August 28th, 2014
SingAREN-Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX) will boost international collaborations for Singapore’s research and education community.
SingAREN-Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX)
Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network (SingAREN) has announced the launch of SingAREN-Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX), the first 100Gbps community network to be set up in the Southeast Asia region.
“SingAREN is proud to be the first to launch a 100 Gbps research and education network in the region. By increasing the network speed by ten-fold and with our suite of value-added services, SingAREN aims to facilitate collaborations amongst our local research organisations and with their international counterparts,” said A/Prof Francis Lee Bu Sung, President of SingAREN.
With SLIX, Singapore’s Research and Education (R&E) community will gain seamless access to a super high speed network with a hundred times more capacity than before; and enjoy bandwidth fully dedicated to their use.
Built on an optical fibre core comprising dark fibres, SLIX allows resiliency, future capacity upgrade, and technology-proof network connectivity.
The new network also opens up new possibilities as a test-bed, extending database mirroring services, bilateral disaster recovery, high performance computing federation and shared services, high volume peering for content data networks and other value-adding services to the R&E community.
In addition, SLIX will also enable research organisations to test different protocols for interconnections such as the Infiniband; and optical network researchers to carry out their experiments.
SLIX Ring Setup
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August 27th, 2014
The highly-affordable 5-inch Android 4.4 smartphone will be priced at S$249 (1GB RAM, 8GB memory), S$269 (2GB RAM, 8GB memory) and S$299 (2GB RAM, 16GB memory).
The ZenFone 5 LTE will be available in Charcoal Black, Pearl White, Cherry Red and Champagne Gold colours (Champagne Gold will be available for only 16GB model). The purple colour shown above is not available in Singapore.
ASUS officially launched its ZenFone 5 LTE in Singapore today at Suntec Convention Centre.
The ZenFone 5 LTE will be available at all ASUS brand stores, Best Denki, Challenger and Newstead stores on 30 August.
It will also be available at the ASUS Official Online Store and Lazada.
All three major mobile operators – M1, SingTel and StarHub – will offer the ZenFone 5 LTE with their respective LTE data plans.
What catches the attention is the affordable price tag. ASUS boasts that the sub-S$300 phone gives consumers the best value-for-money market.
And I can believe that.
Shipping with the latest Android 4.4 KitKat, the phone is smooth and responsive, and more than enough for what most people use their smartphones for – making calls, sending messages, taking photos, checking social media status, and surfing the Web.
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August 26th, 2014
The Lenovo Horizon2 will be available for pre-orders from S$2,399 at COMEX 2014. First 10 customers will receive a free Yoga Tablet 10 HD+.
The Lenovo ThinkPad 10 tablet is available now through commercial orders with prices starting from S$1,249.
Lenovo Horizon 2 (left ) and ThinkPad 10 (right).
The Lenovo Horizon 2 is a two-in-one Windows 8 PC providing multi-touch use at any angle, while the ThinkPad 10 is a tablet optimised for business professionals seeking both flexibility and mobility.
Horizon 2 Table PC
The 27-inch Horizon 2 is now much thinner and lighter than its predecessor – the IdeaCentre Horizon.
Available at Comex 2014
The Lenovo Horizon 2 will be available for pre-orders from $2,399 at COMEX 2014. First 10 customers will receive a free Yoga Tablet 10 HD+.
The Lenovo ThinkPad 10 tablet is also available with prices starting from $1,249.
You can also check out Lenovo’s other offers as well as offers from other IT vendors.
The Horizon 2 measures only 19.5mm and weighs only 7.6kg – making it easier to transport around the home or office.
The “Table computer” ships with improved performance and smarter features like near field communications (NFC) that interacts with users’ other devices.
Users can simply shake their Android device while using the new Horizon mobile app, allowing content to “fall” onto the Horizon 2’s screen.
Placing the mobile device directly on its screen lets users “pull” out content onto the PC’s display, signaling the Aura dial to appear.
The Lenovo Horizon 2 in “Table” mode.
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Tags: COMEX 2014, Horizon, Lenovo, Singapore, tablets, ThinkPad, Windows, Windows 8.1
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August 24th, 2014
Photo of the Day: Resinzbrunnen is the grand baroque fountain that sits in the middle Residenzplatz – right in the centre of Salzburg Altstadt (old town).
We couldn’t resist splashing the water in the fountain as well when we visited the Residenzbrunnen. Photo taken with a Sony A7 full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, with Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS full-frame E-mount zoom lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
It is also the fountain that Maria – in the movie “The Sound of Music” – splashes as she sings “I have confidence in me”, on her way to the von Trapp home.
The Residenzbrunnen is located in the middle of the Residenzplatz, one of the most popular tourist spots in Salzburg. Photo taken with a Sony A7 with 24-70mm lens. Sepia effect added with Adobe Photoshop CC (2014). Photo credit: John Tan.
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August 23rd, 2014
The Lumia 530 is now available in Singapore at an RRP of S$159 at Nokia Stores and Nokia Solution Partners. M1 will also be retailing the device bundled with data plans.
Windows Lumia 530 – available at S$159 in Singapore from 23 August 2014.
This is the most affordable Lumia to date, with a price below S$200.
