Blog Entries tagged 'News'

Adding a simple 'Touch' to computing

sabrina

The supposedly "World's First Touch Screen PC" has yet to have been delivered to Justin's desk, so if you are looking for technical overviews, I will have to say, "not so soon?"

However, for your reading pleasure, let me just go through what this "Touch" phenomenon is suppose to be (Lately everything seems to revolve around "touching"). More details below.

The Eee Top ET16 Series, is not a netbook, but an all-in-one touchscreen computers equipped with 15.6-inch widescreen ( [...]

Move over, that�s my TV

Jaclyn

I never knew there’s so much technology going on behind TVs until today. Of course, Philips went in-depth with their new 42-inch LED backlighting LCD TV which combines three proprietary technologies in one. The most hyped about LED LUX Backlighting technology is awesome to watch when compared to a conventional CCFL TV (see above left).

Firstly, conventiona [...]

Smash, stomp and shatter your way with Mega Monsters!

sabrina

"Melbourne, Australia and Espoo, Finland - Mega Monsters, the latest N-Gage game from Nokia Games Publishing, introduces players to the biggest monster smash on mobile." - This has truly sadden me, for there is no mention of Singapore! Does that mean we are not privileged enough to enjoy the new Mega Monsters game?

Nonetheless, for the folks over at Australia and Finland, let me share with you a bit of what I understand from this game.

The game, Mega Monsters, d [...]

Multimedia Marriage, Digital Divorce

Drew

Romance in Second Life

There are plenty of optimistic stories on the Internet about lovers who meet through video-gaming, and then horror stories about those who cheat via gaming. This story has both elements! Read on for more gaming gossip!

A British couple met and fell in love over the game Second Life, and got married (bo [...]

Wrath of The Lich King, in Singapore

sabrina

The most popular subscription-based Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) globally, with 11 million players worldwide, launches its much enticipated second expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

In this latest expansion, an enormous amount of new content is introduced to the game. This include [...]

SITEX: Watch out for Samsung�s S series

Jaclyn

Samsung is taking over the world. Like really. Adding to their portfolio of electronic goods comes the Samsung S Series External Hard Disk Drives (HDD). Now unlike other portable HDDs, the S series 2.5-inch drives are smaller and consume less power than other competing models. There�s also a power saving mode, a SecretZone that protects personal files, as well as [...]

eBay Find of the Day: 1963 LeMans Tempest sells for USD226,521

sabrina

This is something interesting off Autoblog.

Image from eBay Motors.

The eBay auction for this 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest, obtained after owner died, started out like any other auction on eBay. Nothing was particular special about it except that there was stuff in the trunk, but no key to open it.

The opening bid nine days ago was a mere USD500.00 [...]

Care to try out the "next generation" of Windows Live?

sabrina

Announced last week, the "next generation" of Windows Live, in beta version, is up for grabs at download.live.com.

It is all about integration. In this "new generation", users will be able to not only photo share, email, instant message, they are also able to connect to various third-party sites via th [...]

Another 'touch' for your finger tips

sabrina

Since its first introduction in the year 2000, the T-Touch has never ceased to innovate, introducing new materials for its cases, dials and straps, combining the latest materials and colours to create cutting-edget designs.

What is this T-Touch I speak of?

Yes, it is a watch.

Apart from just telling the time, this watch offers 15 separate func [...]

Samsung deals at Food Safari Home Electronics Fair

sabrina

Are you heading down to the Food Safari Home Electronics Fair this weekend? It is held at the Suntec City Convention Centre and it opens at 11am.

If you are, here's some Samsung deals you might want to look out for.

Series 3 LCD

LA40A330J1 - SGD1,999.00

Additional gift/voucher: DVD-P181K + SGD [...]

It is possible to get single character domain names?

sabrina

Apparently,next year, single character domain names such as www.a.sg and www.b.sg will be made possible in Singapore.

The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) will be releasing single character domain names based on the 26 letters of the alphabet across all seven ".sg" choices such as .sg, .com.sg, .net.sg, .org.sg, .gov.sg, .edu.sg and .per.sg.

So, how much does it cost to get on [...]

Feel the Touch

sabrina

Are you sure I'm talking about this?

No 'chaos emeralds' but they had a Diamond previously.

Now presenting to you...

The HTC Touch!

Packed with the next generation TouchFLO technology, this mobile device is said to be "the world's first" to feature HTC's intuitive touch screen user interface.

Designed [...]

Pick up the pace with upgraded HSPA network, M1

sabrina

The Formula One ended some time back but that didn't stop M1 from picking up the pace.

In the race for higher mobile broadband speeds, the M1 High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network has become the first in Singapore and Asia to go live with nationwide downlink speed of 14.4 Mbps and uplink speed of 5.76 Mbps. And you will be able to enjoy the higher speeds with the completion of an extensive upgrade of the M1 HSPA network.

M1 Mobile Broadband customers will be able to enjoy th [...]

'Luxury and Passionate' side by side gives you the W705 Walkman phone

sabrina

The "Walkman" series has been used by Sony to market its portable audio and video players for as long as I can remember. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry their own choice of music with them.

With the integration of music player in mobile phones, Sony Ericsson announced the W [...]

New members to the 'PowerMate P' family

sabrina

When, where, who, what, how???

Apparently, I missed out on the launch at St. Regis Hotel for the two latest additions to the PowerMate Family.

Nonetheless, I present to you the two 'All-in-One Desktop Personal Computers," the PowerMate P4000 and P6000.

Now, if I hadn't labelled them, would you have been a [...]

Subaru Challenge winner

Drew

As the weather in Singapore gets worse and worse, the tension gets higher and higher over at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, where Mr George Lee has stood since 1pm on Saturday, with his palms pressed firmly against a Subaru Impreza for the Subaru Impreza Challenge. He defeated demons such as rainy weather, boredom, and musc [...]

Hello Kitty alarm clock by Seiko

sabrina

How fond of Hello Kitty are you?

According to CrunchGear, Seiko has announced a new Hello Kitty alarm clock, which triples as a thermometer and a hand mirror.

This cute little alarm clock is a compact device (92×32×80mm) and will go on sale in Japan this week.

Apparenlty, the Hello Kitty alarm clock can wake you up in three differe [...]

Sharp's 108-inch LCD Monitor

sabrina

Featuring a widescreen 108V-inch Advanced Super View LCD panel; the maximum size that a single 8th-generation glass substrate (2,160 x 2,460 mm) manufactured at Kameyama Plant No. 2 can yield.

The large display area is nearly equivalent in size to two tatami mats (approx. 3.2 m2) and can convey images to many people in wide interior spaces. [...]

'New. Compact. Professional.' the Sony HVR Z5

sabrina

The HVR-Z5P/HVR-Z5N handheld camcorder and its memory recording unit, the HVR-MRC1K; features a 20x optical zoom, 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor system, native progressive recording capabilities, increased sensitivity for low-light conditions and an array of other features are suitable for broadcast applications, event videographers, budget movie-makers production professi [...]

Artistically Inspired Handset, LG Renoir

sabrina

LG has joined the rat race with its new launch the LG Renoir KC910.

This artistic new handset has a large palate of features which include Wi-Fi, Dolby Mobile, and (as they all say) camera capabilities that even surpass those found in standalone digital cameras.

Renoir's camera rivals high-end standalone came [...]