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A look at productivity on various devices

Geekonomics by Nicholas Aaron Khoo

I receive an average of two to three emails per minute. That works out to about 120-180 per hour. Out of which, I estimate around 20 percent that I need to take note of (which means about 80 percent spam), and ... more »

The Singapore Grand Prix: Old and new

reHASHplus by Michael Tan

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As we get closer to the Singapore GP 2008, where the first Formula 1 night race is going to be held together with some supporting races, let us take a look at Singapore past before The Sanitization affected motorsport. more »

Solved: The mysterious case of the Chinese robot restaurant

Little Red Blog by Rick Martin

While China is widely reputed to have less-than-stellar working conditions, a certain restaurant in Yiwu China appeared to be taking things a little extreme. The restaurant is in full swing 21 hours a day (from 6am to 3am), and the tireless ... more »

Correct way of cooking noodles

Techolic by Jason S

The correct way to cook instant noodles without harming our bodies and health. "Normally, how we cook the instant noodles is to put the noodles into a pot with water, throw in the powder and let it cook for around 3 ... more »

A green Olympics by Haier

High on a Hill by Hillary Chan

I have no idea why I don't own any Haier products. We see it everywhere around us--on billboards, in shops, etcetera. It is one of the best-known Chinese brands in the world.

Haier is supplying all venues of the Beijing Olympics ... more »

Three-year-old boy abducted in Festival Mall--Pinoy social networks show unwavering support

Sensible Netnonsense by Ignatius Javellana

Yesterday, I saw a link from one of my FaceBook contacts regarding someone asking for help. Little did I know that it would be the start of something very big among wired Filipinos. Like a brushfire, news of three-year-old Matthew David ... more »

E10, E20, E85! What is going on here?!?

Technology Thailand by Jesada Chandraprasert

As if choosing a car wasn't hard enough, the Thai Government and PTT have to go and plan all these fuel transitions, which they want to happen in a decade. The problem with such an ambitious plan is that in this ... more »

iPhone 3G on sale in 20 more countries on August 22, 2008

HK Tech Phooey by Victor Cheung

Apple just announced this week at its quarterly financial conference call with investors that the iPhone 3G will go on sale in 20 more countries on August 22, 2008. more »

Almost confirmed, Telkomsel will offer iPhone 3G in Indonesia

Toekang IT by Budi Putra

Just a quick update. As I wrote in this blog two months ago about which operator will bring Apple's iPhone 3G to Indonesia, at least there are two possibilities: more »

Good news, bad news

InfoChat by Jerry Liao

Let us start with the good news.

Intel Corp has announced the price reductions of its chips. The desktop Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) chip received the biggest price cut from US$266 ( 11,970 peso), down US$183 (8,235 peso). Next is the ... more »

iPod mini is dying

Shopablogic by Suzanna Low

So today's my birthday (yay! Happy birthday to me!! Grin grin). Anyway, being a year older and wiser I have asked my other half not to get me any presents this year but to put the money into our upcoming UK ... more »

My identity in the hands of strangers

Derived Regulation by Lim Sheng Ming

Social networking sites are just another way that people say things or do things that come back and haunt them... The things that people say online or leave online are pretty permanent. more »