Press Release:

Singapore – December 3rd, 2010 – Hoist the sails and set your compasses for North: Uncharted Waters Online, the historical massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), officially launched today.

Distributed by Netmarble, the game portal from CJ Internet, a global entertainment company dedicated to enriching people’s live through fun, social and massive online gaming, and developed by TECMO KOEI GAMES, Uncharted Waters Online has now debuted in Singapore, as well as North America and Europe, along with an exciting new gameplay trailer.

“Uncharted Waters Online celebrates the explorer in all of us,” said Takeda Tomokazu, producer, TECMO KOEI GAMES. “We invite players to set forth on the stormy sea and set sail for the pages of history. Whether battling pirates or becoming a master of trade, this online adventure will inspire players to chart their own course through the game and beyond.”

Set between the Fifteenth- and Seventeenth-centuries, Uncharted Waters Online players will have the chance to conquer hundreds of neutral cities to ensure that their nation becomes the world’s leading power. Sailors can choose to fly the flag of one of six nations: England, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal or Venice, buying or building ships to ready for battle, trade routes or exploration of new worlds. Featuring nearly endless lands to visit, thousands of artifacts to discover and more than 75 professions and 100 skills to master, Uncharted Waters Online offers ample game play for hardcore and casual players alike.

During a recent global in-game event stimulating the first voyage of Christopher Columbus, participating players entered into a lucky draw with a cruise ticket worth USD$4,000 to a destination of their choice as the Grand Prize. CJ Internet is very proud to announce that the winner of this Grand Prize is a Singaporean who will be presented with his Grand Prize during the official launch event of Uncharted Waters Online in Singapore!

To mark UWO’s launch in Singapore, a number of marketing initiatives will take place, including a street/viral campaign in December. Additionally, from now until the 31st of January 2011, every Singaporean player who registers for a new Uncharted Waters OnlineTM account will go into a lucky draw and stand a chance to win a Lenovo G460 notebook!

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Official Site: Uncharted Waters Online
Companies: Tecmo Koei | Netmarble | CJ Internet

Wow, can’t believe it is priced so cheap. Was expecting 16GB to go beyond SGD$1,000.

iPhone 4 Price (Without Contract)

• 16GB: SGD$888
• 32GB: SGD$1,048

Press Release

iPhone 4 Arrives in 17 More Countries This Friday
CUPERTINO, California—July 26, 2010—Apple’s iPhone 4 will be available in 17 more countries this Friday, July 30. iPhone 4 features FaceTime, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, Apple’s new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in stunning text, images and video, and a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world.

Beginning this Friday, customers can purchase iPhone 4 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. iPhone 4 will be available for purchase through Apple’s online store (http://store.apple.com/sg).

iPhone 4 also features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD 720p video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and up to 40 percent longer talk time. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which features Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform.

Pricing & Availability
iPhone 4 will be available for a suggested retail price of S$ 888 for the 16GB model and S$ 1048 for the 32GB model through Apple’s online store (http://store.apple.com/sg). A new iPhone 3GS 8GB model will be available for just S$ 748. iPhone 4 will roll out to many more countries later this year and Apple will announce availability and local pricing for these additional countries at a later date.

Source: iMerlion: Apple Singapore to sell iPhone 4 directly to consumers here
Press Release: iPhone 4 Arrives in 17 More Countries This Friday

After almost 24 hours of downtime, finally the site is back online. We are there at REACH Datacenter to remove the server at 10pm and after that we reached Qala Datacenter about 11pm. 2 mistakes on our part, firstly we did not bring any CentOS installation DVD to install on Derrick Server and hence we wasted about 2 hours to download the file via torrent at 500KB/s. Since all of us are using old laptops, it took us about 45 minutes just to burn and verify the DVD. The first DVD that we burnt using Michael laptop, the server has problem reading it. Only at the second attempt using my laptop, it works. Hence we wasted another 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The second and biggest mistake of all is we (Derrick and I) forgot to change our Direct Admin license registered IP, the license is still being tag to our old server and hence DirectAdmin cannot start. By this time it is about 4am and everybody is tired, decided to pack up at 5am and went home, after dropping Derrick at Jurong East interchange Michael and I went to my mom office to collect his monitor that he has left it there. Derrick called me and say that his Direct Admin license IP has been updated and asked me to check mine, and yeap, mine is updated as well. Michael updated the license on our server and it just took 5 minutes. Went for breakfast after that at the canteen below my mom office as it operates 24 hours. After everything was done, it was about 6am. Sent Michael home and reached home about 7am.

The waiting game is for our local shitty and slow ISP to refresh its DNS records to reflect our new server IP. Apparently, Michael told me that Starhub do that every 15 hours while Singtel do that every 30 hours. It is because of the DNS propagation that makes this site goes down for about 24 hours.

But anyway, the site can now be considered running on a “dedicated” server with a guaranteed 1Mbps line with a shared 10Mbps burstable line and the server is hosting about 10 domains only.

Anyway, if you all need hosting, check out sgWebster Solutions