Here’s how to safeguard your identity and your personal data in the age of the social Web.
Web surfing is no longer a solo affair. Facebook, Twitter and other social networks have quickly become an integral part of the online culture, and with them comes a whole new array of potential security threats. In this article, [...]
MobileOne (M1) has broken SingTel’s monopoly of the Apple iPhone market in Singapore.
M1 on Tuesday said it has secured a deal with the US computer giant Apple to sell the iPhone in the city. But details on pricing and when the handsets will be released will come later.
If one wants to buy an Apple iPhone [...]
US soft drink giant PepsiCo has apologised for a free iPhone application crafted to help men seduce women and keep records of conquests but the programme remained available on Tuesday.
Pepsi’s “AMP Up Before You Score” iPhone application categorises women into 24 types and then uses the Apple smartphone’s Internet capabilities to link users to information [...]
We have it on good authority that T-Mobile and AT&T both currently plan on announcing the Bold 2 — also known as the Onyx — on October 21. As a refresher, this would be the touchpad-driven piece with model number 9700 that’s been making the rounds on the leak circuit the past few months, a [...]
Twitter went down on Thursday prompting devotees of the micro-blogging service to share how they coped without it.
“I WAS FORCED TO TEXT MSG,” lamented a user named “Misskette.”
“I found a life,” tweeted “JeremyTaylor09.”
“I coped with my Twitter withdrawal by screaming what I was doing at the top of my lungs,” said “MoL42.”
“JPreister” said she “got [...]
Today’s mobile phone has become an amalgamation of portable digital devices, from global positioning systems (GPS) to digital compact cameras. Attempting to replace the digital camera entirely, the LG GC900 Viewty Smart (S$768, without contract) stuffs a massive 8-megapixel auto-focus camera with ISO sensitivity of up to 1,600 into a sleek 12.4mm shell. The quad-band [...]
Google and Yahoo! on Tuesday joined a growing roster of Web-based email service providers with users duped by hackers into betraying passwords to accounts.
A day after Microsoft blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information and posting it online, the list of victims was growing to include users of [...]
Carson Yeung’s takeover of Birmingham was completed on Tuesday when the Hong Kong businessman’s Grandtop Holdings announced the acquisition of 94 percent of the shares in the club.
By passing the 90 percent threshold, Grandtop are now in a position to oblige the remaining independent shareholders to sell their stake, clearing the way for the club [...]
An Australian court hearing the re-trial of Ram Tiwary on Tuesday found him guilty for the double murders of his Singaporean flatmates Tan Poh Chuan and Tay Chow Lyang.
In September 2003, Tiwary’s two Singaporean housemates were found brutally murdered in Kingsford. All three were engineering students at the University of New South Wales.
Tiwary, who was [...]
Singapore hopes to ride the wave of growth in the cruise industry with a new International Cruise Terminal which broke ground on Friday.
The facility at Marina South, costing S$500 million, comes as global demand for the cruise market is estimated to hit 27 million passengers by 2020 – a two-fold growth within a decade.
The cruise [...]
Rio de Janeiro’s dream of bringing the Olympics to South America for the first time became reality here on Friday when they won the vote to host the 2016 edition.
The Brazilian city saw off Madrid in the final round of voting after odds-on favourites Chicago, backed by a personal visit from President Barack Obama, had [...]