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LCD Samsung B690 vs. Plasma Panasonic G10

Cyber Persia by Reza Hashemi

Samsung 40B690 and Panasonic P42G10 are among the top LCD and Plasma HDTVs sold in Iran for budgets around US$1600 in 40"-42" sizes. I briefly compare these models with focus on the requirements and tastes of typical Iranian buyers. more »

Malaysia Fashion Week 2009 goes online with Ebay

Shopablogic by Suzanna Low

Ebay has been collaborating with the local brands worldwide to bring more awareness to it's online marketplace and creates an interactive platform for the local brands' campaigns.  more »

The most significant thing this week: A new genre of phones defined--the App Phone

reHASHplus by Michael Tan

I've never called the iPhone or Android phone a smartphone.

Somehow, the smartphone was reserved for phones which were much more limited in capability. My first smartphone was the Sony Ericsson R380, followed by the P800, M600, and Nokia 9500 Communicator. These ... more »

And you thought your Wi-Fi was safe?

Geekonomics by Nicholas Aaron Khoo

This geek has been playing his role as digital nomad and visited more than 10 cities in the past 30 days, from Indianapolis to Osaka, and from Beijing to Moscow. I have lots of tales to tell you, but the scariest ... more »

Indecent proposal to bloggers on automated election

InfoChat by Jerry Liao

I came across this posting from Ellen Tordesillas' blog site. Allegedly, someone from Smartmatic sent her a letter offering Ellen to write about their services. In exchange, she would be paid based on the number of articles written.

Smartmatic is the company that ... more »

I'm hooked on Happy Farm

HK Tech Phooey by Victor Cheung

Who would have thought that a Facebook application like Happy Farm would take Hong Kong, Taiwan and China by storm? I didn't, and now I'm hooked. Just last week, unofficial numbers were released on Taiwanese subscribers for the application reaching a whopping ... more »

Footage of China's Hu with Toshiba ad is banned

Tokyo Shift by Rick Martin

Many of you will remember the controversy caused back in October after Chinese Netizens complained that their National Day Parade was tainted by an ad for a Japanese company. Hu Jintao's ceremonial car ride happened to pass in front of a ... more »

Is Windows 7 slower in different languages?

The Neon Rush by Spencer Pangborn

Earlier today I was discussing Windows 7 with a colleague in the tech department at work.

We're both impressed by the slick new interface and how the Win 7 bootup and shutdown times are faster than on XP and, of course, on ... more »

Two 'App Stores' for China Unicom's iPhone

Sinobytes by Steven Millward

China Unicom's iPhone launched last weekend (though only 5,000 were sold nationwide over those two days), the first official release for the Apple smartphone. One big reason for the huge delay was a battle for control between Apple and China's two ... more »

Digital Strangelove: All media is social, you are what you share

Babelmachine by Joey Alarilla

I stumbled upon this brilliant presentation by David Gillespie, thanks to Misty Belardo's tweet, and I just wanted to share it with you and give my own views about it.

Be warned, though, it has 263 slides, but it's worth going through ... more »

The Last Word on Malaysian broadband... uncut + final cut

Tete-A-Tech by Bernice Low

My very first blog for CNET Asia was on February 5, 2007. And I wrote about broadband. I wrote about how lousy the broadband was. How expensive it was for the slow speeds. The only thing that it didn't have was ... more »

Is lightning to blame for global warming?

High on a Hill by Hillary Chan

Image: Lightning in KL by Monstermunch99@flickr

When I was in school, I learned that lightning was caused by friction between the positive and negative charges in the atmosphere as hot air rises and collides into cold air. I always believed this to ... more »