8250

Availability and versions

Networks
UMTS HSPA 900/1700/2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
UMTS HSPA 800/1900/2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Available in selected markets in Q1 2010

Color

Sensuous Black
Luster White

Do you like Android based phone or iPhone?

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Microsoft My Phone: Back up Mobile Phone Data

Rocky — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:23:05 +0000

Want to back up your phone automatically? Share photos on your favorite social networking sites? And even more importantly, want be able to locate your lost phone? Microsoft My Phone software can help. Check out the key features below.

Backup your phone’s content automatically. With the My Phone service, information on your Windows^® phone is backed-up to a password-protected web site hosted by Microsoft. If you lose your phone or upgrade to a new phone, you can restore your information easily.
Send photos to your PC and favorite social networking sites. Microsoft My Phone makes it easy to share photos taken with your phone. From your My Phone web account or directly from your Windows^® phone, you can share photos to Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, and Windows Live.
Find your lost phone. The My Phone service can show you the last known location of your phone on a map (based on where it last synced or shared photos using My Phone). User activation required.
Access your contacts, text messages and more online. From the web you can organize contacts and appointments on your phone, and search through your old text messages. Changes appear on your phone the next time you sync.

My Phone service provides 200 MB of free storage on the My Phone web site. If you exceed this limit, your existing information will be saved and you will receive an error message advising you to delete some content in order to continue syncing.

Microsoft My Phone application may be used with Windows Mobile 6 phones and is pre-loaded on most newer Windows® phones. If the software is not already on your phone, download My Phone here.

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Dell Latitude Z: the world’s thinnest with LCD sensor

Sally — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:23:40 +0000

Dell surprised us with Latitude Z which claims to be the world’s thinnest (14mm) 16-inch laptop, and it starts at US$1,999. According to NYT,

But the most impressive feature on the Latitude Z may be the ability to check e-mail, calendar and contact information and to browse the Web via an instant-on software package.

Watch this video to find out more about Dell Latitude Z:

You can also read the review of Dell Latitude Z here.

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Microsoft Courier Tablet: very cool gadget!

Rocky — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:46:02 +0000

I love this Microsoft’s upcoming tablet computer Courier.

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Microsoft Security Essentials: free real-time PC security software

Sally — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:08:29 +0000

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.

Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.

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Build An Impressive Windows XP Easily with XPize

Sally — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:02:41 +0000

I installed xpize last weekend and now my Windows XP looks much much better! xpize is a utility program for Windows XP (both 32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) that replaces most of the bits in Windows that didn’t match XP’s style with bits that do. What does XPize change for you?

Performance and Clock
XPize Desktop
Animations
Wizards
Boot Screen
Logon Screen
Wallpapers

The software contains no spyware or adware, it is a purely volunteer-driven community effort; it is also easily uninstallable. xpize does not replace any files, system or otherwise. Instead it “patches” the files by replacing the old resources inside the files.

XPize

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iTune 9 Released & iPod Nano with Built-in Video Camera

Rocky — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:34:12 +0000

Apple has released new version of iTune 9, which comes with several great new features; my favorite is the home sharing feature:

Home sharing. iTunes makes it easier to share music, movies, TV shows, and more. With Home Sharing, you can browse the iTunes libraries of up to five authorized computers in your house, import what you like, and automatically add new purchases made on any of the computers to your own library.

I have tried this feature; now, everyone in the apartment share one another’s music via iTune. Cool!

The new iPod nano. iPod nano now has a built-in video camera that lets you record fun as it happens. Then share it with friends on the Internet. It’s the video camera that’s small enough to take with you everywhere.

Fifteen fun video effects let you add a little Hollywood to your video. Just scroll through, choose the effect you want — such as film grain or motion blur — and start recording. When you’re done, sync iPod nano to your computer and iPhoto (or your favorite photo software) opens. Then email your miniblockbuster or post on YouTube or Facebook.

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