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The Mac has had built-in full disk encryption since the launch of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in July 2011. The feature is called FileVault. With full disk encryption, if by some misfortune your Mac gets stolen or falls into the wrong ...
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One of the more interesting projects on Kickstarter, to me, is the Buccaneer 3D printer from Pirate3D. There’re a number of reasons, most importantly being that 3D printing is cool, and that they are a Singapore company. A ...
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Once a while, you’ll hear about an incident involving a flight delay, diversion, or cancellation, along with the ensuing complaints, at times very heated and nasty, from affected passengers. At times like this, I sometimes ...
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It’s 50 days from today that we’ll be celebrating Singapore’s 50th National Day. It’s a big day for Singapore. We’re inundated by all manner of things related SG50, as well as things that are only ...
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I’ve never been a fan of Beats headphones. They seem to project a sense of immense quality, whether it be in sound, construction or comfort. Clearly many people bite. I didn’t quite think so. Now, an article on ...
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The original Pebble smartwatch was the most successful Kickstarter project in its time. Three years later, the Pebble Time 2nd generation smartwatch smashed through Kickstarter’s record again, this time around delivering ...
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First, Sony announced firmware updates to their A6, A7r, A7s and a6000 mirrorless cameras. In particular, the a6000 received a significant feature enhancement. Then, Adobe also just announced Creative Cloud 2015. The update ...
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The last time I was in Phuket was before the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. We figured there isn’t much for our kids to do or experience, at least not until they’ve grown a little older. So after more than a decade, ...
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We browsed through Expedia for our holiday options to Phuket recently, and chanced upon a decently attractive accommodation at the Swissotel Resort Phuket. The Swissotel brand was itself an attraction, and what more we could get ...
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Sony’s RX100 (pictured on left) is amazing. From the original model launched in 2012, each successive generation every year after has made small but important improvements. Sony has just announced the fourth generation, ...