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Daily SG: 18 Sep 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 18th September 2008

The queue outside AIA Finlayson office yesterday
The queue outside AIA Finlayson office yesterday. We even made it to CNN!

AIA in Trouble
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Financial SHOCK….and more SHOCKs…

GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Calm after the Storm (we hope)

Lee vs Chee
- Sgpolitics.net: Activists hand over petition on Gopalan Nair to US embassy
- For Want of a Better Title: Just a point of legal information

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Yip Pin Xiu, an awesome achievement!
- TOC: NTU censors campus news coverage of Chee Soon Juan visit (updated)

Life, the universe and everything
- the boy who knew too much: On falling ill in a taxi

Infoblogoramus
- A L V I N O L O G Y: George Yeo (杨荣文) Blogging Competition

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Daily Tech: Google Android Smartphone

Posted by singaporedaily on 18th September 2008

Google has recently come out of the shack guns blazing, launching new apps and services left, right and center. Next on its list to world domination: the new Google smartphone (its a HTC Dream powered by its new mobile OS Android) was just unveiled in London.


Here’s a clearer, up close vid of Android in action (presented in May 2008).

Google Android Smartphone
- TechRadar: Google shows off final Android handset
- Smartphone.Biz.News: Launch Date Set for First Android-based Smartphone
- Forbes: What Android Will Bring
- LinuxInsider: Who Wants to Buy an Android?
- MacNewsWorld: Anticipating Android: Will It Challenge iPhone?
- eWeek: How Many Google Android-Based Dreams Will T-Mobile Sell This Year?
- eFluxMedia: Android And HTC Dream: The Dawn Of A New Era
- Tom’s Guide: Google Phone To Cost $200; Confirmed
- CrunchGear: Android: More info on the G1 [Specs]

Tech News
- Bit-tech: DirectX 11: A look at what’s coming
- Google Mobile Blog: Street View and walking directions come to Google Maps for mobile
- Crave: Creative makes multiroom wireless audio setup more affordable
- Guru 3D: ATI Catalyst 8.9 Windows XP|Vista driver Released
- ITWire: Pure Genius: How Apple is killing Windows Vista with iTunes 8
- NVIDIA: Mythbusters demonstrate the difference between a GPU and CPU [Vid]

Reviews | Guides
- HWZ: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Roundup
- Overclockers Club: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Review
- JonnyGURU: Thermaltake Toughpower QFan 500W
- HardwareLogic: OCZ Alchemy Elixer Gaming Keyboard Review
- MetkuMods: MSI Star Mouse GS-501

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