At Apple March 3 event in San Francisco, the new iPad 2 was launched! It is slated to hit the stores on 11th Mar within US and 2 weeks thereafter for the rest of the world. Quite a good initial reviews on it and the prices are pretty attractive, tied close to the original iPad prices. Will you get your…
How to setup Dynamic DNS (DDNS) and Access your network devices or storage remotely | Setup Guide | PC Networking
As consumers, we are spoilt for the variety of good broadband pricing plans in Singapore. But one key difference from a Business Plan is the latter can offer static IP. What does it mean for us? For a regular plan with dynamic IP, our router is exposed to the public network with changing IP address i.e. there is not fix…
Fibre Home Broadband in Singapore | M1 Fibre Optic Setup and Review | Singapore
The very moment when fibre optic cable laying started, I immediately opted for it. And soon enough, when the first telco M1 first launched fibre home broadband, I went ahead to sign for a 3 months trial without any consideration. Initially, it was full of issues: a) Very low speed for both Up/Down stream [10/20] even I signed for a…
Overview of Singapore Election 2011 | Electoral Districts Composition | Singapore Politics | Singapore
As announced on 24th February 2011 for Singapore General Election 2011, thee will be 12 SMCs and 15 GRCs making a total of 27 constituencies and 87 MPs. There are altogether 2,350,257 electors on the current registers of electors (based on prescribed cut-off date as on 1 January 2011). The major changes in the electoral divisions are as follows: New…
Dow Jones, STI and US/SG stock market analysis | Stock Market & Investment | US, Singapore
Since weeks back, I have cautioned all to be nimble about stock market movements lead by the rising negative developments in Libya unrest. Oil production has been disrupted causing oil futures to surge to record high since 2009 and investors rushing into safe haven via USD & Yen, prompting rising strength in both. The latest comforting news are worth to…
Seafood Nuggets at TCC (The Coffee Connoisseur) | Food Review | Singapore
TCC is one of my favorite coffee hang out places in Singapore. It has nice setting and good spread of aromatic coffee with interesting finger food. My recent encounter is this seafood nuggets platter. Tender whole scallop wrapped with bread crumbs, deep fried with golden finish. One can imagine the crisp & tenderness of the regular Fried Ebi dish. Served…
Seagate 2TB Green Hard Disk HDD for Synology 1511+ DSM 3.0 | Gadget Review | PC Accessories
Finally got my hands on the Seagate 2TB Green HDD SATA3 (ST2000DL003) with whooping 6Gbps transfer speed. This has been my recommendation after researching on a few types of latest Green HDD in the market. As it is, I have 3 types of green HDD in my new Synology 1511+ and they are running well unlike those horror stories rumored…
Western Digital WD vs Seagate Green hard disks – PC Accessories Review
Ever since I started using Network Access Storage (NAS), I have switched to use Green hard disks, in line with an aim to save energy consumption. TO me there is no great difference in performance, at least observable for now when primarily the traffic to my blog is still growing and video streaming is not my key activity. However, there…
Samsung SyncMaster BX2450 (24″ LED Monitor) – Gadget Review – PC Monitor / Equipment
Samsung monitors are built to last and our my purchases of Samsung monitors or TV have never failed my expectations. Likewise for this new purchase – Samsung LED 24″ monitor (BX2450) – is sleek and colors are vibrant. Setup is easy, done within minutes. Even after an hour of usage, the monitor still feels cool which suggests minimum heat dissipation…
Gold / Light Crude Oil – Further strength amidst uncertainty in Egypt – Commodities
Unrest in North Africa (Libya) and the Middle East (Egypt) has sent uncertainties in investors prompting them to look once again in safe haven via commodities – Gold & Oil. Particularly for Gold, with the formation of bullish piercing reversal formation during early Feb 2011, the prices have reversed from the lows of US$1300 to now $1380+. It is poised…