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Daily SG: 8 Jun 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 8th June 2009

Tiananmen Anniversary
- ed’sperience’s blog: Tiananmen : Is ‘Chinese’ Culture anti-democratic?
- TOC: The goddess of democracy
- theory.isthereason: On Tiananmen’s 20th anniversary: How China is becoming a Giant Singapore

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Temasek : Quite Amazing isn’t it??
- Civic Advocator: Singapore: Buy High, Sell Low II
- Singapore Recalcitrant: Another parting gift from the gracious Ms Ho Ching
- My sketchbook: Temasek sold Barclays?

Recession
- Hard Hitting in the Lion City: What Numbers Are These?

Singapore Politics They Are a-Changin’
- ed’sperience’s blog: Celebrating 50 years of PAP rule - What makes opposition poli-ticks?
- TOC: The NCMP cat among the opposition pigeons
- Sgpolitics.net: From stifled dissent to managed dissent

AWARE Takeover Aftermath
- Laïcité: Britain: Children as young as four are given ‘gay’ assembly

Singapore Mainstream Media
- Gimme Some Truth!: A woeful omission by the ST
- The Lycan Times: Commentary - Hopeless SPH
- Seelan Palay’s Blog: Casino builders strike over pay (Singapore) [Thanks Seelan]

H1N1 Swine Flu
- My sketchbook: H1N1 in Singapore

Healthcare
- Singapore M.D.: Libel Laws and Blogging Against Quackery 2

Singapore Sports Awards 2009
- Wayang Party: Petition drive post mortem: What is the real agenda of the media?
- Wayang Party: VIDEO of Petition Drive at Hong Lim Park: Debunking inaccuracies in CNA report

Housing
- Information Read By Me: Not Important: On the Grangeford Issue + My Thoughts [Thanks Jaunty Jabber]

Have you ever wondered why we must serve
- Military Life: Was it a waste of time? Reflections of an ex-NSman

International
- Cooler Insights: Why I Think Obama’s Cairo Speech is Great

Daily Discourse
- the kent ridge common: Same old numbers game, same old story
- My Little Corner: No-Fault Motor Insurance for Singapore?
- TOC: Low-wage workers better off – really?
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: What Shana’s AYG withdrawal says about Singapore sport
- The Singapore Sports Fan Says: Newsflash: Matthew breaks national long jump record, qualifies for SEA Games
- Anonymous_X: Universal Studio Singapore - the world’s best Universal Studio theme park!
- Today In Singapore: Say No To Extremism

Life, the universe and everything
- Ian on the Red Dot: Two Great Advertisements Done Using Time’s Arrow
- Aussie Pete: Shop n Save - The Voucher Aunties
- Nomadism: Little “No No” facts about fruits
- Sam’s thoughts: My Singapore Idol Experience
- mrbrown: mrbrown at NDP 2009: Wushu!
- In the land of the blind, one eye man is king: What science has to say on the etiology of homosexuality (Part 1)

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Daily Tech: Palm Pre Launched

Posted by singaporedaily on 8th June 2009

Palm Pre News & Reivews
- CNET: Palm Pre’s big day
- ZDNet: Initial Pre thoughts and answers to 11 questions
- CNet: Palm Pre (Sprint) Review
- PC World: Palm PRE reivew
- AppleInsider: Palm Pre teardown shows iPhone-inspired design
- EETimes: A first look inside the Palm Pre
- Engadget: Palm Pre review
- BusinessWeek: Palm Pre: A Smartphone Not Quite Smart Enough
- Telegraph: Palm Pre review: can it take on the iPhone?

News
- Daring Fireball: WWDC 2009 Predictions
- Reuters: Suspense builds ahead of Apple extravaganza
- Ars Technica: Ars@WWDC: Keynote expectations and coverage preview
- iLounge: Live from WWDC 2009, starting 10AM PT tomorrow
- Fudzilla: First retail 40nm from Nvidia is GT 220
- Akihabara News: Team Group Inc’s a 500GB SSD at Taiwan’s Computex
- PC World: BenQ Plans Android Smartphones, Netbooks for 2010
- PC World: What’s Wrong with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Motion-Control Approach?
- PhysOrg: French physicists claim breakthrough in ultra-fast data access

Reviews | Guides
- Guru3d: Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 BE review
- Motherboards: XFX GeForce 275 GTX 896MB DDR3 Core Edition GX 275X-AHFF
- Legion Hardware: Ultimate Budget Gaming System
- [OC]ModShop: Building a Media Center PC Part 2

SG Tech
- Techgoondu: First looks: Nokia N97
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Unboxing the Nokia N97
- The Singapore iPhone Guide: Local app update - StationAlarm SG
- Tech65.org: Gear65 #24 - Samsung P3 Media Player

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