Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
WD’s My Passport Edge 500GB is slimmer than its siblings in the My Passport range of portable hard drives, supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0, and comes bundled with backup and data protection software. RRP: S$109.
WD My Passport Edge offers high capacity in an ultra-compact design – an ideal companion for anyone who needs to take their digital content on the road.
Only available in 500GB capacity, My Passport Edge is ultra-compact and comes with automatic, backup software, software protection and hardware encryption to help protect your files from unauthorised use.
WD My Passport Edge measures 110 x 82 x 12.5 mm and weighs 255g.
Only 12.5mm thin, My Passport Edge comes pre-formatted with NTFS for Windows computers (up to Windows 8), and WD SmartWare backup software and WD Security hardware encryption with password protection.
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Tags:hard disk drive, HDD, portable, review, WD, Western Digital
Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Prices, Review, Specifications, storage drive, Western Digital, Windows 7, Windows 8 | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
WD’s My Passport 2TB portable drive supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0 and has an outer shell that is resistant to scratches and fingerprints. RRP: S$229.
WD My Passport 2TB offers high capacity in a sleek portable drive. There’s plenty of room to store all your photos, music, movies and files.
Launched last year, the 2.5-inch-based My Passport 2TB portable drive was the first to squeeze such a high capacity into a portable drive – at a time when rivals believed cramming such capacities required new recording technology.
My Passport 2TB measures 111 x 82 x 21 mm and weighs 230g.
A single standard half-metre USB cable connects the drive to the computer and provides both the data and power connection.
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Tags:hard disk drive, HDD, portable, review, WD, Western Digital
Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Prices, Review, Specifications, storage drive, Western Digital, Windows 7 | 4 Comments »
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Panasonic is at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.
Click to view or download Panasonic promotions during IT Show 2013.
Check out Panasonic’s business notebooks and ruggedised tablets.
The FZ-G1 runs on Windows 8 while the FZ-A1 runs on Android 4.0 (S$1,499).
Their latest is the Windows 8 Pro Ultrabook CF-AX2 which debuts at IT Show 2013 at S$2,899.
The monitor flips over to convert the Ultrabook into a tablet. IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.
Tags:Android, Android 4.0, convertibles, hybrid, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, notebooks, Panasonic, promotions, ruggedised, Singapore, tablets, ultrabooks, Windows, Windows 8
Posted in Android, Brochures, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, Hybrid, Notebooks, Panasonic, Prices, Promotions, Specifications, Tablets, Ultrabooks, Windows 8 | No Comments »
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Lenovo will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1321.
Click to view or download Lenovo promotions during IT Show 2013. Caution: Large PDF file – 2.7MB containing 8 flyers.
Check out their Lenovo’s complete range of desktops, All-in-one computers, notebooks, Ultrabooks, and convertibles in IT Show 2013.
The four star products are the IdeaPad Yoga 13, IdeaPad Z400, ThinkPad X1 Carbon, and the IdeaPad Y500.
Light and svelte Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the Ultrabook workhorse for the mobile warrior.
Lenovo has many offerings for Windows 8 but if you’re looking for a Windows 7 machine, my favourite is the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, which I used when travelling in Kyushu, Japan in December.
It’s light, slim and the battery life lasts forever. It’s also svelte and fashionable!
Tags:AIOs, computers, convertibles, desktops, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Lenovo, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, notebooks, promotions, Singapore, tablets, ultrabooks, Windows, Windows 8
Posted in All-in-One, Brochures, Desktops, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, Hybrid, Lenovo, Notebooks, Prices, Promotions, Specifications, Tablets, Ultrabooks, Windows 7, Windows 8 | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Seagate will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Booth 1201.
Click to view or download Seagate promotions during IT Show 2013.
Seagate’s range of portable and desktop expansion hard disk drives will also be available with other resellers during IT Show 2013.
Check out their latest Wireless Plus portable hard disk that’s iOS and Android ready, and streams up to 8 devices at the same time.
Tags:disk, hard disk, HDD, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, portable, promotions, Seagate, Singapore, storage, wireless
Posted in Accessories, Android, Brochures, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, iOS, Prices, Promotions, Seagate, Specifications, storage drive | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Epson introduces refillable ink-tanks with its L-series printers. Prices and availability in Singapore TBA.
The Epson L355 above is one of seven new printers in the L-series using the ink tank system.
With the L-series printers, Epson promises the world’s lowest printing cost, with a high page yield of 4,000 pages for each bottle of ink at S$9.90.
Each printer is bundled with four bottles of ink (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black), plus two additional bottles of black ink.
There will be 7 new models (listed below) in Epson’s L-series using the new ink tank system, catering to home users, small to medium businesses, and even photo enthusiasts.
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Tags:Epson, ink, inkjets, Multifunction, printers
Posted in Android, Epson, Inkjet, iOS, Launch, Printers | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Norton 360 Multi-Device is a security software suite that protects Windows and Mac desktops and notebooks, as well as Android and iOS tablets and smartphones from Cyber-criminals.
A one-year subscription of S$118.99 includes licenses for the software to be installed on five devices (regardless of users).
