Geekonomics

This week’s review comes earlier as I’m in China right now and will have limited internet access tomorrow -.-”

Facebook murder
Blogged about this earlier in the week.. poor rising starlet got murdered in a facebook reunion. Was Facebook the cause of it?
CNET Asia - Geekonomics : Did Facebook cause the death of this rising star?

Samsung’s iPhone killer
Been hearing about this phone for a while, may even get a set to review soon, will tell you more about it then.
Techielobang : Samsung i900 Omnia to fight HTC Touch Diamond, iPhone?
Chronosphere : Samsung i900 Omnia announced

iPhone reservation in Singapore
So finally, the iPhone has arrived in Singapore thanks to telecommunications giant Singtel whose operations span across Asia and even to Australia. So what’s this about a ’stupid’ reservation system where after a reservation online you still have to go down to the shop physically to confirm it?
The EOK.Network : SingTel’s iPhone reservation system that isn’t

PC Show 2008
The 18th show! So did you manage to catch it? Sadly I missed it due to my travelling. But you still have one more day to catch it if you didn’t! Though I’m not really an IT show kinda geek, I saw some really cheap pricings listed out there (see link)
CNET Asia - Geekonomics : The PC Show 2008

3G iPhone
So it’s finally launched… obviously I haven’t had the chance to take a look at it but it sure looks like reactions are mixed, with quite a few disappointments. You judge for yourself I guess..
Techielobang : Is this the 3G iphone finally
engadget : iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th

Grand Theft Auto IV : Latest response to Saint’s Row
Saint’s Row based GTA IV for lacking stuff to do in it and top in-game GTA IV movie maker Brotha made a video in response. Well since I never got really far in the game, these videos help me to appreciate the scenes which I never got to see.
Gametrailers : GTA IV’s answer to Saint’s Row

Yahoo! + Google = formidable?
Very interesting… Microsoft’s months of wooing seems to have only succeeded in driving Yahoo! to their competitor. Maybe that was Yahoo!’s game all along?
SFGate : Yahoo-Google ad pact raises antitrust eyebrows

Wow, time flies and it’s the time of the week again for some tech news in review by the Geekonomics!

Jap Blogger arrested
Japanese blogger arrested for talking about a crime she did in her blog… not very smart!!
yukasuzuki : how blogging can betray you

World’s Hardest-working countries
And for a moment I thought Singapore would top this list… how wrong I was!
Forbes : The World’s Hardest-working countries

Computex 2008
One of asia’s largest and best IT shows in Taipei. I marked it down in my calender since last year but too bad I didn’t manage to go for it! Anyways, the rest of my friends at CNET managed to catch it so I’m linking it here
CNET News.com : At Computex, a big push for small PCs

Google fraud on mobile subscription services?
I know we’re sick and tired of Google fraud stories but this one has an interesting twist coz it’s about mobile subscription services. Is Google even involved in one? Why are they being sued for it!?
SearchEngineLand : Google Sued For “Fraudulent Mobile Subscription Services”

Singapore’s top blog aggregator Ping.sg Debacle
In a recent ’saga’ where Singapore’s top blog aggregator Ping.sg banned 10 blogs and resulted in uber negative reactions from Andrew Peters of Pacific West Communications. Andrew in his blog ‘aplink’ seemed to have gone literally berserk from multiple negative posts (he has since deleted the posts so I’m not linking his blog here - You can still see traces of it in the comments of these 2 posts though.) I do hope Andrew is alright.. and do cut Uzyn some slack there, it’s definitely not easy running Singapore’s top blog aggregator!
Ping.sg blog : Ping.sg is by bloggers and for bloggers only
WorkWhore :A new quarrel! Andrew Peters Vs Ping.sg

The 4th screen
Dunno what is the 4th screen? I’ve been talking about it ever since Nokia showed it to me almost a year back. Now Bernard Leong has kinda link the video… you HAVE to see it!
Simple is the reason of my heart : Nokia’s 4th screen ad

Have a great week ahead folks!

p.s. PC Show coming to Singapore this week. Have you prepared your show strategy yet?