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Odex Update: Pacnet to give names to Japanese studios, not Odex
- Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain: Odex’s appeal rejected
- Alice in Wonderland: PacNet ordered by High Court to reveal alleged anime downloaders identities
- The Legal Janitor: Copyright v Privacy: compare and contrast
- reidolphin: CNY just around the corner
- 蒼天の光: Verdict on Pacnet Case Out~ Information to be given to Anime Studios
- VR zone: PacNet ordered to give list of downloaders to anime studios

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Insane Polygons: Adventures of Elite Girl ep0039
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Traffic, traffic, traffic, must be funny in a rich man’s world where police-escorts clear the traffic for you..
- Singapore Land Transport: Land Transport Review Part 3: Private transport (car)
- Sophie’s World: Singapore’s glittering Autobahn
- The States Times: Everyday Rob People

State Funds Investments
- an aberration in pronunciation: Citigroup Good Investment? [Thanks palmist]

Section 377a
- Musings: 377A No Longer A Registrable Offence

Pink Issues
- Mr Wang Says So: Suddenly, The Singapore Media Discovers That Gays Are Human Beings After All

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- Looking For LaLaLand..: Please stop lying to us!

The Complaints Choir Banned
- Die neue Welle: Tales of Mr. Tan VII – Better-Than-Thou

Healthcare
- The Online Citizen: Means testing or comprehensive medical insurance?

GST
- Siew Kum Hong: OPQ 22 January 2008: GST Revenues

Re education
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: The role of education in Singapore
- Insane Polygons: Failure.

Daily Discourse
- Organic-Ally: Dear MM (Part 2) Another rejected letter
- Alice in Wonderland: Athletes forced to sign a contract to contribute part of prize money in order to represent Singapore. Is it fair?

Infoblogoramus
- Sg_Ljers: Getting to the shops during the CNY period
- ALVINOLOGY: omy personalised Chinese Zodiac e-card

January 31st, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

More leaked screenshots of the successor to Vista at KezNews

Reviews
- InsideHW: GeForce 8800 GT Roundup
- TWEAK.DK: Thermaltake DUOrb
- Hardware Logic: Antec True Power Quattro 850 Watt Power Supply
- Techgage: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz – Wolfdale Arrives
- Overclockers Online: Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W
- TweakTown: Seasonic M12II 500watt Power Supply
- Futurelooks: RAZER Destructor Pro Gaming Mouse Pad Review

Tech News
- TweakTown: Windows 7 coming soon afterall?
- PSP Fanboy: Firmware 3.90 now available on Network Update [includes Skype support]
- Auction Bytes: eBay Increases Fees Overall
- Wired: Fly the Friendly Skies – Nude
- AP: China Steps Up Internet Video Control

Tweaks & Guides
- PCSTATS: 99 Windows Vista Performance Tips and Tweaks
- ExtremeTech: Wireless Security on the Go

SG Tech
- e pur si muove: Google’s new datacenter: a possible privacy risk?
- The eOK .network: Access to free video changes people

January 31st, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Odex Update: Pacnet to give names to Japanese studios, not Odex
- Siew Kum Hong: Odex redux

The Complaints Choir Banned
- Decay On Net: Complaints choir cannot complain
- The States Times: Mother Of All Complaints

Transport Reforms Announced
- Simply Jean: Going up: Prime taxi fares

Human Rights
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Singapore and the America’s Primaries

Life, the universe and everything
- e pur si muove: Google’s new datacenter: a possible privacy risk?

Infoblogoramus
- Switchfoot – tomorrow @ The MAX Pavilion@Singapore Expo

January 30th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Wang Yin Ping 王尹平 is one of Taiwan’s hottest model. She once modelled in a bra made of NT $330 000 (approximately SGD $14,530.29) worth of Valisere crystals. Pictures after the break.

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January 30th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (2)

The Complaints Choir Banned
- Simple girl, simple life: Sucessful! Fruitful! Emotional?
- e pur si muove: BANNED: Complaints Choir of Singapore
- mrbrown: Complaints Choir of Singapore (video and lyrics)
- Used Brain for Sale: Foreigners Cannot Complain
- My Sketchbook: Sing our way out

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Simply Jean: More discourse from heartlanders on heartland ERP gantries
- Sophie’s World: Missing MRT link

Pink Issues
- Sam’s Thoughts: The Thesis on Sexual Minority Media Representation

Human Rights
- Siew Kum Hong: OPQ 21 January 2008: Myanmar

Daily Discourse
- Intelligently Retarded: Lovely Singaporeans [Thanks Chang]
- inter alia: Singapore is a single-race country – PM Abdullah

Life, the universe and everything
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Firing of BPL Football Managers and Maximal Efficiency

