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Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Daily SG: 3 Mar 2010

Budget 2010
- Gerald Giam: Low productivity not our workers’ fault: WP’s Low
- Sgpolitics.net: PAP and Opposition MPs raise concerns over foreign worker levy
- Sgpolitics.net: PAP MPs echo NSP’s concerns on impact of productivity drive on SMEs
- Majulah!: Response to “Young PAP on Budget 2010″
- New Asia Republic: ICPAS Pre-Budget Roundtable 2010 [Thanks Donaldson]
- The Jakarta Post: Jakarta shuns Singapore new migrant levy increase

Countdown to Elections
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Singapore Needs Better Leadership…
- Mindblogging Stuff: New Singapore national pledge

We are against Capital Punishment
- TOC: No convincing reason to believe that the MDP works
- TOC: A moratorium is not an insult to national sovereignty

Sorry Rony Recants
- Angry Doctor: Take our rights… please!
- TOC: Let’s fight free speech with free speech

Strangers in a Strange Land
- TOC: Not all foreign workers are counted?
- The Temasek Review: The Iceman Cometh: The Role of Foreigners in Singapore

Housing Singaporeans
- The Temasek Review: ST fails to mention that author of its article on HDB flats being affordable sits on HDB board

GIC, Temasek State Fund Investments
- Macro: (BN) Singapore, Abu Dhabi Face $10 Billion Loss on UBS, Citigroup
- BusinessWeek: Temasek-Owned Stocks Fall After Thai Thaksin Ruling (Update1)
- Bloomberg: Singapore, Abu Dhabi Face Losses on UBS, Citigroup (Update2)
- Bloomberg: Glencore Exercising ‘in the Money’ Coal Option May Signal IPO [Thanks Gerald]

Lee vs Chee
- Chee Siok Chin’s Blog: Again [Thanks Seelan]

Daily Discourse
- TOC: Press Muse – Love thyself, ignore thy neighbour
- Mathia Lee: Is education overrated?

Life, the universe and everything
- The Long and Winding Road: Smokey’s and a Red House: Memories of Victoria Street from Bras Basah to Middle Road
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Sony BRAVIA Full HD 3D TV coming to Singapore this summer
- Small steps for Social PR: Gadget3 to close – End of consumer tech era at CR Media

Infoblogaramous
- Moving Higher In Souped-up Heuristically Agon Moment: Calling all Facilitators, Social Innovators, and Designers!

Selected News Stories [Thanks Gerald Ho]
- MoneyWeek: Singapore: a cheap play on Asian growth
- Reuters: Mid to late 20s best age to have a first baby: poll
- Reuters Small Business: E-mail is Making You Stupid
- Reuters UK Football: Wealthy fans plan Man Utd bid, owners won’t sell
- NYT: Writing a Résumé That Shouts ‘Hire Me’
- Crack Two: 45 Creative Resumes to Seize Attention
- NYT Wheels: Geneva Auto Show Coverage
- Guardian: Ancient and modern: the timeless architecture of IM Pei
- Guardian Gallery: Geneva Motor Show

Daily Tech: 3 Mar 2010

You know you are becoming a threat when your opponent starts digging thru their patent filing and find stuff they can sue you out of business. Apple just sued HTC for infringing on 20 patents “related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.”

On other patent news, Facebook was granted patent on the News Feed.

News
- Gizmodo: Apple Sues HTC For Infringing On 20 iPhone Patents
- RWW: Facebook Granted Patent on the News Feed
- FoxTwo’s Ramblings: Facebook Finally Disable App Notifications!
- Cnet: Reports: 5,000 ‘overtly sexual’ iPhone apps purged
- SGEntrepreneurs: iCell Enters E-Reader Market With KeyReader
- Playstation.Blog: Latest info on PlayStation Network Status
- Engadget: Qualcomm’s 7×30 offers stellar 3D and multimedia performance, coming this year
- TechGoondu: Samsung 3D TVs go on sale this month
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Sony BRAVIA Full HD 3D TV coming to Singapore this summer
- Engadget: Confirmed: iPhone OS 3.2 has support for video calling, file downloads, and SMS
- Empty Vessel: Sony joins the prosumer bandwagon
- TechGoondu: Commentary: The anti-virus market
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: One more reason on why you shouldn’t create your website entirely on flash
- TechieLobang: Is Your Home Ready for OpenNet Nationwide Fibre Network?
- TechGoondu: Whither Linux drivers?

Reviews | Guides
- TechieLobang: Nokia N900 Bloggers’ Preview
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: First Look: BlackBerry Storm 2
- RamblingLibrarian: My (outside US) Kindle experience
- JustinLee.sg: LG W2486L Review
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Nokia N97 V2 firmware is now available in Singapore




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