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Thursday, August 26, 2010

26 Aug - Interesting news and articles

Google Voice Phone Booths To Start Popping Up In Airports, Universities
Interesting.. Wonder if one would show up in NUS?

Women, minorities biggest users of mobile phones, survey says

Finally.. the answer to: who talks the most (on mobile phones)

Use Gmail to call

Only 1 word to describe this: COOL!

Sports Hub deal sealed

Oh.. FINALLY they're going to tear down the National Stadium.. Tot it's becoming the National Museum oredi..

25 Aug 2010 - Interesting news and articles

Man held for FB remarks

Well, I guess.. Even if online avenues to voice your opinions, "don't anyhow say" is still very true..

British Newspaper Daily Mail Plants Job Advert In Robots.txt File

Very interesting way of finding just the right employer they need!

Preempting Search

Enlighting article on where search engines stand now.. and how to beat Google..

Panorama: Mozilla’s Awesome Tab Feature Gets A Name And Included In Firefox 4

Looks promising..

GameCrush Is Crushing It. Investors Agree.


Interesting idea.. wonder if it'll EVER take off in Singapore tho? LOL.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

24 Aug 2010 - Interesting news and articles

How to 'undo' an ill-advised Gmail message

Interesting.. Though I suppose it could work also if you took the time to read and think through that email you've just typed, especially if you're not quite in a good emotional state..

Ways to catch N-Day rally

The Singapore gahmen's indeed catching up with the times.. with the ND rally being made available on Smartphones as well! Which kinda makes me glad that I'm living in Singapore.. and am (hopefully) going to be in the IT industry in the future!


Oh, besides that.. Heard that there's lots of good predictions covered during previous speeches.. So everyone should probably at least read the excerpts of the speech!

Ebola breakthrough discovered

Hopefully research into this area pulls through.. Heard that Ebola's one of the world's most scary and deadly viruses. .

Smartphones to reign

Again, makes me glad that I'm probably going into the IT industry..

Pedestrians 'can't hear' Prius

This one's interesting.. which brings to mind the slogan: "It's so quiet... that it's too quiet!" LOL.

Germany To Outlaw Employers Checking Out Candidates On Facebook, But Googling Is OK

Ok.. Guess the surprising thing is that it ACTUALLY requires a law to stop employers from doing that.. Which means.. a lot of employers are doing it. So better be careful about what you do on FB then..

Fraudsters Drain PayPal Accounts Through iTunes

Not as if we need another reminder.. But people, please be more security conscious and don't disregard security for convenience..