Look! I’m on Jetstar Asia Magazine for December 2010/January 2011 Page 11 written by Ruby Tan! I talked about High Definition (HD) and the future of it. If you do take Jetstar Asia over December, please grab a copy of Jetstar Asia Magazine for me! You can check out the PDF of that page here.
The Dell Vostro V130 is an affordable ultraportable laptop with Intel Core ULV processor, full-sized keyboard and 13.3-inch High Definition WLED display. The Dell Vostro V130 is the perfect follow up to the popular V13 and includes new connectivity features like an HDMI port for easy connection to High Definition TV, the ability to back up seamlessly or quickly connect devices and peripherals using the two USB 2.0 ports, shared USB/eSATA port and VGA.
Small businesses can work virtually anytime anywhere wirelessly with 802.11n wireless technology and Bluetooth 3.0 for easy wireless connection to devices and peripherals such as keyboards, mice and headsets within a short distance. The new SIM card slot and upgraded built-in webcam complete the package, helping you stay connected to your business.
The Dell Vostro V130 is available in Singapore from today at www.dell.com.sg, starting at S$1099.
Can’t wait for the iPhone 4 White? Well, HTC has just made their HTC Desire White Edition available to you. It is available NOW at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price of SGD$798.
With Adobe® Flash® support and a gorgeous 3.7 inch display, the HTC Desire is the richest way to bring to life the vast video and multimedia content available on the internet, empowering you with an unsurpassed visual feast on-the-go this holiday season. Capture fond Christmas scenes or other true lives details with the 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and flashlight and share them instantaneously with the HTC Desire – ensuring you are always in touch with people that really matter.
Well, I was invited to participate in this 2010 Intel CPU IQ Blogger Challenge to answer some questions regarding Intel. Although you’ll probably not be able to get any prizes, but it’ll be fun to see how much you know about Intel. Try the questions for fun, and post your answers in the comments.
Who knows, I might just give out a small prize if someone answers all the questions correctly.
P.S. I’ve already submitted my answers.
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SingTel brought Se7en to Singapore to mark the launch of the Samsung GALAXY Tab. I was given the opportunity to be up close to him to take all these awesome photos and videos for you.
Se7en at SingTel’s Samsung GALAXY Tab Showcase on 26th November 2010 outside Mandarin Gallery. Se7en performed the following – “Digital Bounce”, “I’m Going Crazy”, “La La La”, “Better Together” and “Passion”.
Matt Harrison created a GIT Visual Cheat Sheet which is very useful for anyone using GIT. The actual source is located at github if you want to collaborate with him.
Rapid Prototyping with Aza Raskin from Dan Braghis on Vimeo.
Aza Raskin, creative lead at Firefox, shares some tips and tricks about rapid prototyping at the Mozilla Drumbeat festival. It’s a very interesting presentation where Aza Raskin demonstrates of live rapid prototyping in front of everyone.
For those who do not want to sit through the 30-minutes romp and his rapid prototyping, here are the principals of prototyping that he explains fully in talk:
- Your first try will be wrong. Budget and design for it.
- Aim to finish a usable artifact in a day. This helps you focus and scope.
- You are making a touchable sketch. Do not fill in all the lines.
- You are iterating your solution as well as your understanding of the problem.
- Treat your code as throw-away, but be ready to refactor.
- Borrow liberally
- Tell a story with your prototype. It isn’t just a set of features.
Here are the slides:
The new generation Flip MinoHD (1 Hour and 2 Hours); and Flip UltraHD (2 Hours), all feature user-friendly simplicity, enhanced High-Definition (HD) video quality, hardware-based image stabilisation and more ways to share videos using the pre-loaded FlipShare™ software.
| Model | UltraHD (2 Hours) |
MinoHD (2 Hours) |
MinoHD (1 Hour) |
| Colour | Black | Black | Silver |
| Recording time | 2 hours | 2 hours | 1 hour |
| Memory | 8 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Video Recording | High Definition video, at 50 frames per second, with Image stabilization | ||
| Software | All comes pre-loaded with FlipShare™ 5.9 | ||
| Battery | 3 replaceable AAA batteries | Internal Li-Ion battery | Internal Li-Ion battery |
| Suggested Retail Price (in SGD): | $359 | $349 | $279 |
The new Flip Video camcorders will be commercially available from the following retailers in Singapore: Challenger, CyberActive, Harvey Norman, Hai Chew Electronics (Sim Lim), Gain City, Juzz1@Esplanade Xchange, Parisilk (Holland Village), South Asia Computer (Funan), Sprint Cass@T1,T2, Dufry@T3, Best Denki (at selected outlets at Parkway Parade, Junction 8, Vivo City, Ngee Ann City and Great World City), Tangs Orchard Techno Bay, 12buy.sg, The Network Hub (Educational prices available at http://www.mine.com.sg).
Follow Cisco Flip by becoming a Flip Video Facebook fan: www.facebook.com/FlipSG
Here’s a great set of resources for a course, Programs as Data, from IT University of Copenhagen that teaches Programming Language Concepts for Software Developers using F#, among other languages like C# and Java. More information regarding this course can be found here.
The first few chapters of Programming Language Concepts for Software Developers introduces some of F#’s features that shows the power of Language-Oriented Programming.
Hope you find it useful.
A couple of months back we had our first Arduino workshop, organised by Justin Lee, conducted by Zhiquan with kits sponsored by SGBotic. This time, we’re conducting a full Arduino Workshop on December 5th – 3pm to 6pm. Participants will only need their laptop; everything else will be supplied. There will be a charge of $35 for HackerspaceSG members and $50 for non-members. Maximum workshop size is 12 people but bystanders are welcome to watch/listen/follow quietly.
Details
Cost: SGD$35 for HackerspaceSG members, SGD$50 for non-members
Date: 5th December 2010
Time: 3pm to 6pm
Register: Let me know by commenting or sending me an email