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Did you know you can get yourself a stack of Facebook business cards, free of charge? Oh well, you do have to pay for shipping, which is a reasonably nominal charge. The business cards are really free, no gimmicks, courtesy of ...
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The much anticipated Android 4.0.3 “Ice Cream Sandwich” (ICS) ROM for Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S II (SGS2) phone has just been officially released. This comes after over 3 months of “leaked” ROMs ...
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Since the ideology of software freedom is still swirling in our heads, this being the week Richard Stallman gave two talks at NUS, let me talk about something at the opposite end. Embracing commercial, paid-for, non-free ...
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The ICS ROM for SGS2 has been officially released!!! Download from your favourite haunts if you can’t wait for Samsung KIES to give you the ...
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I don’t like thick wallets. Never did. About a decade ago, some friends gave me a wallet from Project Shop. It was made from some sort of micro-fibre like material that was thin, smooth, and nice to touch. Although it was ...
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Richard Stallman, the man behind GNU and the Free Software Foundation, came down to NUS this afternoon to speak at the School of Computing about “Free Software and Your Freedom”. He was last here about 13 years ago. ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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It isn’t very often that I get to go to a Hindu wedding. Chinese weddings, plenty. Malay weddings, maybe a few. Hindu weddings, I think this would be just the second that I’ve attended. It’s the first that ...
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I’ve never actually set foot in the Sri Mariamman Temple. I was down at Pagoda Street this afternoon to attend a wedding, and I had a few minutes to wander around the area. The last time I was at Pagoda Street was probably ...
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Richard Stallman will be at NUS next week, 13th and 14th March. He’ll be having a seminar/talk at School of Computing on the 13th, and at University Town on the 14th. He’s the man behind GNU and the Free Software ...
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What a bummer. The new 3rd generation iPad will work in Singapore, of course. You can turn it on, use it, connect to the 3G network. But one of the features touted in this new iPad is the 4G LTE capability, and unfortunately, the ...