With the week and month fast coming to an end, here’s some tech news that caught my eye this week :
Free SMS in Philippines?
Apparently, telco operators charging for SMS might be outlawed in the SMS capital of the world.. interesting impact it’d have on the rest of the world too!
CNET Asia Blogs : InfoChat - Free SMS : Is it really feasible?
CBS acquisition of CNET
Serious Editor-In-Chief Dan Farber got into a silly interview… does that make my job more safe?
ZDnet - Silly media interviews serious media: Dan Farber talks about CBS CNET
Did the Australians invent the internet?
Here’s an interesting one with this australian company going around serving legal letters..
Cobalt Paladin - An Australian Invented the Internet
Bill Gates says bye to Microsoft and Windows 7 demo-ed
Looks like there’s nothing much to expect outta Windows 7 (supposedly due a few months away) except Multi-touch and a sleek interface? Maybe too early to tell? But then again, with Bill retiring…
ZDNet - Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?
All things Digital: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, CEO Steve Ballmer and Windows 7 Preview
DELL support in Asia still not up to mark?
Friend of mine contemplating to get a notebook checked out Dell’s support here in Asia and gave the thumbs down, for now.
Unique-Frequency.com - Why I’m Not Buying Dell In Asia… Yet
Firefox 3.0 RC1 critical bugs
Caught this news on ZDnet earlier in the week… maybe they’ve fixed this already? We wish..
ZDNet - Firefox 3.0 RC1 contains critical bugs
Artist ‘Prince’ doesn’t get it on social media?
Prince really has to learn a thing or two about social media from the guys at Radiohead..
Mashable - Can Prince Learn from Radiohead?
2 of World’s richest nations playing catchup with VCs?
Well at least this seems to be true when it comes to cleantech investments!
ZDnet - Two of world’s richest nations crawl to catch up with VCs
Sentosa technical glitch cancels show and incur wrath of visitors
A technical glitch lead to a cancellation of one of Singapore’s most spectular shows and poorly managed PR incurred the wrath of many disappointed visitors, some of whom may not have the chance to catch the show again in a long long while, let alone talk about getting back their refunds. Story came up on Asia’s top online news media site STOMP.
STOMP - SingaporeSeen - Sorry for glitch, we will honour cash refund, says Sentosa
IT audit software on SaaS?
Seems like everyone’s catching on the SaaS bandwagon? Even this company that came up with an IT audit software. Can you really run an IT audit software on a SaaS model? Sounds like early days to me.
ZDNet - Paglo launch talks SaaS and an open source process
Grand Theft Auto IV Easter Egg of Hillary Clinton?
I tried this game but obviously didn’t get that far to this easter egg 
Well, at first I thought this was part of Hillary’s secret social media strategy..
=}{ot¬dEv1L 666=-’s HQ - Grand Theft Auto IV - Statue of Hillary?
Author of Gamer Girl Friday has game-like nightmares
Singapore’s ‘gamer chick’ has game-like nightmares and describes her dreams to us.
Sheylara - Games giving me nightmares?Warning - Post is rated Matured
Asian Blog Ad Network CEO dating his staff?
The CEO in question was not named but I don’t think it’s the Singapore office… what to do? When you run a blog ad network, you have to deal/work with bloggers and their criticisms like ShadowFox’s.
ShadowFox’s HideOut - Nuffnang CEO should have some respect for his girlfriend, colleagues, clients and company. Warning - Site is rated Matured
Will we get our hands on a Tablet Mac soon?
I highlighted this rumor earlier in the week. But guess it’s too big to miss and worth a reprise so here it is again
ZDNet - Rumor: Tablet Mac coming this fall
