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The Worker’s Party (WP) has won Hougang, again. I think the win isn’t unexpected, despite problems showing up within the WP in the run-up to this by-election. The only question was the swing in margin, in which direction and by how much. Going by the results, it seems the People’s Action Party (PAP) did well. They managed to increase their vote from 35.2% in … 
The Worker’s Party (WP) has won Hougang, again. I think the win isn’t unexpected, despite problems showing up within the WP in the run-up to this by-election. The only question was the swing in margin, in which direction and by how much. Going by the results, it seems the People’s Action Party (PAP) did well. They managed to increase their vote from 35.2% in … 
If you’re eagerly waiting for Samsung’s latest flagship Galaxy S III (SGS3), it’s going to be here really soon. Soon as in next week. At the announcement earlier this month, Samsung had put availability in European markets on 29th May 2012, with other parts of the world to follow soon after. So, I had expected that Singapore would get the SGS3 sometime in … 
The first time I heard about Arduino was when Google announced, at Google I/O 2011, the Android Open Accessory Development Kit based on Arduino. Arduino is a prototyping system for embedded projects, something a hobbyist would use to build all sorts of interesting electronic gadgets. I was quite excited about the development because, well, it’s an interesting … 
This by-election is for residents of Hougang to vote for their member of parliament. On the surface, it seems like it doesn’t concern anyone else in Singapore. But quite the contrary, this by-election continues to be ever important for everyone in Singapore. The scale of the election is certainly smaller, but it is not any less important. National issues continue to be … 
It even sets the bar for Apple’s next iPhone launch. Over the first weekend, the last iPhone reportedly received 4 million pre-orders. The Samsung Galaxy S III (SGS3), on the other hand, now has some 9 million handsets on pre-order. I don’t know when all the pre-ordering began (and some sites like the German Amazon started taking pre-orders even before the SGS3 … 
Today’s Straits Times reports about LTA reviewing the penalty framework for MRT breaches. Everyone’s very mad about all the recent MRT breakdowns, particularly the two major incidents in December 2011. We’re all thinking that the MRT operator should be fined heavily. But do you wonder, at the end of the day, who really pays for the fines? If the … 
SCADA, or Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition, security breaches are not often heard about. At least, not at the same level of other sorts of computer crimes. But SCADA has the potential to impact the physical environment, physical security, and personal safety of all of us, so such incidents should not be taken lightly. For those who are unfamiliar with SCADA, … 
We were back again at The Line, the buffet restaurant at Shangri-La hotel. It was yet another $29 lunch buffet promotion. The Line serves an international cuisine buffet. Their 16 culinary stations serves a very wide spread of food to suit every taste bud. It was a sort of buffet extravaganza, featuring Japanese food, Chinese dim-sum, Italian cuisine, Indian dishes, and even … 
As much as I sympathize with football fans who were upset by SingTel’s mioTV epic failure during the epic EPL season finale, I’m glad I don’t watch football. I would otherwise have been completely infuriated and spent the following week organizing a campaign against SingTel. This is a colossal engineering failure. Surely SingTel knew the number of … 
I’ve traded in my Samsung Galaxy S II (SGS2) for the HTC One X, HTC’s latest flagship smartphone. It was surprisingly not a very difficult choice. The Samsung Galaxy S III (SGS3) was just announced earlier this month, and it does look like a a great phone. The choice between the SGS3 and HTC One X, however, wasn’t too difficult for me. I’ll tell you … 
That’s right. Nokia’s latest Pureview 808 handset has soared to such great heights never before reached by other mobile phones. Literally. The Pureview 808 was carried by a ballon up 34 km high. From there, it took really cool pictures of our planet Earth. Not the whole lot of it, like you would see from the moon, but certainly impressive enough and something … 
The last couple of days we’ve been entertained by the public inquiry into the spate of SMRT disruptions. We’ve just come to the juicy part where SMRT ex-CEO Saw Phaik Hwa gets … 
I feel a little strange reviewing a product without really knowing precisely what that product is. It is an Android tablet, that’s for sure. But I’ve yet to figure out exactly what sort of tablet it is. You know, as in its make and model. This Android tablet is a gift I received as compensation for tolerating a 90 min (or as it in fact almost 2 hrs?) timeshare … 
The Samsung Galaxy S III (SGS3) was announced last week on May 3rd. There is usually a rush of excitement on Day Zero of any greatly anticipated product launch, and then a few days later, … 
When Apple releases the next generation if iPhone that’s not a whole lot different from the current generation, they just add ‘S’ to the model name. For example, the iPhone 3GS is a small upgrade from the 3G, and the iPhone 4S is similarly a small upgrade from the 4. When I picked up on Samsung’s “The Next Galaxy” details this morning, I … 
Ian was down with HFMD the last week or so. To be safe, both him and Vanessa were grounded at home. We try to keep them apart as much as possible so that, hopefully, Vanessa does not get infected. She had a false alarm with HFMD before previously. She doesn’t have any symptoms at all this time around. Vanessa and Ian have been quite miserable to be stuck at home all … 
Can you replace your notebook with a tablet? This seems to be a common question. I came across this article on PhoneArena, and decided I’d share my thoughts on it too. I’ve been commuting to work with my MacBook Pro, and since I have an iPad, I’ve been asking myself if it will suffice to just bring my iPad along. In my office, I’ve a full desktop … 
Google launched their Drive cloud storage service last week. We all expected that to be coming. There had been speculations about it for a long time. We’re all a little surprised tha … 
Let me guess. You might have heard of ESET, but you’re not very familiar with their products? Well, you could be forgiven, because they’ve got just 2% share of Singapore installations and 9% share of the global installations. But they have promising products and look set to grow from strength to strength. I attended their blogger engagement event a couple of days … 
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