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First, there was Google Docs. It was a Google app that allowed editing of text documents and spreadsheets. Then Google brought cloud storage, and eventually marketed the entire Docs and storage services as a new product known as ...
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We know how competitively priced Xiaomi’s smartphones are. They brought their Redmi and Mi 3 to Singapore, and they were both tremendously sought after by people here. Last week, Xiaomi also started selling their power ...
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Ask any Unix system administrator, and it’s likely they will have heard about CFEngine. If they have been around some time, or have explored or used configuration management tools, they may also know about other popular ...
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You’ve probably read it in our papers. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) say consumer products cost more in Singapore compared with other cities. They apparently ...
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Jabra’s latest in-ear headphone, the Jabra Rox Wireless, just became available through retail channels in Singapore earlier this month. The Jabra Rox Wireless is designed for urban audiophiles who want to enjoy their ...
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The Raspberry Pi, a low cost credit card sized single board computer, has been around for over two years. Many people are familiar with it, but many more aren’t. Earlier this week I had a meeting with some people about ...
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Fellow users in Singapore, you already know that we only have two pay TV providers in Singapore. You either go with StarHub TV or SingTel Mio TV. Depending on what you want to watch, there might just be one sensible choice. How ...
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I read an article on Yahoo Finance yesterday about how Standard Chartered was making a robbery victim responsible for fraudulent charges. Whatever their legal rights were, it seems very morally wrong of what the bank did. I ...
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We just observed Earth Hour late last month. This month, we have another earthly event coming up. It’s Earth Day, and it’ll be celebrated next Tuesday on 22 April 2014. Earth Day is an annual event that has been ...
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Most people who buy wireless broadband routers will just use it as the manufacturer designed it to be, with whatever firmware the manufacturer put in there. Some adventurous folks, however, replace that firmware in their wireless ...
