Apps, operating systems, and the software tools I use across my computers, phone, and home setup.
I was invited to the blogger event for the launch of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5 and Smart Security 5 last week at Screening Room. A huge NOD32 fan since v2, I protect all my computers and my mom's office machines.
iOS 5.0 is out, and here I've gathered the direct download links from Apple itself for a range of iDevices, including the iPhone 4 and 3GS, the iPod Touch 4G and 3G, and the iPad 2 and iPad 1.
Microsoft Singapore officially launched Windows Phone 7.5 yesterday, bringing more than 500 new features and enhancements. The HTC Radar, at a recommended S$569, and the Samsung Omnia W, at S$498, are the first Windows Phone 7.5 handsets here.
Firefox 7.0 has been released, remarkably fast given Firefox 6.0 only arrived last month on 17th August 2011. Highlights include drastically improved memory use, a new rendering backend speeding up Canvas on Windows, and near-instant bookmark and password syncing.
WhatsApp has been on the Windows Marketplace for Mobile since last Saturday, but only for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango users. Most of us are still on Windows Phone 7.0, eagerly awaiting the 7.5 upgrade.
I received an email from Guyi Shen, director of Lobangclub, an iPhone app I find cool. Similar to ShopSavvy and SingTel's Price Pal, Lobangclub is a free Singaporean app that finds the best deals on any product through community contributions.
I was invited to the blogger event for the early launch of Trend Micro Titanium Cloud Edition Maximum Security 2012. I'm a big fan of ESET NOD32, which is lightweight, effective, and reasonably priced, protecting my home and office computers.
The last time we saw Windows 8 was at Computex on 2nd June 2011. Yesterday at the BUILD conference, Microsoft demoed the Windows 8 Developer Preview. The new Metro UI looks fantastic, and I hope Microsoft keeps the interface consistent.
Travelling to the US this December for the first time, I sought a US version of HungryGoWhere, and many recommended Yelp, which wasn't in the Singapore App Store. I tweeted @yelp, they asked, and hours later it appeared.
Symbian Anna, the Singapore variant, releases on 2nd September 2011. You can download it via Ovi Suite v3.1.1 on a PC, or over the air directly to your smartphone. The latest software update for Symbian phones brings significant enhancements.
Just last month, HP announced the TouchPad's Singapore availability at S$699 for 16GB, and today they've announced they're killing WebOS. What a turnaround. I wonder whether they'll clear the existing TouchPads at a discount, since I wouldn't mind one cheaply.
Firefox 6.0 is officially out, though the final build leaked two days ago. It arrives two months after Firefox 5.0 and five after 4.0. At this rate, the version numbers will soon become meaningless, I've already lost track of Chrome.
Windows Phone Mango, also known as Windows Phone 7.5, has reached Released to Manufacturing, meaning we'll have it soon, likely around September or October 2011. The RTM build is 7720, and the Windows Phone development team officially signed off.
Mac OS X Lion is finally out, costing US$29.99 in the Mac App Store, I was downloading it at 11MB/s last night. For slower connections, it's also available on a USB thumb drive via the Apple Store Singapore for S$88.
Three months after Firefox 4.0, Firefox 5.0 has been released today. It seems Mozilla is competing with Google Chrome on version numbers. Its new rapid-release development cycle aims to deliver cutting-edge features, performance gains, security updates, and stability improvements.
At Computex in Taipei on 2nd June 2011, Microsoft gave hardware partners a technical preview of the next Windows, internally code-named Windows 8, to help them build devices that take advantage of its new user experience.
Microsoft has previewed its Windows Phone 'Mango' update, with the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK now out. Mango and new Windows Phones are due this autumn, the first Nokia Windows Phones will run Mango, and Communications gains Threads and Groups.
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 4.0! Highlights include performance up to six times faster than the previous version, with improved start-up, quicker page loads, speedy web-app handling and hardware acceleration. Take the video tour or watch the live download stats.
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 9, promoted on a new site called Beauty Of The Web whose URL honestly looked like a phishing page at first. The latest version of the world's most-used browser launched in 39 languages.
Here are Apple's own direct download links for iOS 4.3 across iDevices: iPhone 3GS and 4, iPod Touch 3G and 4G, and all three iPads. The iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G are deprecated and miss out.
After upgrading to the 50GB Dropbox plan for US$99 a year to sync all my photos across computers, several images in different Photos subfolders showed a red x and refused to sync. Here's how I forced a full resync.
Flickr first teased apps for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 back in January 2011, and they're finally available, something I'd been waiting for. The app shows your photos in high resolution and lets you browse photostreams and sets richly.