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Daily SG: 16 Mar 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 16th March 2009

Town Council 8 Month Bonuses
- Wayang Party Club: Teo Ho Pin forced by blogosphere to reply to CDC bonuses rumors on CNA: “I DON’T KNOW!”
- Wayang Party Club: Rumoured 8-month Bonus for CDC Staff is ‘In Line with NWC Guidelines’: People’s Association
- Civic Advocator: Dr Teo, don’t worry, we have a solution
- Anonymous_X: Perhaps the two CDC staff might indeed have received bonuses of 8 months?!
- My sketchbook: Teo Ho Pin: Chicken and duck (straight) talk

The Passing of Dr Allan Ooi
- Sam’s Thoughts: Dying to make a point
- Foxy Thoughts: What will you defend?
- Kaffein-nated: I must be a mushroom
- vinyarb: Social Media 1 - 0 Mainstream Media

General Election 2009
- Yaw Shin Leong: Taking It Easy
- The Itch To Write: Main stream media got facts wrong
- TOC: Weakest link in Aljunied GRC? Just move it out, says PAP activist
- A Blog Day’s Work: PAP member’s telling ‘insight’ [Thanks Kian Hwee]
- Wayang Party Club: Opposition’s chance of winning a GRC limited unless they overcome their Achilles Heel
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Don’t fight in a three way cul-de-sac, do it one on one, please.
- Tan Kin Lian: Politician Ratings

Lee vs Rag-and-Bone Man
- Sgpolitics: Protection from harm: One set of rules for political elites and another set of rules for common folk
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: For goodness sake, STOP WASTING TAXPAYERS MONEY!
- Today In Singapore: Would You ‘Hammer’ Her?

Lee vs WSJ
- Chemical Generation Singapore: Another WSJ Opinion, Another Court Case, Another Farce
- Gimme Some Truth: Singapore High Court take on WSJ in legal battle- a Political Miscalculation?
- Singaporean Skeptic: Wall Street Journal Contempt Case Part II

Lee vs Chee
- Jaslyn Go’s Blog: Today I question PW 2 - SI Yeo Kok Leong

Hsien and Thein: An Orchid for a Dictator
- Everyday’s Life in a Snapshot: Be constructive netizens
- Singapore Dino: Singapore to host and honour Burmese junta gangster

Recession
- Singapore Social Activist: Don’t Hide Behind Mere Hypothesis
- mrbrown: The Crisis of Credit Visualized video, and Bad Bank episode from This American Life

Daily Discourse
- The boy who knew too much: Why can’t the PAP find talent?
- Kaffein-nated: Did you leave your brains on your desk, or was it bashed out?
- The Kent Ridge Common: Teaching an old dog new tricks plus our fascination over growth and GDP figures

Life, the universe and everything
- Carpe Diem: India vs Singapore

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Daily Tech: 16 Mar 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 16th March 2009

Tech News
- DigiTimes: Intel suppling Atom N270 to white-box netbook makers in China, says paper
- Engadget: Dell’s Adamo teased by robots with lasers
- Mac Rumors: iPhone 3.0 to Get MMS, Tethering, and Finally… Copy and Paste?
- ChannelWeb: Could iPhone 3.0 Software Update Mean A New iPhone?
- Crave: Rumor: Apple touch-screen Netbook in the works?
- ars technica: The case for—and against—an Apple netbook
- Cnet: Google Voice: Flawed but still awesome
- iTWire: The Linux killer 10 inch netbook
- Engineering Windows 7: A few more changes from Beta to RC..
- NeoWin: IE 8 due for March 20th release
- Maximum PC: Fusion-io Reveals World’s Fastest SSD
- TechSpot: USB 3.0 tests due in June
- OLED-Display.net: Philips show transparent OLED lighting prototype

Reviews | Guides
- MadShrimps: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 vs E8600: The battle of the caches!
- iLounge: Apple iPod shuffle (Third-Generation)
- Macworld: The new iPod shuffle: Button, button, who’s got the button?
- HWZ: Aural Showdown - 2.1 Multimedia Speakers Shootout
- TrustedReviews: HP Compaq Mini 700 - 10.2in Netbook
- [OC]ModShop: How to Clean CD and DVD Drives
- Guru3D: ASUS Xonar Essence ST Sneak Preview
- DragonSteelMods: Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Wireless Mouse
- ITreviewed: Pioneer BDR-203BK

SG Tech \ MISC
- Tech65: Videos from BlogOut! ‘09 Day 1 - Part Un, Duex
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Developers’ Communities in Singapore
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: HP Mini 1000 vs Lenovo S10
- Sabrina.SG: Gadget3 TV: IT Show 2009 (Day 1)(Day 2)
- HWZ: IT Show 2009 - Part [1][2][3]
- Digital Terrorist: Hurray for Mobile NLB!!!
- My Little Corner: iPhone Apps no allure? I disagree

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