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Got my new N95 8GB! (Singapore edition)

Got my spanking new N95 8GB today! Would be setting my newest phone addition to charge overnight, in the meantime, I can post of what you can expect in the box in the traditional "unboxing ritual". Will get to play more of it tomorrow. Its all over the box! Greeting upon opening lid Thats all in the box As you can see, the...
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Spam Karma 2 “get recent comments” bugfix on PHP 5.0 and MySQL 5.0.12

There had not been any talk or bugfixes regarding this bug, so I why not share this. For those who are running the rather good spam filter "Spam Karma" on your blogs and have not actually upgraded for sometime, there are some incompatibility the existing code have with PHP 5.0 and particularly MySQL 5.0.12 on the admin management page "get...
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Gadget talk, jumping on Quad Core

Upgrade update: It looks like the whole of Simlim is sold out and do not have the graphics card Geforce 8800GT 512MB I am intending to get for my system. This card is extremely value for money and is the next best after the 8800GTX and Ultra. Stocks are in high very demand and will only arrive few weeks...
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Funan vs Simlim, Nokia Singapore know nuts about their upcoming phones

The day was quite busy today, it started off in school with lots of planning and tying down of the final design, in which we will send out for external fabrication. Being a Wednesday, the day ended early at 3pm following a planned Track and Field meeting to attend for oh-my-gosh 10mins only before having to rush down to...
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Intel to launch Penryn on Nov 12th, USB 3.0 proposed

With USB 2.0 starting to show it's age, the first members of the USB 3.0 promoter group including HP, Intel Microsoft, NEC Corporation, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments said that USB 3.0 will deliver more than ten times the data transfer bandwidth of USB 2.0, which tops out at 480 Mb/s. The new interface will be designed to be...
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Silly MS-DOS 5 Promo Video – No PC should be without it

To spoil that moment of Zen. I can't believe that this is actually a real commercial Microsoft used for promote MS-DOS back in the stone ages. 45kb of extended memory? You can't simply stop laughing and go "what-the?" at the same time. OMG, a graphical Shell?
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Shaun’s Technology Predictions in 5 years time

Had sometime, so I guess I got kinda carried away typing up a "short post" on technology changes I would expect in years to come, the end result is this post. Looking back, technology had really progressed amazingly fast over the years, not to mention price downs as well. I still remembered having paid $75 for a 4MB memory...
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Excellent Ban Leong Repair and Customer Service

Well, got some time now to blog about some flashbacks early this week, particularly getting my 'ol computer speakers repaired. And yup, got my 6 year old Altec Lansing 4.1 speakers repaired at Ban Leong Service Center in Ubi. It's wired connector was damaged due to wear and age, otherwise everything else is ok. Actually I almost set my...
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Qiao Xing Mobile Communication CECT W100 Camera Watch Phone

Just like what Dick Tracy had with that funky watch, only better! Qiao Xing Mobile Communication, one of China’s leading domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets which operates its business primarily through its subsidiary, CEC Telecom Co. Ltd. announced the launch of one of the Company’s most innovative products to date, the W100 Wrist Watch phone. Mobile Phone Watch with...
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New upcoming 2nd generation revised Nokia N95 (Nokia N95i, N95 US)

Here are some heads up and it's official on the new revised N95, primarily made for the US market it's still called the N95 aka N95 US (and not the N95i nor the N95 music edition). There is no telling how Nokia will rebrand it here in Asia, but for identification stakes I will call it the "i" version...
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Some Quad-Core PC talk and Vista 32-bit over 64-bit

True that 45nm processors processors will be out in a few months and I definitely know that I will want it, but as in the PC line there will always be something better down the road. And if you are to wait for "that something to come" it will be replaced in a matter of time too. What's more...
Gaming

StarCraft 2 multiplayer gameplay demonstration video at BlizzCon 2007

Here are some quick snippets of the BlizzCon 2007 held in Anaheim Convention Center in Los Angeles. Few noticable annouvments include details on the new WOW expansion, World of Warcraft:Wrath of the Lich King with new large Ice worlds. Not to mention plans for a Warcraft Movie in the making (Computer Generated just like those in-game cinematics we...
Computers

Gaming Workstation MIA, exams sighted, training behind

My primary workstation is down again, actually since early last week due to some operating system corruption, but didn't have the time to dismount the backup drives and put in another install of Windows XP yet, being neck deep in projects and papers. But at least I would be away from my current game - Need for Speed Most...
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New 8GB N95i Rumored

It seems that Nokia is not quite contented with the N95 crown jewel dominating the limelight at the moment (and trashing the iphone too). As we all know, Nokia always upgrades current handsets by making them black and installing firmware and hardware upgrades besides slapping a distictive 'i' a the end of every such model. The N95i is no...
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Toshiba Portégé G900 Specifications and Photos

Announced early January this year and showcased in Cebit, The Toshiba G900 is official out for sale in all glory the main feature being a wide 800 pixel width screen making web browsing a breeze, here are some shots of the beauty: G900 Box QWERTY Keyboard Box contents Official specifications of Toshiba G900 from the user manual: Processor Marvell PXA270 Processor at 520 MHz Memory 128MB RAM...
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Stumped by buggy iPhone – Meredith Vieira

Well steve, seems that there are quite a few laughs out there. shhh they are listening, pretend to talk! For those who wanna know more bout the iphone, read more below:
Computers

Broadband-width doubled, is Singtel Mio Good?

Got a letter few days ago that my Singnet broadband speed has been upgraded to 3Mbps from 1.5Mbps without any additional charges, maintaining the usual subscription at about $58/mth. This came very much as a welcome in sharing the bandwidth among the few ummm, 7 computers at home. It's not the first time I've got a free upgrade -...
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Tentative Plans for my New Quad-Core PC

One of my ram modules presumably went kaboom few days ago, as my "workstation" desktop system meter reads 510MB ram instead of 1024MB previously. so I am very much left with 50% of my available capacity with me now. As an analogy there are 2 ways to deal with a faulty car fan belt- you can choose to open...
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Students Rejoice! Dell entering Tablet PC market with new Latitude Laptop

Ever always wanted to own a Tablet PC for ease of notes and penning down handwritten notes in lectures, but always don't seem to be able to afford one? Well look no further, the word is out, Dell will be releasing their first Tablet PC late this year in their Latitude Laptop range. Dell usually waits for a particular product...
Gaming

StarCraft II announced! Finally, the sequel on Starcraft 2!

With bug shoes to fill, StarCraft II will see the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races. Mentioned by Starcraft and Warcraft makers, Blizzard Entertainment, with goals are to ensure that all the factions in the game play even more distinctly from one another than in the original StarCraft, while still maintaining the fine balance that helped make...
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