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ASUS new ZenFone Selfie, just launched last week on 26th September in Singapore, is pretty clear about what it has been designed for. It’s name, Selfie, tells you it’s all about selfie photos, and with a 13 megapixel ...
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Apple’s latest version of Mac OS X, version 10.11 El Capitan, has arrived. Mac users in Singapore should be waking up to find the El Capitan free upgrade available in their Mac App Store. Here’s a quick update on what ...
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Since 2013, I’ve been exploring ways to get more real-time data about the haze situation in Singapore. We know how unhelpful 24-hour averages, and perhaps even 3-hour averages, are. There is better data out there, even from ...
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Linksys announced in July the availability of their EA8500 Max-Stream AC2600 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router. It’s the first wireless router to offer MU-MIMO, Qualcomm’s MU/EFX Wi-Fi technology which promises better ...
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Back in 2013, when the haze in Singapore reached record levels, I decided I would get my own dust sensor. But before the sensor arrived, I was exploring other ways of determining the severity of the haze. How do we know the ...
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Logitech has a new addition to their Ultimate Ears line of portable Bluetooth speakers. Coming after the UE Boom and UE Megaboom, the new UE Roll is the smallest of the lot and is shaped differently. It still boasts powerful ...
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If you have or use an iPhone or iPad, this is important news. Apple’s iOS App Store has not been hacked per se, but numerous malware-afflicted apps have made their way into the store’s offering. The malware has made ...
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It came to my attention, recently, that people were still struggling with wireless configuration on their Linux, or Raspberry Pi, to connect with the NUS wireless network. Linux isn’t that well supported on campus, but ...
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In an outrageous incident at a U.S. high school earlier this week, a Muslim teen showed his teacher a clock he had built, but ended up getting arrested because it was thought to be a bomb. Even after it was established that the ...
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One of the favourite holiday destinations, for my kids, is Changi Airport. We don’t actually have to fly anywhere, but just spend time at Terminal 3 of Changi Airport, and sometimes the other terminals too. One of the days ...