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Raspberry Pi is a US$25/US$35 (S$31/S$43) no frills mini computer.

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video.

Bought the Logitech MK260 Wireless Combo (Keyboard & Mouse) from Challenger for S$39 (member’s price is S$36.90). It is one of the cheapest branded wireless keyboard and mouse combo that I can find in Challenger. The other option is Wireless Desktop 800 which is retailing for S$39 (member’s price is S$37).

Some notable features of the Logitech MK260 includes use of 128-bit AES encryption for encrypting data transfer between the keyboard and receiver, spill-resistant keyboard and battery life that can go up to 24 months for the keyboard and five months for the mouse.

After 15 episodes of TGIS Season 1, Joanne-Marie Sim is back for TGIS Season 2.

In case you are wondering, TGIS stands for Thank Goodness It’s SingTel. TGIS features things Singaporeans are passionate about and helps viewers make sense of the world of gadgets, social media and technology. All episodes of TGIS are shown on SingTel’s YouTube Page.

Not many of you are aware (myself included) that Pansonic has acquired Sanyo about 3 years ago.

From Wikipedia:

Just a reminder, we are giving away the Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse (worth S$99) thanks to Logitech. This giveaway ends on 11:59pm (23:59), Wednesday, 29th August 2012 (GMT+8 Singapore Time).

To particiate, all you have to do is the following:

The Buffalo AirStation HighPower WCR-HP-G300 is a budget router that is retailing only for S$59. Since it is targeted at lower end consumers, the specifications are just entry level.

The router is only able to support LAN/WAN speeds of 10/100Mbps and 2.4GHz band for Wireless-N speed up to 300Mbps. On a side note, the router is extremely light.

The Epson LabelWorks LW-400 is one of the three label printing machines from Epson. The other two being the LabelWorks LW-300 and LabelWorks LW-900P.

The LW-400 is a mid-range model and is retailing for S$89, the LW-300 is an entry level retailing for S$69 while the LW-900P is the top of the line retailing for S$299.

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)

Interface
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.