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Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) launched the Singapore 2010 Odyssey last Saturday at Orchard Cineleisure. The Odyssey is the first virtual world developed based on an Olympic event. Users will be able to create their own avatars, compete in games, learn more about the Olympic Games [...]

Sony Singapore debuts its first ever Full HD 3D TV for the home recently. As you all know, 3D TV is the hottest product for CES 2010. I guess Singapore is not spared from the 3D TV wave. Expect to see more 3D TV coming your way soon.

Anyway, the 3D BRAVIA LX900 looks pretty [...]

I was invited to check out the Sentosa Lights of Spring last night. The Lights of Spring will replace the annual Sentosa Flowers show. The event will take place at Imbiah Lookout and the Merlion Walk from Chinese New Year Eve onwards. Both venues will be transformed into an enchanted land filled with a medley [...]

Dell/Alienware launched the Alienware M11x last week in Singapore. I’m not a gamer personally, but a number my gamers friends are excited about this device.

The M11x is a 11.6 inch laptop with graphics power of a 15 inch laptop. It has a 1GB NVIDIA (GeForce) GT335M graphics card. Comes with 2GB RAM which you [...]

I was invited to have a sneak peak of the upcoming exhibition at Asian Civilisations Museum. Treasury of the World is a stunning collection of 402 exquisite gem stones and other precious objects from the glorious era of Mughal-ruled India. The Mughal Empire dominated the Indian subcontinent for 300 years (1526 – 1858) and were [...]

Nokia announced yesterday evening that they are going to offer free turn by turn navigation on their newly improved Ovi Maps application. Yeap, you heard me correctly, turn by turn navigation for FREE.

The new Ovi Maps application has maps for over 180 countries. Drive and walk turn by turn navigation is currently available in 74 [...]

Lenovo recently announced the Thinkpad X100e and Thinkpad Edge at CES. I was invited to the Singapore launch last week.

The Thinkpad X100e is a professional-grade ultraportable laptop. It has a 11.6 inch HD LED blacklight screen (1366×768). It runs on a AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 chip. This is the first Thinkpad that is running on [...]

I was invited to the launch of Journal Singapore, a Singapore board game by Monsters Under the Bed with the support of National Heritage Board. It is the first board game to feature the history of Singapore from it’s early days as a British Colony in 1900, to it’s Independence in 1965. The game is [...]

RIM recently launched the BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Or Bold 2 as some people call it) in Singapore. The Bold 9700 is an update to the successful BlackBerry Bold 9000.

Perhaps the biggest difference on the Bold 9700 is the touch-sensitive optical trackpad. I’m not sure if this is the first BlackBerry with a touch-sensitive trackpad. [...]

I was invited to the Yahoo Singapore Youreka Finale 2 Saturday ago. Yahoo! Singapore held a party at the Singapore Flyers for all the color tickets holders.

Youreka is an online and offline digital treasure hunt that was launched by Yahoo! Singapore on 20 Oct 2009. During the contest period, prizes like limited edition Adidas goodies [...]