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New Hitachi 1TB Hard Disk

January 23, 2010 | Technology | My not terribly old 320GB Seagate hard disk thought it has worked hard enough, and complained through its S.M.A.R.T. interface about overheating, so I decided it was time to buy a new hard disk so that I can pre-empt potential ...

Windows 2000 on UOB ATM?

January 22, 2010October 26, 2014 | Technology | This is a UOB ATM encountering a “system problem”, spotted recently at a crowded shopping centre in Singapore. The machine is basically a PC running a flavour of Windows. I’m just trying to figure out what ...

Fedora 12 or Ubuntu 9.10

January 20, 2010November 30, 2014 | Technology | So, the inevitable question came when I had to re-install Linux on my PC. The PC isn’t new, but I got a new hard disk, and my old Fedora 7 was too old that the current latest Fedora 12 wouldn’t detect as a ...

Linux for Newbies

January 19, 2010March 25, 2015 | Technology | I’m sad to say, Linux still isn’t quite ready for newbies. Although I only had a few simple struggles with my latest Fedora 12 installation, I cannot imagine how a computer newbie is going to handle such challenges. ...

The Nexus One Arrives

January 14, 2010November 26, 2022 | Technology | The Nexus One, Google’s branded Android phone, finally arrives in Singapore. It comes in a nice packaging that on opening, kind of resembles how iPods are packed. Singapore customers are automatically offered a 3-pin ...

Personalized MacBook Pro

January 13, 2010January 13, 2010 | Technology | Now that everyone (almost) at the office are totting around identical MacBook Pros, I felt the urgent necessity to personalize mine. Otherwise, I imagine, when at some time that we leave our MacBook Pros in close proximity to one ...

Google Phone Hits Problems

January 10, 2010February 23, 2010 | Technology | Google’s new phone, the Nexus One, has started to turn up some problems. It’s their first mobile phone, and probably also their first real hardware they’re selling on their own (apart from appliances like the ...

Don’t Stack Your MacBook Computers

January 9, 2010January 9, 2010 | Technology | When I got my brand new Apple 13″ MacBook Pro notebook, it wasn’t too long before I discovered that it “hung”. Nothing I did would revive it, so I resorted to a hard reset. It happened more than once. It ...

The New MacBook Pro

January 8, 2010 | Technology | I just got my hands on an all new Apple 13″ MacBook Pro. It’s the latest generation “Revision G” MacBook Pro with the aluminum unibody design that was announced at WWDC in 2009. I know, that’s like 6 ...

Finally a Dual Monitor Setup

January 7, 2010January 7, 2010 | Technology | I finally got around to connecting up a secondary monitor to my MacBook. More screen space is always nice. But even though I’ve had a spare monitor around for some time, both in the office and somewhat also at home, ...

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