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Daily SG: 31 Oct 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 31st October 2008

It’s Trick or Treats day! Agnes Tan has a list of Halloween Parties to go to.

High Notes and Minibombs
- Jeflin’s Investment Blog: Flush DBS High Notes 5 Down The Drain
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Oops No Compensation Now
- Being a Working Mother: DBS High Notes and Lehman Minibonds
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Minibonds..and finally a few words from PM Lee….
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: PAP Town Councils bought minibonds….
- TOC: Town Councils investments - be accountable to constituents
- Wayang Party Club: MAS sidelines Tan Kin Lian in a deft move to reclaim initiative from him

Financial Crisis
- Simply Jean: Entrepreneurship in the midst of a global financial crisis?

Gospel of Harry: Marry Graduates Good, Marry Non-Graduates Bad
- The Lycan Times 狼人時報: Daily Discourse - Eugenics

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- JUST STUFF: Suggested Solutions for managing e-relationships between netizens and government / Part 3 B / The Strategic Initiative (The Final Chapter)

Censorship and Pink Issues
- Beautiful Monster: Queer academia and Singapore: some thoughts

Paper Chase
- Mr Wang Says So: The Foreigner’s Guide to Getting A Subsidised University Education in Singapore

Melamine in my Milk
- Singapore Complain Hub: Julie’s biscuits banned

Parliament 25 Aug 2008
- Siew Kum Hong: Speech on Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) (Amendment) Bill: 25 August 2008

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Town Council explains herb garden removal
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Undergraduate reply to Prof Lan
- Aussie Pete: Singaporean Fraudsters Con The Kiwis
- The eOK .network: Friendster still #1 in Singapore

Life, the universe and everything
- Yawning Bread: From Alexandra Hospital to Washington: The currency of race
- Balderdash: Avenue Q

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Daily ChioBu: Akane Souma

Posted by singaporedaily on 31st October 2008

Akane Souma is a famous Japanese gravure idol and former race queen. Pictures after the break. [NSFW]

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Daily SG: 30 Oct 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 30th October 2008

High Notes and Minibombs
- Singapore Life and Times: Toxic Towns
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Mini-bond investor gives his view
- Wayang Party Club of Singapore: Is it time for us to look into the accounts of PAP Town Councils?

Financial Crisis
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Singapore newspaper’s amazing knowledge gap
- My sketchbook: Job of a politician-restoring confidence of the public

Power to Cost the People
- A long and arduous road of an entrepreneur: Energy (Electricity) Conservation Tax

Gospel of Harry: Marry Graduates Good, Marry Non-Graduates Bad
- To Fix a Mocking Peasant: Designer Marriages (Or: Why my parents should have been graduates)

Fixing the Opposition
- Enjoy the Breeze: A new political landscape?
- Singapore Kopitiam Forum: Is democracy truly attainable?
- Sgpolitics.net: A weblog on politics and current Singapore Democrats meet Anwar Ibrahim’s daughter

Lee vs Chee
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: TBT Trial 3rd & 4th day - The question of Equality - Article 12 Singapore Constitution
- Singabloodypore: Arguments on constitution continue on day 4 of trial

SG Press rank 141 and falling | The Misquoting of Agnes Lin?
- TOC: TOC Exclusive - Agnes Lin: a victim of the ST?
- The Lycan Times 狼人時報: Daily Discourse - Agnes Lin

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics.net: Las Vegas Sands woes to delay Marina IR opening?
- Singapore Skeptic: The cost of middle-class living in Singapore
- The Legal Janitor: Is this guy for real?
- Winter is Coming: Its Time ST did the Right Thing
- groundnotes: Leadership: Doing and Saying

Life, the universe and everything
- Cooler Insights: How China Could Resolve Its Growing Consumer Crisis
- Delvinlee’s Weblog: The 7 Storey Hotel - A memorial [Thanks Delvin]
- Singapore Agnes Tan: Upcoming Halloween Parties in Singapore

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Daily Tech: Microsoft Shows Windows 7

Posted by singaporedaily on 30th October 2008

Microsoft Shows Windows 7
- Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report: A first look at Windows 7’s pre-beta PDC release
- PC World: Windows 7 First Look: A Big Fix for Vista
- The Tech Beat: Windows 7: A First Look
- ars technica: First look at Windows 7’s User Interface
- Computerworld: New math for Microsoft, as Windows 7 = addition by subtraction
- TG Daily: Side by side: Windows 7 vs. OS X Snow Leopard
- NYT: 10 best features in Windows 7 for IT professionals
- Apple Watch: What Apple Needs to Know About Azure, Windows 7
- Engineering Windows 7: Welcome to our blog dedicated to the engineering of Microsoft Windows 7

Tech News
- Reuters: TSMC: No comment on Chartered stake sale report
- EETimes: Intel to roll 32-nm process at IEDM
- Fudzilla: ATI rests its case with graphics in 2008
- Engadget: Samsung titillates with transparent and 0.05mm ‘flapping’ OLED panels
- eWeek: HP, Dell, Lenovo Offering New Crop of Low-Cost Notebooks
- WIRED: Psystar: Blu-Ray Hackintosh for Sale; MacBook Clones on the Way
- Microsoft: Microsoft to Extend Office to the Browser
- CNET: Finally getting with the program: Microsoft to offer Office online