Infoblogoramus
- Sg_ljers: Vote for Singapore

January 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 launched and reviewed
- AnandTech: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2: 2 GPUs 1 Card, A Return to the High End
- Digit-Life: RADEON HD 3870 X2 2x512MB PCI-E
- PC Perspective: Asus AMD Radeon HD 3870 X2 – AMD R680 Dual GPU Arrives
- HotHardware: R680 Has Landed: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
- [H] Enthusiast: AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
- Overclockers Club: ATI HD 3870 X2 Review
- Hardware Canucks: ATI Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Review
- DriverHeaven: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
- TweakTown: GECUBE Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card
- TechPowerUp: HIS Radeon HD 3870 X2 1 GB
- Bjorn3d: HD3870X2 review

Reviews
- Engadget: MacBook Air review
- X-bit labs: Ten Kilowatts of Power: 1000W+ PSU Roundup
- Madshrimps: Sparkle 8800GTS 512MB Review: G92 Madness Continues
- [H] Enthusiast: VIA’s New Centaur Designed Isaiah CPU Architecture
- Techware Labs: Nexus Caterpillar Case
- Digit-Life: Mid-End Heatpipe Cooler Shootout

Tech News
- PC World: Gartner: HD DVD Price Cuts Only Prolong Agony
- Digital Photography Review: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T300
- DCRP News: Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS
- DCRP News: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W120/W130/W150/W170
- Softpedia: Windows 7 M1 Ultimate Edition Lives! – Video Proof!

SG Tech
- Ian On The Red Dot: Is There A Need For Ping.sg?
- GeekSG: Geeks are the new Rock Stars!
- Decay on Net: Itchy hand me [upgrade my iPod touch firmware to 1.1.3.]
- The eOK .network: Cooling a Mac in style
- Empty Vessel: I’m finally a Dance Dance Dancer!

January 29th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

The Complaints Choir Banned
- Baloney and Balls: What?
- The Online Citizen: Bureacratic muddle leads to canning of International Fringe Festival event
- Die neue Welle: Tales of Mr. Tan VI – The Complain Choir
- Ong Jiin Joo: Add one more lyric: Complaints Choir Cannot Sing
- Pseudonymity: Complaints Choir Cancels Public Performances Due To Government Pressure
- The Online Citizen: Police: Foreigners not allowed to complain
- Pseudonymity: VIDEO: Complaints Choir of Singapore – Live

Government Denies Hand in State Fund Investments
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Did Tharman put an egg on the parliament’s face?
- Singapore Angle: Privacy for Ah Kong, Privacy for Ah Kow
- The Void Deck: Just Can’t Get Enough (of Transparency)
- Insane Polygons: A Self Contradictory Government

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Decay on Net: Our Transport Minister should do Hip Hop during the next Chingay
- the(new)mediaslut: Comfort Delgro plays number game but loses it on shift system
- Perspective Unlimited: Deadweight Loss of High Taxi Fare?

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Next Stop Wonderland: It’s S’pore’s gain even if 30-40% of immigrants settle here: MM Lee

Transport Reforms Announced
- Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain: SMRT = Sardines MRT

Our war on terror
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Devil in the Details on Self-Radicalisation

Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!
- The Online Citizen: Uniquely Singapore, F1 or F9 – helping the poor?

Re education
- e pur si muove: Is academic freedom in teaching important?

The A* or not Challenge
- Ra in the Lab: A*STAR’s $100,000 Star Challenge – badly conceived, or just badly publicized?

Daily Discourse
- The boy who knew too much: Is Singapore an uncaring society?
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Does any one local benefit privately from Temasek’s huge foreign investments?
- The Daily Backtrack: Going to the Dogs
- Sam’s Thoughts: Preference towards one type of family structure inappropriate for gracious society

Life, the universe and everything
- Insane Polygons: Motivational Posters for the Elite 6
- Sophie’s World: No Swimming

January 28th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (3)

Chae Yeon (채연), a popular Korean pop artist known for her dancing skills, took many years to attain her current level of fame in Korea. She began her singing career in Japan with a group called Brand New Biscuits in 2001. She later joined another group Ultra Cats under the name Jinny Lee. Her persevarance paid off in 2005, when her single Two of Us (둘이서) from her second solo album hit #1 in Korea’s music charts.

Pictures after the break.

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January 28th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (4)

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January 26th, 2008 | Category: Weekly Roundup | Comments (5)

Government Denies Hand in State Fund Investments
- Siew Kum Hong: OPQ 21 January 2008: Investments by GIC and Temasek Holdings in UBS and Merrill Lynch
- HWZ: “Not my business” – Tharman

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain: Increase the Cab Fares even more!!
- HWZ: Singapore Public Transport. World-Class?

