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Asus motherboards to come with Thunderbolt support
Tired of your MacBook-toting friends boasting about their fast Thunderbolt link that lets them hook up speedy external drives, monitors and a whole host of other stuff? Well, here’s some good news for...
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Apple refreshes Macbook line, axes 17-inch Macbook Pro
After weeks of speculation that Apple could bestow its Macbook Pro with Retina displays, the Cupertino-based company finally let the cat out of the bag at its worldwide developers conference...
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What next for the PC with Windows 8?
After months of letting users try it out, Microsoft said on Wednesday that its latest, most ambitious Windows operating system in years will ship on October 26. The touch-based features have been well...
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Parallels Desktop 7 update brings OS X 10.8 compatibility
One of the key selling points of OS X, ironically, has always been its ability to also run Windows and mission critical Windows programmes, either through dual-booting or virtualisation. If you prefer...
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Singapore telcos rush to roll out iPhone 5, but what’s the deal?
I was on the way to an Office Depot, the most boring store here in San Francisco, when I passed by the Yerba Buena area where Apple was unveiling its new iPhone 5. Past the hype, I walked on round to...
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Disappointed with the iPhone 5? Here are four alternatives
So, Apple sold five million iPhone 5s in the first weekend, a million more than the four million iPhone 4S devices last year. Apparently, that was below par for stock market punters, who dumped Apple...
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Commentary: Apple posts record sales, why the pessimism?
Apple has seemingly become a victim of its own success, going by the pessimism going around this week after its record quarterly earnings. Yes, despite selling more iPhones and iPads in the last...
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Apple updates its iDevices to iOS 6.1
Apple’s latest update to the iOS, the software that powers all iDevices including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, comes with one or two nice touches, as well as some minor tweaks as well. For...
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An alternative track pad for the Mac from Logitech
Mac users who like an alternative to Apple’s Magic Trackpad now have another option in Logitech’s Rechargeable TrackPad for Mac. It is going on sale in Singapore for S$98 in mid-February. Unlike...
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Gartner: mobile phone sales slow, but Samsung and Android stride forward
If there’s still any doubt that the two big phone makers – Apple and Samsung – are the ones making most of the money, the latest figures now show that they together gobbled up 52 per cent of global...
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Gartner: more smartphones sold now than “feature” phones
For the first time, more smartphones have ended up in the hands of users worldwide than simpler “feature” phones that lack the advanced Internet features, according to research firm Gartner. Users...
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High Apple iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c prices for Singapore
Okay, let’s get the jokes out of the way for a while. If, after hearing your friends laugh at the new iPhone 5s (“s for same”) and iPhone 5c (“c for cheap”) unveiled yesterday, you still want to buy...
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iPad Air and Retina iPad mini deliver for Apple faithful
All eyes were on Apple’s final event of the year yesterday, which many anticipated would see the debut of new iPads, possibly updated Macbooks, and even one or two surprises – there was speculation...
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Goondu review: iPad Air is Apple’s best iPad yet
To understand truly what a breakthrough the new iPad is, you have to survey the crowded tablet landscape. Few tablets come close to the fit and finish, the simplicity of design and the complexity...
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IDC: Android grabs 81 per cent share, Windows improves
Android devices grabbed a huge 81 per cent of the smartphone market during the third quarter this year, while Windows Phone devices also gained a bigger slice of the pie, according to a report today...
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China’s Xiaomi plans to give the world iPhone cool at half price
As China’s Xiaomi Corp. began selling smartphones in Singapore this year, each batch sold out in just a few minutes. So when the company asked people on Facebook to spread the word that more phones...
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Same old name, but new iPad makes sense for Apple
When Apple took the covers off its latest wonderful, magical and “resolutionary” device last night (Singapore time), it surprised many fans who had waited for a new iPad 3 or iPad HD, which had done...
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5 reasons NOT to buy the new iPad
You’ve heard all the praises and maybe even queued up on launch day to get your hands on the newest iPad. Everyone knows why you should get the iPad; virtually every tech blogger and pundit out there...
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Apple offers iPad refunds in Australia over LTE, will other countries follow?
When it sold three million iPads in just one weekend, Apple probably did not expect the backlash that is now gathering strength worldwide over its use of “LTE” and “4G” in its marketing efforts. Just...
View ArticleFlashback trojan brings up Apple Macintosh vulnerabilities
Remember those funny Apple ads that said Macs don’t suffer from viruses and other malware, like your lousy, uncool PC? Well, this week, in the biggest security threat yet to Apple’s computers, some...
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