Norton 360 Multi-Device works on Windows PCs, Macs, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.
Many people today possess multiple devices – a home desktop computer, a notebook, a tablet and a smartphone.
And we use all these to access the Web for online activities – surfing, banking, social networking etc – which opens our devices and us to cyber-criminals out there in the Wild Wild Web.
Main user interface for Norton 360 Multi-Device showing the main functionalities for Security, Identity, Backup and Tuneup.
Our personal information and passwords could be stolen, as well as confidential work documents, even our identity.
It is therefore paramount to safeguard our devices and ourselves when going online.
Norton 360 Multi-Device scans your disks, programs and even your Facebook Wall.
It can be a quite a hassle to evaluate, install, and manage different security software on individual devices separately.
Norton 360 Multi-Device offers a one-stop security solution for users to protect up to five different devices with a single one-year license.
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Tags:mobile, Norton, online, security, Symantec
Posted in All-in-One, Android, Desktops, Gadgets, iOS, Mac, Mac OS, Norton, Notebooks, Phones, Prices, Review, Security, Software, Specifications, Tablets, Utility, Windows 7, Windows 8 | 2 Comments »
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
MyEyeDrops App helps Glaucoma patients and caregivers to “put the right drops in the right eye, at the right time”. The FREE app works with Android phones and Apple iPhones.
MyEyeDrops App is available FREE for Android phones on Google Play and Apple iPhones on the App Store.
Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has launched what is believed to be Singapore’s and the world’s first free Glaucoma Eye Care App – MyEyeDrops.
Medications with pictures included.
Available from Google Play and the Apple App Store, the app takes away the hassle of remembering to apply eye drops at regular intervals throughout each day for patients for Glaucoma patients.
Elevated eye pressure is one of the main risk factor of glaucoma.
Regular compliance with the use of eye drops in controlling the eye pressure is critical to prevent deterioration of the disease condition which can lead to permanent loss of vision.
With this app, forgetting to apply eye drops will be a thing of the past.
In a cross-sectional population survey conducted in Singapore, the prevalence of glaucoma was found to be 3.2% in those 40 years and older.
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Tags:Android, Apple, Apps, Google, IHiS, iPhone, SERI, SNEC, software
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
The Norton Cybercrime Report 2012 showed an increase in new forms of cybercrime, such as those found on social networks and mobile devices, as cybercriminals focused their efforts on these increasingly popular platforms.
New forms of Cybercrime are targeting online activities accessed via notebooks, tablets and smartphones.
It is no surprise that 2013 promises to be the same – with mobile adware, or “madware”, with can expose location details and contact information, increasing by a significant number.
Use a comprehensive security solution
such as Norton 360 Multi-Device, which provides remote lock or remote wipe capabilities that can prevent unwanted access to your personal details and contact information in the event that your mobile device is lost or stolen.
Such madware, which sneaks onto a user’s device when they download an app, has increased by 210 percent over the past nine months, a clear sign that cybercriminals are attempting to exploit the many mobile devices that consumers are using to access the Internet.
To protect ourselves from online mobile threats, here are three best practices to ensure that our personal details and information do not fall into the hands of those that might misuse them.
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Tags:mobile, Norton, online, security, Symantec
Posted in Desktops, Gadgets, Howtos, Norton, Notebooks, Phones, Reference, Software, Study, Tablets | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
HTC launched its new Android smartphone simultaneously in London and New York today. Originally rumoured to be called the M7, the new Android flagship from HTC is simply called HTC One.
Available in late March (pre-orders begin today) in black or silver.
Update 2 (13 April, 2013):
The 32GB Glacier Silver version of the HTC One is available in Singapore from 13 April at S$968 at all three mobile operators.
The 64GB Glacier Silver (S$1,068) and the Stealth Black (32 & 64GB) versions will be available from May onwards.
Update 1 (25 March, 2013):
The new HTC One will roll out in the UK, Germany and Taiwan next week and across Europe, North America and most of Asia-Pacific before the end of April 2013.
RRP for the 32GB version is S$968 (without line contract) while price for the 64GB version is yet to be announced.
This is what the new HTC One looks like with Blink on the homescreen (and icons of some of the partner feeds around it).
Here’s a quick round-up based on my live updates during the launch event.
HTC One will eventually be available in 80 countries, supported by 185 carriers globally.
The HTC One features the New Sense interface with new HTC home screen, two capacitive buttons in an aluminum body built from a single-block – containing an integrated antenna.
It has two front-facing stereo speakers, integrated Beats Audio and option for dual-microphone HDR recording.
UltraPixel camera quality compared with two top competitors.
A new BlinkFeed feature streams social updates, information and news onto the homescreen.
1,400 content partners have signed upto stream information in BlinkFeed. ESPN and AOL are two of the these and were on stage in New York and London respectively to talk about their partnership with HTC.
Below are the main tech specs unveiled during the launch. They were consistent with the speculation and rumours circulating prior to the launch.
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Tags:Android, HTC, launch, London, New York, Peter Chou, smartphones
Posted in Android, Gadgets, Google, HTC, HTC One, Launch, Live Event, Operating Systems, Phones, Photography, Specifications | 3 Comments »
