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by Nicholas Aaron Khoo, Singapore


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8 Tech Developments that Shaped this Decade

Winding down on the last day of 2009, this geek reflected on the significant developments this decade in tech. With the number of lives impacted as a gauge, I worked out this list of 8 significant tech developments in this decade, along with some brief thoughts on each:


1. Forced to plan: Security and Disaster Recovery Technologies


Without a doubt, the world changed after

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My Xmas present--a 400GB USB Thumbdrive

Here's what a buddy gave this geek for Xmas:

Placed against my laptop touchpad for size comparison. (You can go to my Picasa albums for a higher resolution view of the pictures.) 

If you take a closer look at its capacity:

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Disney's acqusition of Marvel: Does this mean anything for Singapore?

At the Neoteny Singapore Camp 1 held over the weekend, there was a lament in one of the presentations about Disney's protection of their copyright through the use of extensions. This geek then thought about the recent acquisition of Marvel by Disney and wondered if there will be any significant impact to the Universal Studios Theme Park opening here in Singapore, especially since

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Core i7 gaming laptop, anyone?

This geek managed to catch some pretty cool Lenovo machines just launched in Singapore this week to the media:



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Friendster gets acquired by MOL

When everybody thought Friendster was gone, this geek started covering their progress 1.5 years back and since then, they've raised US$20M investment from IDG and will now be acquired by MOL. Seems like a good time too, right after their recent facelift:

 

MOL seems like a good strategic fit being a strong Asian player and may really help Friendster to take back the Asian market. It's also extremely interesting that

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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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