Reviews | Guides
- Guru 3D: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 OC 896 MB review
- techPowerUp: Scythe Kama Bay Amplifier
- Virtual-Hideout: Antec Notebook Cooler 200
- Modders-Inc: SilverStone Raven Mouse
- Benchmark Reviews: Microsoft Sidewinder X6
- TechSpot: Das Keyboard Professional and Ultimate review

SG Tech
- 65 Bits: Episode 94: The new Palm OS is finally here! Sort of..
- The eOK .network: Are we seeing a netbook ecosystem?
- Ignorance is Curable: Digital Music, High-Fidelity, and making it all work
- Otterman speaks: Figuring out where stuff is
- The Singapore iPhone Guide: Check bus arrivals, plan bus journeys on your iPhone

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Daily SG: 29 Oct 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 29th October 2008

High Notes and Minibombs
- Sgpolitics.net: Lehman-linked structured products tragedy exposes persistent flaws in our financial planning industry
- The Wayang Party Club of Singapore: How much public funds did PAP Town Councils lose in total from the failed minibond investments?
- Almost Infamous: The Minibonds Continued
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Minibonds a HORRIBLE PRODUCT
- My Singapore News: For the worth of $500 million!

Financial Crisis
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Govt can create jobs, boost economy: Keynes

Gospel of Harry: Marry Graduates Good, Marry Non-Graduates Bad
- Balderdash: Minister Menthor Lee Kwan Yew
- vinyarb: Looking for a mate? Look out for assortative mate!

Fixing the Opposition
- Enjoy the Breeze: Should opposition parties change government policies?

Lee vs Chee
- Singabloodypore: Take Action for courageous Singaporeans

Transport, a hole in our pockets
- Singapore Complain Hub: Double Standards in Transportation Fees for Tertiary Students

Melamine in my Milk
- Sg Food Fads: Malaysian made Biscuits affected by Melamine [Thanks ecko]

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Nation-building or party-building?
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: NSW bureaucrats pay rise. Copying the autocrats

Infoblogaramus
- Otterman speaks: Donorweb revamped!

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Daily SG: 28 Oct 2008

Posted by singaporedaily on 28th October 2008

High Notes and Minibombs
- TOC: “Non-vulnerable” deserve a chance at pay-out
- Wayang Party Club: Over 500 disgruntled investors turn up to protest against MAS’s inaction
- Singabloodypore: Hong Lim Park: Over 500 disgruntled investors turn up to protest against MAS’s inaction [Vids]
- Sgpolitics: Updates on the Lehman-linked structured products fiasco
- Blowin’ In The Wind: PM Lee no Greenspan: Confidence unshaken
- Bad News on the Doorstep: PM did not address the real issue
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Call for Public Inquiry - some views
- The Void Deck: Minibond - Where Do We Go Now?
- Singapore Alternatives: MAS responsibility in Minibonds– Moral Hazards
- Dr Cynic and Mr Idealist: The hapless Singaporeans
- Me and my thoughts: On Lemon Brothers Issue (Again)
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Why all DBS HN5 investors should be fully compensated!
- Almost Infamous: The Minibonds Issue
- Chemical Generation Singapore: The Minibond Compensation
- Singapore Alternatives: This is what Minibonds is all about!
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Blog for High Note investors
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Petition #4 - Review Complaint Handling Process

Financial Crisis
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: What will happen to our IRs/Casinos..?
- Singapore Life and Times: 10,000 duds?

Gospel of Harry: Marry Graduates Good, Marry Non-Graduates Bad
- The Lionheart: Eugenics, Education, Economics
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: The perils of Lee and his theory on assortative mating
- Me and my thoughts: LKY and his silly remarks
- Toadjuice: Assortative Mating.. I like..
- Singapore Indian Voice: NONSENSE: MM Lee on “assortative mating”
- TOC: MM Lee on “assortative mating” [Vid]
- My sketchbook: Primitive mind

Lee vs Chee
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: Tak Boleh Tahan trial - The first 2 days
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: The trial begins - [Part 1 The Dilemma] [Part 2]
- Singabloodypore: THE CHARGE

Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Legal Janitor: This dude gets it yo

Hong Lim Park
- Jacob’s Weblog: Pictures of a Fast at Speakers’ Corner

Re Education
- Singapore Educational Consultants: A rose-tinted view of Singapore’s education system

Daily Discourse
- still me: Talk is cheap?
- The Constitution Times: Why I don’t write about Singapore Politics?
- Singapore Skeptic: The cost of middle-class living in Singapore
- TOC: A measure of dissent
- Enjoy the Breeze: Is it time for a new opposition party?
- TOC: The Elected Presidency and future non-PAP govts

Life, the universe and everything
- inter alia: Singapore Lags behind Europe in Recycling
- Alamak: SingTel Colour-Me-Tones: Cancel if you don’t need it

Infoblogoramus
- Balderdash: Zomb-Out! update from Superfly

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