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Prepeat rewritable printer uses no ink, no toner

Tokyo Shift by Rick Martin

Here's a promising step towards making printing a little less costly and more environmentally friendly. The Prepeat is a rewritable printer that prints on sheets made of PET plastic. Because conventional ink and toner are not used, the sheets can be ... more »

Education blues. Burnt-out. Helpline, please?

Gadget Girl by marielwong

All right. I know this is a little off topic, but as this is perhaps the most important issue on hand for the moment, delving into it seems only natural. So let me be a little self-indulgent.

At the moment, or rather ... more »

Are you the PM's "online friend"?

Tete-A-Tech by Bernice Low

Admittedly, "online friend" sounds kinda creepy, but let's not get suspicious-minded (after all, the term "special friend" in Malaysia has a unique meaning...)

The Prime Minister of Malaysia has decided to have a tea party for all his online friends. From ... more »

China's 3G handset market set for 600 percent boost in 2010

Sinobytes by Steven Millward

Chinese consumers look set to buy 43 million 3G handsets throughout this year, a 600 percent increase over last year's 7.2 million, coaxed by aggressive subsidies from mainland China's three mobile telcos.

That's the finding of tech-oriented market-research firm iSuppli, which stressed ... more »

The best budget touchscreen phones for around US$200 or Rs10,000 in India

Techolic by Jason S

Most folks have till now considered touchscreen mobiles to be a part of the premium mobile segment. But that has been quietly changing over the past few months. Now, we have a flood of touchscreen devices that are decent enough and ... more »

Gigabyte gives a sneak peak of the M1405 at the 2010 Taipei Game Show

Geekonomics by Nicholas Aaron Khoo

Two months back, Gigabyte showcased the M1305 laptop which had an interesting concept of adding an extra GPU and graphics capabilities to your laptop.

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How to justify your next gadget purchase, say, the iPad

HK Tech Phooey by Victor Cheung

We all carry around with us a few hip gadgets daily, some useful, some not so.  For myself, I have the following stashed in my gadget bag:

Canon PowerShot S90 (for daily snaps or serious shooting when I don't want to lug ... more »

Samsung announces SHW-M100S for its first Android phone in Korea

DigiHunter by Kevin (Kilmo) Kang

February 4, Samsung finally announced its first Android phone, the SHW-M100S in Korea. This is the second Android phone released in the country after Motorola's MotoRoi on January 18. Many Koreans expect to have those Android phones after the release of ... more »

BayanDSL and Sky Cable joining forces for IWant.TV?

Sensible Netnonsense by Ignatius Javellana

In between watching the teleseryes on ABS-CBN during primtetime television (in the Philippines, I believe it's between 7pm and 11pm), you're treated to a myriad of TVCs or television commercials. Understandably so. The TVC spots during these time slots cost an ... more »

Niche products: USB video adapter

PopTech for You by Alan Tan

Oh yeah! Niche products... always difficult to find, but really gratifying when you find it. I've been looking for this for quite some time. It's a USB video adapter. Works just like a video card but connects to the USB. So, in essence, ... more »

Super update for the Google Nexus One superphone

reHASHplus by Michael Tan

Google announced a comprehensive update for the Nexus One today. It's supposed to be pushed OTA (over the air), meaning, just wait, Google will flash a message to your phone for you to update.

For those guys who can't wait, there's a ... more »

The iPhone is losing market share

The Neon Rush by Spencer Pangborn

If you're out with your friends and someone whips out their iPhone to show you the newest dancing monkey app they downloaded, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? Envy? Jealousy? Slight annoyance?

Well, it looks like folks are starting ... more »