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Greetings all, apparently after data recovery, there has been a chunk of data lost on this site, apologies for resolving this so late,

but I will carry on my blogging on my personal site - drenboy.com and all my tech writings will be on drenboy.com/tech

Courtesy of Google Street View

Here’s a first look at Google’s Street View, a feature of Google Maps. This definitely adds more value and it’s a welcome feature as it opens up the possibility of turn by turn navigation based on Google Maps. Some interesting things to note tho – faces and vehicle license plates have been blurred out, although it will probably not take long before gems (interesting pictures) will be discovered

Have a go at it online – it’s pretty addictive!

StarHub has reached an agreement with Apple to bring in the iPhone to StarHub customers later this year – just like M1, with a range of tailored service plans. “More information on pricing, tariffs and availability dates will be released in due course.” Great news for consumers. More choice, more competition and lower prices!

Local geeks/entrepreneurs/engineers/techies hackers have banded together and are working to get a local hackerspace up and running. What’s a Hackerspace? Hackerspaces are physical places where people with common interests, usually in science, technology, or digital / electronic art can meet, socialise and collaborate.(from wikipedia )

Hackerspace in Noisebridge, San Francisco

A local space for the geek / hacker community to work, collaborate or just chill. This is going to get pretty exciting if it comes to pass – something built and managed for the community by the community.

Join the group and get into the discussions at the following links:

Hackerspace.sg (Main website)
Hackerspace.sg Wiki
Google Groups

M1 finally announced on October 13th that they have reached an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to M1 customers in Singapore later this year. M1 also hinted at ‘tailored’ service plans for iPhone customers. More details will be revealed in ‘due course’.

Way to go M1! Welcome to the party, better one year late then never.

The hype has been building up for Apple’s new operating system; and Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is now available at Apple Authorized Resellers and Apple’s online store as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users for just S$48! – My personal experience with the OS in the past few weeks has been a sheer productive and intuitive experience, pretty amazing for someone who switched from using PC’s almost his whole life. “Once you go Mac, you’ll never go back!”

Reviews of the new OS have been positive, with many in-depth articles. Here are some links to the flood of reviews.
[ Engadget] [ Gizmodo ] [ Macworld ] [ CNET ]

It’s here again! Boy does time fly – COMEX 2009, one of the major Computer Shows in Singapore is boasting to be the ‘Most Complete Showcase The Latest Technologies‘

Event Details
10 – 13 September 2009
Suntec Singapore Levels 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6
12 noon to 9pm
Admission is FREE.

Press Coverage :
Digital Life – 9th September 09 (Wednesday)
The Straits Times – 10th September 09 (Thursday)
TODAY Newspaper – 10th September 09 (Thursday)

Sony has finally yielded to the netbook phenomenon and has pre-launched the VAIO W Series
in Singapore. Pre-orders are available on the Sony Website.

Retailing for S$899, the VAIO should be available in August, after the current pre-sales
event held from 28th July – 12th August 2009. Visit the Sony VAIO W Mini-Website
for more product info or pre-order details.

Quick Update : Singtel’s launch date for the iPhone 3GS will be on Friday, the 10th of July, Details of the event will be updated here once they become available.
Stay tuned…

Update : Singtel has made their iPhone 3GS pricing available on their website.

Here’s some snapshots of PC Show 2009