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Adobe InDesign CS6 is included in all the Adobe CS6 suites except for CS6 Production Premium and is available in Singapore since the end of April 2012. Prices are as follows (excluding taxes)

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Adobe InDesign CS6 remains its grey scheme and has least changes to its interface among the design bundle.

Bought the Western Digital My Passport Carrying Case from Changi City Point’s Challenger for S$9.90 (member’s price is S$8.90).

I am using the My Passport Essential (2011) and Li Xiang is using the My Passport Essential (2012) and the carrying case fits the harddrive just fine along with the USB cable.

Been waiting for this! Right now the NFC feature on my Galaxy Nexus is pretty useless, it can only read EZ-Link cards. But in the future, we can finally take public transport and pay using our mobile phones!

Press Release

Windows 8 has reached the released to manufacturing (RTM) status and it will be available to the general public on Friday, 26th October 2012. The final build number of Windows 8 is 9200.

If you are going to buy a Windows 7 PC from today (2nd August 2012), you are eligibility to purchase an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for S$17.99 (including GST) on the day of Windows 8 launch.

Announcing the winner of the Cisco Linksys EA4500 Router Giveaway which I held back on 17th July 2012.

He is @davejunialum with this winning tweet:

Before I start this review, I must say that I am not a fan of MMO games and this is my first ever MMO gaming mouse.

The Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse is Logitech answer to the Razer Naga. It was announced 2 months ago in June 2012 and is retailing for S$99 since mid-July 2012.

The Sanyo Eneloop Black Charger Set BC-MQR06 is the latest product from Eneloop. Each Black Charger Set comprises of 4 AA size of eneloop XX rechargeable batteries and an eneloop Black Charger in a sleek black and silver design. It is retailing for S$65.90 at all Best Denki outlets, Meidi-Ya Supermarket, all Selffix D.I.Y store outlets, Sprint-Cass at Terminal 2 and 3, and selected outlets of Harvey Norman and Challenger.

The eneloop XX batteries have a high capacity of a 2,500mAh cell which is suitable for high power consumption gadgets like digital cameras and DSLR photoflash units. It also provides longer battery life than standard alkaline batteries and gives you up to 500 rechargeable cycles.

Flucard Pro is made by a Singapore company, Trek (Trek 2000 International Ltd), who is also the company that invented and patented Thumbdrive.

Flucard Pro is retailing for S$79 at all Challenger stores for the 8GB. The 16GB one is also available.

Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) to the Mac App Store yesterday, 25th July 2012, at about 20:30 (GMT +8). It is priced at S$25.98.

Some new features:

Mac App Store – OS X Mountain Lion

Installed OS X Mountain Lion on my MacBook Air (Mid 2011) last night, downloaded at 7MB/s (love my fiber Internet), installation took about 30 minutes.

You might be interesting to know how to create a OS X Mountain Lion installer using SD Card or USB Flash Drive. Also check out OS X Mountain Lion’s Best 10 Tricks: The How-To Video Guide. If you want a more detailed review of OS X Mountain Lion, check out MacStories review on OS X Mountain Lion.

Mac App Store: OS X Mountain Lion (S$25.98)