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by Nicholas Aaron Khoo, Singapore

Asia's first green festival in Singapore

Nov 13, 2009 13:58

In what has been touted as Asia's First Green Festival, the IndoChine Green Festival 2009, in association with the APEC CEO Summit Singapore is running from 10th Nov till 30th Nov in support of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Hopenhagen.

This festival is a countdown to the United Nation's green event in Copenhagen, Denmark and is the world's first series of events for IUCN.

"This festival aims to

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First 100 Intel Atom App developers to win tricked-out Netbook, chance to go GDC 2010

Nov 11, 2009 09:27

The Intel Atom Developer Program has just made the alpha version of its Atom Software Development Kit (SDK) available for download for Microsoft Windows (C & C++) and Moblin (C only).

While some developers may be wondering about the need for an Atom Developer Program, especially since apps on Netbooks can be the same as normal notebook ones, this business opportunity for developers will be a lot clearer when one realizes that:
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And you thought your Wi-Fi was safe?

Nov 6, 2009 09:30

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 yet is the truth that your Wi-Fi is not safe, regardless of whatever security encryption and measures you have for it.

In Wuhan, I came across a Chinese news report that you can go to the Chinese technology retail shops and get this box which basically gives you a Wi-Fi range of 300m or more. The technology allows to you crack open any Wi-Fi network, no matter how protected they are, for a mere few hundred Chinese yuan.

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It's gaming weekend here in Singapore!

Oct 23, 2009 11:18

So, think you are going to spend the whole of this weekend in an armchair geeking out on your video game again? Think again! Chances are, if you are a gamer, you are in a big dilemma, just like this geek who's deciding which gaming event to attend! There are three major gaming events back-to-back this weekend. Here's the exciting lowdown:
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Here's your ticket to the digital Woodstock

Oct 16, 2009 15:42

The world's largest digital festival, which some dub as the "digital Woodstock", Dreamhack, is starting to roll into town. The show that holds three Guiness World Records for largest B.Y.O.C. LAN parties, reaches out to more than 200,000 Swedes over the period of a year. It even featured an airshow in the winter of 2008, and is holding a Southeast Asian qualifiers�in Singapore.
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About Nicholas Aaron Khoo

Nicknamed "Gadget Boy" by friends at age 18 because he used to scribble Grafitti on a PalmPilot faster than most would type, Nicholas Aaron Khoo is web developer turned technopreneur and Singapore tech blogger who also pretends to do strategic advisory for tech startups and 'un'Fortune 500s (when he's not pretending to be the gadget-loaded Batman). A digital nomad, his tech interests range from gadgets, games, tech trends, social media, security, and just about anything that runs on 1s and 0s. See his industry affiliations here.
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