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After slamming the NDP website, I feel I owe an explanation. Particularly about the security scare. You see, when I write for casual reading, many of the finer details are glossed over. In all the excitement, it’s easy to ...
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When Sony launched the first RX100 in 2012, it made it into TIME’s Best Inventions of 2012, putting it in the same league as, say, the Mars Curiosity Rover. Sony just announced the 3rd generation of their RX100 last week. ...
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I don’t normally want to criticise websites, but I’ve heard so many complaints about our National Day Parade (NDP) website and I can’t help but agree with them. It’s almost a national embarrassment that a ...
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For the last three years, I’ve been hosting my website, ZitSeng.com, with BlueHost. They are a fine web hosting provider. My contract was expiring, and while there wasn’t really anything wrong with them, ...
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Motorola has launched a new budget smartphone, the Moto E. Priced at US$129, it’s even cheaper than last year’s Moto G, which was itself already quite affordable. The Moto E’s specifications are slightly dialled ...
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Singapore has one of the highest penetration of IPv6 users in the world, according to APNIC. We are ranked third, after Belgium and Switzerland, with an estimated 10.7% of our Internet user population on IPv6. This is quite ...
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I have high regard for Dr Ng Eng Hen. So I am a little disappointed by his remark that higher aspirations of Singaporeans is one reason for the high cost of living in Singapore. He cited an example of mobile phones almost ...
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Apple introduced the Retina display with the iPhone 4 in 2010. It was a very nice display. Other manufacturers soon adopted Retina resolution in their products. It’s no surprise, since everyone wants to compete with better ...
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Western Digital announced the world’s first Thunderbolt portable RAID storage drive a few weeks ago. It’s the My Passport Pro. I couldn’t wait to mention it too, so I wrote an early post even before I begun ...
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I’ve talked about the Raspberry Pi, and mentioned how it can be used to build a home theatre media centre. Let’s get down to business and build one. It’s relatively straight-forward, and it won’t cost much ...