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Iconfactory : Software : Twitterrific: Twitterrific is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or “tweets” to the Twitter community website.
Redmond | Feature Article: The 2008 Editors' Choice Awards: VMware beats mainframe on reliability? Time for banks to replace those IBM monsters with generic x86 machines. =)
Singapore builds a self-powered induction mouse.
I’m trying out what I feel is a better way (for me) to blog. I can do everything I did on my previous blogging platform, but with less structure.You’ll notice on this Tumblelog that I’ve i …
For those who have been following my blog for a while will know that I've been quite fascinated by Tumblelogs and in particular the hosted service provided by Tumblr.I like blogging and the nature of blogs, but I always felt uncomfortable with the formal nature of traditional blogs. Blogs like this one hosted on Blogger are designed for structured posts where you begin with a …
Quick Embed Code to Add Comments To Any Site: Great way to add comments to any site
Motorola’s hydrogen-powered phone When this technology goes mainstream, it’ll change the way we use mobile devices. If it scales up to power laptops, we’ll begin to have a different world.
LineBuzz.com - Inline Blog Comments: A good way to add comments function to a Tumblelog
Aussie scientists develop wireless breakthrough - News - Wireless Streaming: It can transfer data at speeds of up to five gigabits per second within a range of 10 metres.
This phone above is powered by water. Yes, the stuff you get when you turn the tap. This hydrogen fuel-cell technology fascinates me more than solar or wind power and all that "green" jazz. This is not simply about alternative power but possibilities.If all it takes to power a 3.7V mobile device the equivalence of an hour's electricity charging is water you can get from the …
That's what my hacker friend Michael Boman (pictured) asked me about yesterday evening. As a professional (read ethical) hacker, Michael is always on his Linux-powered ThinkPad everywhere he goes, and like many of us he's fed up of paying for a laptop and giving free publicity to the computer maker's brand.His suggestion was to use customisable stickers like the one on his …
I normally advise people to bidget S$1,000/year for personal computing procurement. In other words, get a S$3,000 laptop keep it for 3 years and dump it. It makes sense because that's as long as any warranty would cover you for.But I now have a new theory on how to make that purchase last longer. And for this theory, I'll use my MacBook Pro as the subject.So here …
"You can watch movies online, for free!" exclaimed a colleague over lunch.At first, I thought she referred to downloading copies of DivX rips over BitTorrent from The Pirate Bay. I mean, if you're going to watch a movie, it might as well be DVD quality with full 5.1 surround sound right?Wrong.As it turned out, she watches movies from Movies On Demand--a quick and dirty hack …
I've always told myself that I never needed those terribly ugly laptop cooling pads until I found this ...... and until I got a laptop that heated up as badly as my MacBook Pro.I found that I had to constantly keep my table top fan on or have the room's air-conditioning on to keep my MacBook Pro from becoming molten aluminum.This is how it looks under my inferno of a Mac.It's …
I'm right now on a weekend break from my army reservist training which is two work weeks long. The Singapore army doesn't let me bring a mobile phone with a camera into the training camp so I have to live with a 3G-less, camera-less, java app-less Samsung SGH-C160.Days before having to pack my bags for my in-camp training, I tried to get my contacts over to this temporary …
I've been really interested in people search Web 2.0 apps such as Wink, Zoominfo, and PeekYou. These online apps are a cross between a phonebook, search engine, and social network and work really well for the narcissistic and the occasional voyeur.But I just learned about a new site via Guy Kawasaki's blog called Spokeo which, in my opinion, turns the small world of people …
You know that nagging feeling that you're under-paid? You might just be right. Check out some stats for pay matters in Singapore.Median Salary by Job - Country: Singapore (Singapore)Median Salary by Years Experience - Country: Singapore (Singapore)Median Salary by Employer Type - Country: Singapore (Singapore)
Here Comes Another Bubble - The funniest videos are a click awayThe truth of Web 2.0 told in a viral video. Simply hilarious!(via Arron's blog)
What have you been doing with your time last week? Well, here (above) is what I've been doing with mine.In a quick summary, most of my time was spent in the office and I've actually done more writing and email than listening to music! Well, that's not entirely accurate of my life, but it's a sure indicator based on the applications I've been running. The service is called …



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