Thinkpad x300 vs Toshiba Portege r500 Compared here on CNET Asia against Macbook Air and Compaq 2710p : Thinkpad x300 Toshiba Portege r500 by the jolly good fellow Darius Chang Go check it out! a2a_linkname="Thinkpad x300 vs Toshiba Portege r500"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.geekonomics.us/2008/07/thinkpad-x300-vs-toshiba-portege-r500/"; A geek’s take I just posted a review of an uber cool laptop sleeve on my CNET blog, go check out it. Thought I share with you this hilarious email vacation message by Chade Meng, the first Singaporean  Google employee and coming to speak in Singapore soon. Will post details of that soonest. I’m on leave until 8/15/2008. If [...] SAVVIS Opens New Data Center Space in Singapore Newly Expanded Facility Delivers Full Suite of Managed IT Infrastructure Services & Will Provide Low Latency Access to the Singapore Exchange SINGAPORE – July 18, 2008 – In response to growing global customer demand for integrated hosting and network services, SAVVIS, Inc. 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Only thing is that it’s a service from Philippines which probably means that you have to pay IDD for every message sent.. so I didn’t [...] My new IM buddy! Talked about it on my CNET blog here and uploaded a video too! Check it out! p.s. Get a free HP Touchsmart PC by commenting on this post before July 12th! a2a_linkname="My new IM buddy!"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.geekonomics.us/2008/07/my-new-im-buddy/"; My new IM buddy! Talked about it on my CNET blog here and uploaded a video too! Check it out! p.s. Get a free HP Touchsmart PC by commenting on this post before July 12th! a2a_linkname="My new IM buddy!"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.geekonomics.us/2008/07/my-new-im-buddy/"; Google’s done it again! At first it was search, then office productivity tools, social networking, etc. Now, it’s virtual worlds. Looks like Google will get into anything that’s hot enough, which may not be a bad thing for consumers like us. I was checking out Google’s latest initiative in Virtual Worlds recently called Lively and after trying it out, concept seems [...] Google’s done it again! At first it was search, then office productivity tools, social networking, etc. Now, it’s virtual worlds. Looks like Google will get into anything that’s hot enough, which may not be a bad thing for consumers like us. I was checking out Google’s latest initiative in Virtual Worlds recently called Lively and after trying it out, concept seems [...] Time to own up - do you SMS while driving? First it was drinking. Then it was cell phones. Now text-messaging is the latest behind-the-wheel activity lawmakers are trying to curb. “All of my friends do it,” says Sonalie Patel, 17, who lives in Elk Grove Village, Ill., and admits that she too occasionally sends texts despite a ban on cell phone use for drivers [...] Time to own up - do you SMS while driving? First it was drinking. Then it was cell phones. Now text-messaging is the latest behind-the-wheel activity lawmakers are trying to curb. “All of my friends do it,” says Sonalie Patel, 17, who lives in Elk Grove Village, Ill., and admits that she too occasionally sends texts despite a ban on cell phone use for drivers [...] Apple iPhone 3G in stores this Friday! From CNET Asia : Just four more days to go before the iPhone 3G debuts in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and New Zealand. Countries like Macau, Singapore and The Philippines will be getting the handset in the later part of the year. When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 3G with its new price (US$199 for the 8GB [...] Apple iPhone 3G in stores this Friday! From CNET Asia : Just four more days to go before the iPhone 3G debuts in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and New Zealand. Countries like Macau, Singapore and The Philippines will be getting the handset in the later part of the year. When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 3G with its new price (US$199 for the 8GB [...] Apple iPhone 3G in stores this Friday! From CNET Asia : Just four more days to go before the iPhone 3G debuts in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and New Zealand. Countries like Macau, Singapore and The Philippines will be getting the handset in the later part of the year. When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 3G with its new price (US$199 for the 8GB [...] Exposing DaphneMaia’s secret OK I’ve bottled it up long enough. I just have to do it to let it out. Especially since Daphne has already admitted to it… Heard on the Ping.Sg Shoutbox this morning : daphnemaia: i m not having monday blues or any type of blues.. im a happy kitty this morning highway: @daph…. I got [...] Exposing DaphneMaia’s secret OK I’ve bottled it up long enough. I just have to do it to let it out. Especially since Daphne has already admitted to it… Heard on the Ping.Sg Shoutbox this morning : daphnemaia: i m not having monday blues or any type of blues.. im a happy kitty this morning highway: @daph…. I got [...] Exposing DaphneMaia’s secret OK I’ve bottled it up long enough. I just have to do it to let it out. Especially since Daphne has already admitted to it… Heard on the Ping.Sg Shoutbox this morning : daphnemaia: i m not having monday blues or any type of blues.. im a happy kitty this morning highway: @daph…. I got [...] On a really touchy issue.. You know I’ve knew about this for more than 2 years now… I really have to talk about it now : I was first introduced to multi-touch by a friend who have met Jeffrey Han, the inventor of multi-touch (almost a year before the iPhone was announced) and he showed me this uber cool stuff. Can you [...] On a really touchy issue.. You know I’ve knew about this for more than 2 years now… I really have to talk about it now : I was first introduced to multi-touch by a friend who have met Jeffrey Han, the inventor of multi-touch (almost a year before the iPhone was announced) and he showed me this uber cool stuff. Can you [...] On a really touchy issue.. You know I’ve knew about this for more than 2 years now… I really have to talk about it now : I was first introduced to multi-touch by a friend who have met Jeffrey Han, the inventor of multi-touch (almost a year before the iPhone was announced) and he showed me this uber cool stuff. Can you [...] A Geek’s Take VII- This week’s tech news in review Once again, it’s time for this geek to review with you some of the tech news this week that has caught his attention. (I’m still trying to find the most suitable and easy format for this weekly digest so do bear with me as the formatting changes from digest to digest for now.) Xiaxue vs Dawn Yang Two [...] A Geek’s Take VII- This week’s tech news in review Once again, it’s time for this geek to review with you some of the tech news this week that has caught his attention. (I’m still trying to find the most suitable and easy format for this weekly digest so do bear with me as the formatting changes from digest to digest for now.) Xiaxue vs Dawn Yang Two [...] A Geek’s Take VII- This week’s tech news in review Once again, it’s time for this geek to review with you some of the tech news this week that has caught his attention. (I’m still trying to find the most suitable and easy format for this weekly digest so do bear with me as the formatting changes from digest to digest for now.) Xiaxue vs Dawn Yang Two [...] Has the future of Piano arrived? Check out Air Piano! Well… maybe not, I’ll stick to my Korg SP200. p.s. Get a free HP Touchsmart PC simply by commenting on this post! a2a_linkname="Has the future of Piano arrived?"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.geekonomics.us/2008/07/has-the-future-of-piano-arrived/"; Has the future of Piano arrived? Check out Air Piano! Well… maybe not, I’ll stick to my Korg SP200. p.s. Get a free HP Touchsmart PC simply by commenting on this post! a2a_linkname="Has the future of Piano arrived?"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.geekonomics.us/2008/07/has-the-future-of-piano-arrived/"; Has the future of Piano arrived? Check out Air Piano! Well… maybe not, I’ll stick to my Korg SP200. p.s. Get a free HP Touchsmart PC simply by commenting on this post! a2a_linkname="Has the future of Piano arrived?"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.geekonomics.us/?p=44"; HP is giving me 2 of their latest multi-touch PCs! And I’ll get to share one of them with you, the best commentator on this post! And we’re not talking just any ole’ computer - we’re talking about possibly the computer of the future - the HP TouchSmart IQ500 complete with 22inch multi-touch display! So where’s the catch? They will only give me the computers if YOU come [...] HP is giving me 2 of their latest multi-touch PCs! And I’ll get to share one of them with you, the best commentator on this post! And we’re not talking just any ole’ computer - we’re talking about possibly the computer of the future - the HP TouchSmart IQ500 complete with 22inch multi-touch display! So where’s the catch? They will only give me the computers if YOU come [...] HP is giving me 2 of their latest multi-touch PCs! And I’ll get to share one of them with you, the best commentator on this post! And we’re not talking just any ole’ computer - we’re talking about possibly the computer of the future - the HP TouchSmart IQ500 complete with 22inch multi-touch display! So where’s the catch? They will only give me the computers if YOU come [...]