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You're turning what into plastic dinner bowls and plates?!

High on a Hill by Hillary Chan

Pig's urine which used to be considered an environmental hazard is now considered a God-sent.
In the first case, a British bus company is using urea to clean up emissions and pig pee could be used to source the substance. Source: www.edie.net
In ... more »

Philippines - The Social Networking Capital of the World

InfoChat by Jerry Liao

The Philippines is regarded as the texting capital of the world for a long time now. Anywhere you go, anywhere you look - almost every Filipino owns a mobile phone - regardless of their status in life. Mobile phone is a ... more »

Digital David slays MSM Goliath? (Part 2)

Tete-A-Tech by Bernice Low

Part 2 of this post explores my thoughts on how to realistically attempt to reform MSM in Malaysia. 

Target influence
Successfully reforming the habits and ways of the MSM is, in my view, about playing the system and understanding what drives the media ... more »

CNETgle and a life of crime, thanks to Microsoft

Geekonomics by Nicholas Aaron Khoo

On speculations of a CNET takeover by Microsoft after their failed Yahoo! bid, this geek still prefers mini-scooters and frozen yoghurt machines with a Google takeover of CNET and launched his own customized CNETgle (can also be pronounced "cynical") search engine ... more »

Biometrics at the gym

Shopablogic by Suzanna Low

Lately, I have been going to my gym diligently. One reason is to keep fit and hopefully lose a few pounds so I get to squeeze into my size zero dresses, and secondly, I also signed up for a personal trainer. ... more »

Mortal addiction can be averted by a simulator

Mobile Ojisan by Matsushita Shuji

An innocent-looking plastic sheet. This piece of flat sheet could turn out to be mortally dangerous, shredding your comfortable life and promising a future shredded into tatters. By quietly planting a seed of habit-building addiction into your brain. And once hooked, ... more »

Internetless? No problemo!

Sensible Netnonsense by Ignatius Javellana

Well, relatively no problemo anyway. I just moved house. And along with that, the good and the bad. For someone like me, the bad happens to be... no Internet!!!!!!! Yes, sadly, I have been without Internet connection for the better part ... more »

Bill Gates scheduled to visit Jakarta on May 8

Toekang IT by Budi Putra

Microsoft Corporation founder and chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to visit Indonesia on May 8 to 9, 2008. According to Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Barkrie, Gates will be visiting Indonesia to reciprocate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's tour of the ... more »

3GSM event

Technology Thailand by Jesada Chandraprasert

Some pictures from today's event officially announcing AIS's 3GSM network. Paula Taylor and Nicole Theriault were present at the event with a brief demonstration and were props for pictures for those who purchased new phones at the event.

For larger images, click here. ... more »

Brunei ICT Career Day

Kurapak Teknologi by Muhammad Reeda

The first Brunei ICT Career Day (BICT) organized by InfoCom Federation Brunei (IFB) took place over last weekend. The event was aimed at generating more local certified ICT professionals. The response was overwhelming with over 1,000 visitors and a total of ... more »

HTC Touch Diamond annoucing this week?

HK Tech Phooey by Victor Cheung

While we're all anxiously waiting for the release of the Sony Ericsson's latest X1 Xperia phone, the HTC is sneaking up with a possible announcement of the launch of the all new HTC Touch Diamond on May 6 at the "witness ... more »

Breathing under pressure

PopTech for You by Alan Tan

Today, I'm helping a friend who's out of town. I'm working in Malaysia's Premier Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Diver Recompression Chamber. Picture more »