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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 ...
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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 ...
