Geekonomics

Facebook has announced its new email service which brings together Facebook messages, instant messaging chat and SMS messages in one place.

This geek was alerted to some of the security implications through an FAQ guide which Sophos has setup.

"Before signing up, users need to realise that these new features increase the attack surface on the Facebook platform, and make personal accounts all the more alluring for cybercriminals to break into," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. More from Sophos after the break.

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I wasn’t at the ceremony tonight but pleased to know that Adrin from Yakun won the special category award! Now, where are the tech companies? I count only 3 of them amongst the 30 winners!

SINGAPORE, 15 November 2010 – Champion of small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in
Singapore, the Spirit of Enterprise (SOE) tonight convened its annual SOE Awards naming 30
honourees and the inaugural winner for its new award category. This year’s awardees come from various industries, including beauty and wellness, clean technology, food & beverage, logistics, media & entertainment and professional services, among others.

Eight years into igniting the entrepreneurial spirit among Singaporeans, SOE Awards has since recognised and honoured 304 self-reliant local entrepreneurs operating small and medium-sized businesses. Through the annual awards, SOE distinguishes the SMEs’ tenacity for building up their businesses.

Guest of Honour, Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade & Industry and Manpower, in his speech during the awards ceremony, urged SMEs to improve their productivity: “While our SMEs actively seek growth opportunities, they must have the capacity back home to innovate, create new business models and improve existing product and services. The objective is to stay ahead of global competition, by creating new values from their solutions. To achieve this, our SMEs need to invest in their innovative capabilities.”

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Haven’t tried the Kinect for myself but sure looks like lotsa fun promised! Check out the full news release below:

X10: Kinect for Xbox 360 to transform Plaza Singapura into a celebration of controller-free fun

Singapore — Nov. 11, 2010 — Come 17 November 2010, Singaporeans will be transported into a whole new world of controller-free magic, as Kinect for Xbox 360 will be unveiled to the public for the first time. To be launched at the X10: Kinect for Xbox 360 event, Plaza Singapura is set to be transformed into an adventurous, dancing, racing, sporting stage of demos, celebrity appearances and a children’s choreographed dance routine that will officially launch Kinect for Xbox 360 in Singapore.

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This sounds way awesome, I wanna attend!

Singapore, November 10^th, 2010 – BBH Asia Pacific is bringing the world’s leading digital university, Hyper Island, to Singapore - making it a first for Asia.

Founded in Sweden in 1995, Hyper Island has been dubbed the ‘the world’s digital Harvard’ and has now established offices in Stockholm, New York and London, trained over 1500 graduates, and developed tailor-made master classes for creative professionals across Europe and the US.

Hyper Island will conduct its radical Master Class for the entire Agency and along with BBH, will co-host a ‘Meet Market’ workshop - to be attended by a cross-section of BBH Clients and collaborators - representing Singapore’s creative community.

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