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Daily SG: 5 Jan 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 5th January 2009

In Memory Of JBJ
- Voices Sg: CSJ Sings, in memory of JBJ, at New Year’s eve “Opposition Party” [Thanks Jude]
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: In Memory of JBJ
- The Singapore Enquirer: JBJ memorial service at St Andrews Cathedral. Grandchildren and nieces tribute
- TOC: Service of celebration and thanksgiving

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Balderdash: CJ Chan says courts’ authority must be respected by all
- Mathia Lee: Justice, Law and the Courts
- Mollymeek: Forbidden Questions, Or:Tactics of Persuasive Denial
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Protecting the integrity and independence of our courts…

Recession
- The Kway Teow Man: On Capitalism and the Free Market
- EastStop: The Aftermath of Financial Crises
- My sketchbook: Singapore’s economy slides again…

High Notes and Minibombs
- TOC: Fidrec - more symbolism than substance?

Strangers In a Strange Land
- Aussie Pete: Are ‘Ang Mohs’ Welcome To Live In Singapore?

Lee vs Chee
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Reflections of 08 and Expectations of 09

144th and falling: The Internet Is Not Reliable!
- The Singapore Enquirer: Credibility: an inverse relationship between the New and Old media

Daily Discourse
- Sgpolitics: The Singapore Change – Real or Illusion?
- Wayang Party: Hidden message behind PM Lee’s New Year address
- Singapore Life and Times: The Old and the New
- Mathia Lee: Freedom of expression, offense and anger
- Just Stuff: The Expert Needs To Be Destroyed In Our Brain! – A Singaporean Study in the Cult of Elitism
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Death Penalty Watch - Singaporean, Fajar Taslim & Ghanaian, Stephen Obioha
- Singapore Indian Voice: Singapore sentences Ghanaian drug trafficker to death (Reflection and report)
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: staying together, moving ahead, wait, 2 dollars first
- Tan Kin Lian: Rating of political leaders

Life, the universe and everything
- cavalierio: Writing home | To the memory of JBJ
- Jacob’s Weblog: Singapore’s last village to disappear; Short film on Kampong Lorong Buangkok
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Food for All 2008 Report

Infoblogaramous
- a writer’s blog: Assault and Flattery

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Daily Tech: 5 Jan 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 5th January 2009

Tech News
- InformationWeek: Windows 7 Reviews Mixed On Pirate Bay
- Fudzilla: January 18th is time for energy efficient quad-cores
- VentureBeat: Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
- eFluxMedia: Microsoft Solves Zune Bug
- Fortune: Top 10 Macworld rumors for 2009
- 9to5Mac: Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro to go unibody, lose removable battery
- PC World: The iPhone 3G Unlock Chart: Will Your Carrier Work?
- TGdaily: Apple patents iPhone gloves
- Gamasutra: Nielsen: PlayStation 2 Most-Played Console In 2008, WoW Tops PC Gaming

Reviews | Guides
- X-bit Labs: Personal Computers of 2009: Nine Predictions
- Laptopmag: The Best Notebooks of 2008
- Tom’s Hardware: System Builder Marathon: Performance & Value : Is Spending More Justified?
- Anadtech: 300W to 450W: 20 Power Supplies on the Test Bench
- Bit-tech: The bit-tech Hardware Awards 2008
- Benchmark Reviews: Year In Review: 2008 Computer Hardware Industry Failure
- [OC]ModShop: 2008 Year In Review
- Madshrimps: Western Digital Scorpio Black, the none-SSD Laptop HDD Upgrade
- Hardware Secrets: ASUS Eee PC 1002HA
- InsideHW: Toshiba NB100
- 1UP: Readers’ Choice Awards 2008
- Tech ARP: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO to NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Mod Guide

SG Tech
- Tech65: What’s this Zii all about??

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