“..if we were the citizens of any other developed country, we would be happy to put our real names to our messages. But Singapore is not any other country..”
Lucky Tan

“Anonymity in cyberspace is an illusion. You will remember in 2007, we prosecuted three persons under the Sedition Act.. The reason we did that was to send the message that your words have an impact; if need be, we can identify you, and if we have to, we will be prepared to prosecute you.”
Vivian Balakrishnan, 21 Feb 2009

“..what is fascinating here is perhaps also the implicit suggestion that seditious bloggers were charged not necessarily because they did something wrong but because the people who charged them wanted to send across a message to the public to instill fear, to remind the public that they can be prosecuted.”
mollymeek

“The problem is, the elephant (the government) comes into the room and tries to define what a moderated internet should look like..”
Alex Au

This week’s roundup and recommended reads after the break.
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Recession
- Chia Ti Lik’s Blog: “This materialism has got to end” London, October 2008 - The chance has now come for Singaporeans to end the materialism that has decayed this nation
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Bad things happen to good people
- Yawning Bread: A new world after this economic crisis

MSK One Year Anniversary
- The Lycan Times: Hari Sombong
- A Lesser Mortal: Mas Selamat Kastari - Please Surrender Lah! [Thanks Newcomer]

Au contraire, we know exactly where he is! He is either in Singapore, or not!

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Gerald Giam: Blogging and identity: To name or not to name?

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Singapore Enquirer: Interview with young Singaporeans: How do they feel about the government’s handling of our reserve losses ? (Part 2)

General Election 2009
- Princess from the Planet of Venupitarius: Election?

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- Sgpolitics: A reader’s comment: The dangers of conflating public concerns with the principles of criminal trials

Lee vs Chee
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Why TBT protesters look forward to going back to court
- Sgpolitics: TODAY wants to know SDP’s response to Chiam’s criticisms

Housing
- Ignorance is Curable: Singapore - En Bloc Fallout

Strangers in a Strange Land
- AngryAngMo: Making ends meet
- Cavalierio: Govt is God

Life, the universe and everything
- Small steps for Social PR: Guess which SG mainstream media site ranks highest in Alexa top 1million websites? [Thaks Aaron]
- TPJCians: Singapore’s Top 10 Worst Consumer Behaviour [Thanks Azhar]

Masa Sato (佐藤麻紗) is a former 2003 San-ai swimsuit model. Here are the pictures from the “Ma Copine” photobook. More of her after the break. [NSFW]

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We Don’t Need No Regulation
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: The Culture of Fear Revisited
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Did the PM say traditional media is unbiased?
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: New Media - The Next Frontier
- Dotseng: One Extraordinary Asian Spectacle for Sale! - Part I

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: GIC Citigroup stake
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: Good Decision to Walk Away
- Wayang Party Club: A squandered opportunity to demand for accountability from the government
- A Lesser Mortal: GIC’s Position in Citigroup Precarious [Thanks Newcomer]

Recession
- Xinhua: Singapore lowers minimum income requirement for unsecured credit [Thanks CelluloidReality]
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Have we learned nothing from this crisis??!

General Election 2009
- A Lesser Mortal: Issues For FLASH GE2009 [Thanks Newcomer]

Healthcare
- Sam’s thoughts: Our attitudes towards mental illness need treatment

Truth, Justice, and the Singapore Way
- The Secret Political Blog: The Picture That Spoke A Thousand Words

Daily Discourse
- The boy who knew too much: The curious case of CASE
- Aidil Omar: What will I defend?
- Today In Singapore: Who’s Blood Is It?
- Must have been good: Hallmark of singapore’s media

Life, the universe and everything
- Aussie Pete: OGC - OMG, Please Change Your Logo!!

Now Showing
- The House of Cool, Calm and Collected: Slumdog may have won best picture, but..
- Balderdash: A complaint about Slumdog Millionaire

Infoblogaramous
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Event: CocoaHeads Feb Meet-Up - 26 Feb 2009

Tech News
- Bit-tech: Intel tears apart Nvidia Ion in document
- GPU Cafe: Geforce GTS 250 Street Date: March 10
- Computerworld: Apple can make money on $599 netbook, says analyst
- Electronista: Intel ships low-power Xeons, cuts Atom price
- TG Daily: 9-inch netbooks seeing sharp price declines
- CNET: Facebook users targeted by rogue application
- ChannelWeb: Microsoft Warns Of Critical Excel Flaw
- PC Mag: After CERT warning, Microsoft delivers AutoRun fix
- OCWorkbench: Data Recovery by placing data lost HDD in Freezer
- PCMag: PS3 Price Cut in April, Sony to Recover Sales Says Analyst
- PCGH: Inside Intel’s Fab - Video introduces chip production plant

Reviews | Guides
- TrustedReviews: Dell Studio XPS 13 - 13.3in Notebook
- Register Hardware: How to upgrade an Acer Aspire One netbook’s memory
- HotHardware: DDR3 Round-Up: Core i7 Performance Analysis
- TweakTown: ATI Catalyst 9.2 Analysis - XP & Vista
- TrustedReviews: Sony Bravia KDL-40ZX1 40in LCD TV
- Engadget: Razer Carcharias headset: unboxing and impressions
- Overclockers Club: Windows 7 Beta Review
- VR-Zone: LG Prada II (LG-KF900)
- HWZ: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - A Commitment to Music

SG Tech \ MISC
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: 5 Reasons Why You Should Start A Blog Before Doing A Startup
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Prada Phone by LG and Prada Link First look
- The eOK .network: How to track your brand across multiple markets online
- harmless? bananas!: The New Public Relations Agency [Is Social PR For Real? Which Agencies Get It?]
- The Ridge Wired: Windows 7: Brand new Windows or just another Vista Service Pack?
- Tech65: Prada Phone by LG

We Don’t Need No Regulation
- Kent Ridge Common: Relooking Freedoms of Speech and Press in Singapore
- Wayang Party Club: Countering PM Lee’s erroneous perception of the New Media
- Yaw Shin Leong: If You Can’t Beat It, Join It
- My sketchbook: PM Lee ventures into wild wild west(new media)

Elections
- Singapore Alternatives: Democracy: PAP Government IS NOT PAP
- TOC: Why an election in September is most likely
- a writer’s blog: Politics and social media
- Recruit Ong: PAP gahmen will hold elections ASAP..

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Chemical Generation Singapore: GIC Hangs On Tenaciously

ERPains, Trains & Automobiles
- Kaffein-nated: Got money also cannot use?!
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: For the first time in Singapore history..

Housing
- En Bloc Block Blog: Have we left our people behind?

Healthcare
- Singapore Social Activist: Alternative Healthcare Economic Policies
- Angry Doctor: Ethics and Evidence

Pink Issues
- My Thoughts: Does ST Selectively Overlook Some News?
- Sam’s thoughts: Say no to “tranny”

Parliament
- choongyong.com: Is the Hansard verbatim, or near-verbatim?

The Hunt For MSK
- Yawning Bread: The great hunt: One year on

Daily Discourse
- The Kent Ridge Common: Joint programs - The lessons learnt from A*STAR-Johns Hopkins break-up and others
- TOC: What is public service?
- Wayang Party Club: Efficient civil service is the result of the hard work of pioneers and not the present PAP leaders
- Singapore Recalcitrant: The Illustrious Minister Mentor