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Daily SG: 26 Aug 2009

Posted by singaporedaily on 26th August 2009

Lee vs Sadasivan
- Sg Pirate Game: I Respectfully Disagree
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Confusion over EQUALITY..
- The Sketch Times: Walking on Fire?

National Day 2009
- Yawning Bread: Singapore government takes notice of Christian extremists
- The Campus Observer: NUS students: Race, religion not worst threats
- Tales over Coffee: Is Religion A Threat To Singapore? [Thanks JuniorInvestigator]

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Level the playing field for locals and foreigners in employment
- The Lycan Times: Commentary – Sweta Agarwal
- Singapore Life and Times: Rain or shine
- TOC: Deja vu – lapping it up, again
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Non-English Speaking PRC PR and Ease of PR Application

Singaporeans are fed up with progress
- The Temasek Review: An analysis of the UBS study (Part 1): Singapore has the lowest wages and domestic purchasing power among the Asian Tigers | (Part 2)
- Readings From A Political Duo-ble: Big Mac, Ipod and Singapore..
- My Little Corner: Singaporeans are happy back in 2006
- The Temasek Review: “Singaporeans a happy lot”: State media uses outdated data to mislead readers

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- TOC: Ministry of Finance replies to WSJ article
- Blowin’ In The Wind: Temasek’s updated charter: What’s new, what’s missing
- The Temasek Review: Another hollow and empty Charter by Temasek

Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- Today In Singapore: Ghost Of NKF Subsidy?

Pink Issues
- The Kent Ridge Common: Moving ahead with a proposed “Pink” society on campus that promotes tolerance and understanding towards LGBT groups

Daily Discourse
- groundnotes: Heartlanders: Singapore’s Progressives
- TOC: “Why won’t they give me an opportunity?”
- Tom Davenport: Singapore: A Model of Judgment for the United States?

Life, the universe and everything
- Tales over Coffee: Cats Are Good For Singapore [Thanks JuniorInvestigator]
- Singapore Entrepreneurs: Why we need more GeekCamps in Singapore
- Yesterday….Today….Tomorrow: Kampong Glam – A stroll during Ramadan

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Daily Tech: Nokia Launches 3G Netbook

Posted by singaporedaily on 26th August 2009

News
- PC World: Nokia Booklet 3G Refines the Netbook Design
- UMPCPortal: Nokia Booklet. Specification Update. Price. Thoughts on Battery life / Performance
- ITProPortal: 7 Things To Know About The Nokia Booklet 3G
- TechRepublic: Nokia’s netbook could play to its strength in hardware [Vid]
- DailyTech: Microsoft Doesn’t Deny Xbox 360 Has 54.2 Percent Lifetime Failure Rate
- Engadget: Xbox 360 Pro and Elite price cuts confirmed in Target ad for next week
- techPowerUp: Radeon HD 5870 Aggressively Priced: Report
- HWZ: Sony Ericsson’s Upcoming Trio of Multimedia Phones
- GameSpot: PS3 motion-sensing controller due spring 2010
- MacWorld: BlizzCon 2009 Roundup: Cataclysm, StarCraft II and Diablo III
- VnetureBeat: Blizzard says new World of Warcraft game due out in 2010

Reviews | Guides
- Destructoid: Hands-on with the PlayStation 3 Slim
- CNET: Sony PlayStation 3 Slim - 120GB
- TweakTown: Windows 7 vs. Vista CPU & Memory Performance Comparison
- DriverHeaven: AMD 4890 Roundup - XFX/Powercolor/Asus
- HWZ: Lenovo IdeaPad U350 - Sexy, Sleek Ideas
- Tech65.org: Gear65 #35 - Samsung N310, N120
- The Tech Report: Acer’s Aspire Timeline 13.3-inch ultraportable notebook
- ProClockers: Asrock Ion 330 Nettop PC
- InsideHW: Logitech G19
- TrustedReviews: Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5500 46in LCD TV Review

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