Transport Reforms Announced
- Singapore’s Land Transport: Land Transport Review Part 1: Public transport (bus)

Not that we love Caesar less…
- Looking For LaLaLand..: Is MM Lee still relevant?
- Utopia: MM Lee: top money for talent

Our war on terror
- SGFrag: 2 more detained under Internal Security Act, 5 JI members released
- sgForums: Two men detained for planning acts of terror

Daily Discourse
- Looking through the eyes of_: On meritocracy and elitism
- My Way: Eliminate Your Competition the Singaporean Way
- The Online Citizen: My future as a Singapore citizen
- Simply Jean: The letter that caused a furore in the Straits Times discussion board
- Organic Ally: Dear MM
- Eastcoastlife: Bullying at school is nothing new

Life, the universe and everything
- Balderdash: ..by the law of engineering girls cannot exist.
- Nomadism: Tabloid news…
- Sophie’s World: The Lingam defence
- The Void Deck: CNG Cars Ahoy!

January 25th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (4)

Miwa Oshiro 大城美和 is a young and popular Japanese actress and model. Pictures after the break.

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January 25th, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (5)

The A* or not Challenge
- Singapore Life and Times: The next big idea
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: A-STAR 100K challenge is an outdated idea to both Innovation and Business
- Ian On The Red Dot: How A*STAR’s Search Engine Is The Same As Google
- GeekSG: Bloggers mocks Singapore’s attempt at a Search Engine
- SEO Expert: Star Challenge 2008 Website Broken?
- PageTrafficBlog: USD 100,000 To Build A State-of-the-Art Search Engine: Will It Work?

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- zm.: the ugly side of SMRT

Transport Reforms Announced
- Decay On Net: I should be a taxi driver instead

Human Rights
- Pseudonymity: VIDEO & REPORT: Human Rights Torch Relay Reaches Police State
- Used Brains For Sale: More Idiocy

Strangers in a Strange Land
- Hear ye! Hear ye! – Attract foreign talents or retain local talents?

Healthcare or Heck Care
- when docs turn gods: The inexorable rise

Daily Discourse
- Simply Jean: Are you feeding the monkeys?
- Sophie’s World: One less piece of red tape
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: So am I right to say that the moral of the story seems to be…

January 24th, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

IBM AMD Merger Talks
- Reuters: AMD shares gain on IBM takeover speculation
- ChannelWeb: IBM-AMD Merger Rumors Have Markets Abuzz
- FT.com: IBM, AMD, could set more formal chip ties, with merger possible
- MarketWatch: AMD shares rise on IBM speculation

Reviews
- PCPop: 9800 GX2 Revelation [Chinese Translate]
- Tom’s Hardware: Crossfire meets PCI Express 2.0 – More Lanes, More Frames?
- Digit-Life: DDR2-800 vs. DDR3-1333. Does DDR3-1333 Make Sense?
- ExtremeTech: Speed Up Windows Vista
- Tech Report: Asus’ Xonar D2X and Auzentech’s Prelude 7.1 go head-to-head
- InformationWeek: Compared To Rivals, Apple MacBook Air Pricing No Bargain
- VR-Zone: Razer Lachesis – Mousey Insanity?
- Legit Reviews: Radeon HD 3450 and 3650 Video Cards Reviewed
- Legion Hardware: Nvidia Gefore 8800GT SLi vs AMD Radeon HD3870 Crossfire
- ars technica: New Blu-ray 2.0 spec makes PS3 the most future-proof player

Tech News
- DigiTimes: Another Intel dual-core Celeron in 2Q08
- Forbes: Can The Mac Attack Continue?
- Fudzilla: Geforce 8800 Ultra retires this month
- Expreview: 9600GT launch date push back

Gaming & Generale
- Gamespot: BioShock throws D.I.C.E. award nominations
- Machinist: With Wii and DS, Nintendo owns 2007
- PC World: Download Allows PC Games to be Played on a PlayStation 3
- PC Perspective: Ray Tracing and Gaming – One Year Later
- GamesIndustry: World of Warcraft surpasses 10 million subscribers
- Icrontic: The Core 2′s FSB, RAM and Bandwidth Explained
- PCStats: How To Install An Intel Socket 775 Processor and Heatsink

SG Tech
- HWZ: Xpertvision 8800GT/3850 Ang Bao Promo
- HWZ: The Official “Battle of the Keyboards” Thread

January 24th, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Leave a comment

Government Denies Hand in State Fund Investments
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: GIC and Temasek have a blank cheque

Transport Reforms Announced
- Singapore Life and Times: The right step

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Decay on Net: Peak hour madness – thanks to a maintenance train

Re education
- Mr Wang Says So: Safety in the Syllabus

Daily Discourse
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Why fritter away your $$ at the casino when SingaporePools welcomes you with open arms?