The Lumia 530 is powered by a 1.2GHx quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor and has a 4-inch FWVGA LCD display.
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August 22nd, 2014
The RT-AC87U is the world’s first 4×4 802.11ac Wi-Fi router with multi-user MIMO and universal beamforming boasting 2334Mbit/s combined speeds and larger coverage.
Available in Singapore at COMEX 2014 from 28-31 August 2014. RRP: S$399.
The AC2400-class RT-AC87U has fast 1734Mbit/s 802.11ac speeds on the 5GHz frequency band — faster than wired Gigabit Ethernet — and uses Broadcom® TurboQAM™ to boost 802.11n 2.4GHz performance from 450Mbit/s to 600Mbit/s with compatible devices such as ASUS PCE-AC68. This gives RT-AC87U a combined maximum concurrent data rate of up to 2334Mbit/s. Photo credit: ASUS Singapore
ASUS claims that the RT-AC87U is the world’s first AC2400-class dual-band 802.11ac wireless router with a four-transmit, four-receive (4×4) antenna configuration, employing multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) technology.
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August 21st, 2014
Guvera has officially launched in Singapore offering users free, unlimited access to millions of tracks from local and international artists. Guvera’s app is available for both iOS and Android devices, as well as on its website via a browser.
Users can search and discover music on Guvera, as well as manage and share their own playlists.
It also has integrated social features that allow users to follow friends and celebrities and access their playlists.
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Tags: Deezer, Gentel Bones, Guvera, Michaela Therese, Mos Def, music, Seyra, Singapore, Spotify, streaming, Yasiin Bey
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August 20th, 2014
Parallels boasts that Desktop 10 will be able to launch Office applications up to 50 percent faster and deliver up to 30 percent better battery life.
Upgrade available now (S$58), Full version available from 26 August (S$98).
Starting from today (20 August), current users can upgrade to Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac online.
Parallels today launched Parallels Desktop® 10 for Mac and Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac (Enterprise Edition) – software that enables Windows applications to be run on Macs.
Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac and Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac Enterprise Edition has experimental support for many of the features of OS X Yosemite Developer Preview, bringing them to Windows and Windows applications.
Parallels does not provide technical support for it at this time.
Parallels plans to fully support OS X Yosemite in Parallels Desktop 10 when Yosemite becomes commercially available.
New built-in intelligence and support for Apple’s latest operating systems – including OS X Yosemite – greatly improves ease-of-use for both business users and consumers, allowing them to forget about the operating system and focus on the task at hand.
Parallels Desktop 10 will bring many of the announced features of Mac OS X Yosemite to Windows and Windows applications, supporting iCloud Drive, iMessages and SMS text sharing from Windows, and control of virtual machines from Spotlight preview and Finder QuickLook.
Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 on Mavericks.
New ease-of-use improvements include Wizards that guide users through optimizing their experience, improved performance and battery life, and improved usability between operating systems so that people can complete tasks more quickly.
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August 19th, 2014
The SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive is currently available in Singapore and on www.sandisk.com in 16GB (S$13.90), 32GB (S$25.90) and 64GB (S$52.90) capacities.
“As a leader in the flash storage space, our goal has always been to deliver the best, most reliable products,” said Mark Eng, Country Manager, SanDisk Singapore and Malaysia.
SanDisk today announced the release of the high-speed SanDisk Ultra Fit™ USB 3.0 Flash Drive that delivers exceptional performance in a tiny form factor, while providing expanded storage for PCs and other devices.
“While there are other USB 3.0 products on the market, SanDisk’s Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive offers consumers superior performance and impressive capacity in an extremely compact design,” said Eng.
Media enthusiasts can now transfer a full-length movie in 40 seconds, enjoy transfer speeds up to ten times faster than standard USB 2.0 drives and be confident the streamlined USB will offer reliable storage in minimal space.
The SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive builds upon the success of the popular Cruzer Fit™ USB flash drive.
The “plug and stay” device is a low-profile, compact 2.0 USB solution to expand a device’s storage capacity.
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August 18th, 2014
The Alpha 5100 has a 24.3-megapixel APS-C Exmor CMOS sensor and the same Fast Hybrid AF system as the Alpha 6000, as well as the same BIONZ X image processor used in the Alpha 7 series of full-frame cameras.
Update (19 August, 2014):
The Singapore prices for the Alpha 5100 are up on the pre-order website.
The price for the camera body and SELP1650 lens is S$999, with S$229 worth of pre-order free gifts.
Purchase with purchase:
- SEL50f18 lens: S$319
- SEL55210 lens: S$300
The Sony Alpha 5100 ships with NFC and is designed to make selfies easier.
Sony has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest interchangeable lens camera.
“日本相机制造商 Sony 刚公布了新的 Alpha 5100 相机。八月廿日至九月二日可上网预订。九月四日起在新加坡面市。” – 科技点心（微薄）
The new camera will be available for pre-order from 20 August to 2 September 2014 online.
It will be available in Singapore from 4 September 2014 onwards.
Singapore prices have yet to be released but its US price is US$550 for camera body only and US$700 for body plus 16-50 motorised zoom lens (SELP1650).
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