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The 10 commandments of the Philippines' Cybercrime Law

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:59:02 +0800

Think the issue of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of the Philippines is over? Think again as the Supreme Court still has to decide on it by January 2013. Here's the lowdown on the controversial law.

Step aside, Diablo 3--I'm running again

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:14:02 +0800

Pre-patch blues is a great way to make yourself get some exercise--the real kind, not dungeon crawling.

Thailand's 2.1GHz '3G' spectrum auction on track once again

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:58:02 +0800

After half a decade of delays and postponements, Thailand is again getting ready to auction off rights to its 2.1GHz spectrum on October 16.

Apps and live TV in Taiwan

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:14:02 +0800

Miiroad's app creation service offers a new entertainment angle for the local TV industry.

Anti-cybercrime law slips past Philippine Internet users

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:12:02 +0800

In a country that prides itself as being always well-informed socially, the online community was caught flatfooted by the signing of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

iPhone 5 may not be the best device for 4G in Singapore

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:03:02 +0800

Unlike competing handsets from HTC and Samsung, you may not get full LTE coverage in Singapore if you get an iPhone.

Phone size matters for Singapore's army--not too big please

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:25:11 +0800

The Singapore Armed Force has implemented a strange size limitation when it comes to allowing smartphones in army camps--logically, this ought not be the case.

Apple iPhone 5--evolutionary, not revolutionary

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:50:02 +0800

I may need my flame-retardant jump suit for saying this--but last night's iPhone 5 announcement was somewhat disappointing.

Iran's first Startup Weekend Tehran

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:15:01 +0800

Entrepreneurs got together during this event, the first in the country, to learn how they can improve their ideas through their peers.

Are Singapore telcos competing or cooperating?

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:25:02 +0800

Now that the 4G fully connected future is here, Singapore mobile operators seem to have moved back in time, cutting data allowance across the board.

Did 835,000 people really attend COMEX 2012?

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:45:02 +0800

After making a few calculations, it's hard to believe the claims made by the organizers that over 800,000 people attended Singapore's third consumer electronics bazaar of 2012.

China's 'Google' facing a fearsome new rival

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:05:02 +0800

There's not much likelihood of a major challenger to Google emerging from Silicon Valley or elsewhere in the west, but there's no such luxury for China's dominant search engine Baidu.

The Galaxy Note 10.1--tablet level up

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:57:01 +0800

The Galaxy Note 10.1 takes tablet computing to a whole new level for this blogger--its Multiscreen feature, quad-core processor and 2GB RAM allows it to achieve more than just simple content creation and light daily use.

True Move and AIS deliver while Dtac stumbles yet again

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:58:02 +0800

While AIS and True Move are neck and neck with network expansion and being the first to sell the latest devices, Dtac is having problems keeping its network functioning.

When 'Likes' lead to hate on Facebook

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:42:02 +0800

Social-networking services can incite a lot of ill-will through affirmation of negative ideas. We need a middleman to smother the hate.

Saving tech retailers from the 'table bangers'

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:18:05 +0800

The Singapore Lemon Law kicks in on September 1, 2012, and could save tech retailers from customer expectations that are too high.

Manila's crowd-sourced disaster response

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:46:01 +0800

The Philippines managed to survive three days of continuous rain and rising floods the past couple of weeks through crowd-sourcing. This is how they did it.

The Web's most shameless cloners are not from China

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:51:02 +0800

Chinese Web companies are the Internet's most notorious cloners, right? Nope. These days, America's Zynga and Germany's Rocket Internet take that title.

The Google Nexus 7 may not succeed in Korea

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:30:01 +0800

This Android tablet will probably see a release in Korea soon but it may struggle due to a lack of Google services and sporting hardware that may not meet consumers' expectations here.

An app that brings a new Twitter experience

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:00:10 +0800

Slices for Twitter, a new app for Android and iOS devices, slices your Twitter timeline into groups you define.