Life, the Universe and everything
- the(new)mediaslut: Singtel negotiating bid for Apple iPhone with AIS and Optus

January 23rd, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (48)

Vivian Hsu Ruo Xuan 徐若萱 is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She once dated Jay Chou. Pictures after the break.

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January 23rd, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (4)

Government Denies Hand in State Fund Investments
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: Tharman: S’pore govt has nothing to do with Govt Investment Corp…
- Hear ye! Hear ye!: Contradiction by Tharman?

Transport Reforms Announced
- My Singapore News: Time to return to sanity

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- QuirkieKai: A Public Fantasy [Thanks Chin]

Daily Discourse
- The Online Citizen: Uniquely Singapore, F1 or F9 – Workfare statistics?
- The Rot Within: The “What School” Question
- Mr Wang Says So: The Modern Risks of Information and Advice
- My Singapore News: Why is cyberspace more powerful?
- The States Times: Soldier Of Fortune

Life, the universe and everything
- Intelligently Retarded: Cool Dome [Thanks Chang]
- the(new)mediaslut: Tiger Airways- Will a 45 mins flight to KL turn into a 5 hours wait?

Infoblogoramus
- Sgpolitics: Singapore Democrats: Singaporeans Participated in International Human Rights Torch Relay

January 22nd, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Leave a comment

Read about the revolutionary Sky Puter at Geekologic.

Reviews
- PCGH: Exclusive benchmarks of the Intel Q9300 [German translated]
- Tweak Town: ATI Catalyst 8.1 Analysis – XP & Vista
- TrustedReviews: Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray Player
- OCIA: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Quad 750W PSU
- Hardware Logic: INTEL QX9650 Core 2 Extreme Processor Review
- HWZ: Cruise Along with HTC in 2008

Tech News
- Expreview: Gigabyte unveils Voltage Gear Overdrive, Gamer HUD, and 8800GT with new cooler
- DigiTimes: MacBook Air expected to push growth of LED-backlit applications
- TorrentFreak: RIAA Website Wiped Clean by “Hackers”

Gaming
- 8Bit Joystick: Inside Source Reveal the Truth About Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” Failures
- IGN: Street Fighter IV Going Playable
- RussiaToday: Online game rivalry ends with real life murder

SG Tech
- theory.isthereason: A Photographic Journey to Yahoo!
- Gerard’s Point of View: Ladies and Gentlemen…[the Nintendo Wii]
- Ong Jiin Joo: Open Source unite! Sun buys MySQL
- HWZ: Tech Trends’08: Personalized Computing

January 22nd, 2008 | Category: Daily Tech | Comments (1)

Principal’s ITE Remarks
- The Universe Within: Self Improvement for others
- Simple is the Reason of My Heart: Education in Singapore needs to see beyond KPIs
- The Online Citizen: Principals who put down students have no place in educating our young
- Molly Meek: Mediocrity in Meritocracy: There must be, there cannot be
- Looking For LaLaLand..: A load of crap from the education minister
- Insane Polygons: The Emerald Helm of Unlimited Stupidity
- Recruit Ong: Lui tio kan! LOL
- Warblings Of A Little Bird: Teacher’s “Go To ITE” Remarks – A Question No One Seems To Have Asked
- Stressed Teacher: Your results suck!

Transport Reforms Announced
- The Lush Garden Within: Land transport reforms in Singapore – at last
- Hear ye! Hear ye!: The wildcard in public bus reforms
- Simply Jean: What I want to see in the transport overhaul

Election Reform Public Forum
- The Online Citizen: Election reform effort needs everyone’s involvement
- Sgpolitics: SDP’s public forum on electoral reform, 20 Jan 08
- UncleYap: Public Forum held for Reform of Electoral System

Daily Discourse
- BothSidesOfTheJohorStraits: A tale of a fictitious country – Lalapore
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: GIC money for Citibank..
- The Anti Neo-Democracy Theorist: Perhaps the best campaign victory speech I saw
- e pur si muove: Singapore culture shock: civility and lack thereof
- Newsintercom: An Interview with Artist-Activist Seelan Palay
- The States Times: A History Of Bullying

January 21st, 2008 | Category: Daily Sg | Comments (2)

Zhang Zi Lin 张梓琳 is the first Chinese Miss World 2007 in the paegant’s 57 year history. Held in China’s Hainan Island, the 23-year-old, 1.82m Beijing University graduate was a hot favourite for the competition. Pictures after the break.

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January 21st, 2008 | Category: Daily ChioBu | Comments (2)