Monthly Archives: March 2009

China’s manufacturer create world’s first pirated Apple MacBook

Posted on March 20, 2009 by

In true China-pirated-product style… this “MacBook” has an inverted Apple logo and boots in Windows. You really have to hand it to the Chinese for being so blatant! Here’s the original article in Chinese via tech.163: 虽然苹果没有推出上网本产品，但这并不妨碍其他厂商推出具有苹果风格的上网本，某种上你也可以看成是“苹果上网本”，这对于那些苦苦等等苹果上网本的用户来说无疑也是一种安慰。 今天看到的这款上网本来自中国深圳的一家厂商，型号为WF188。从外观上看，WF188就是苹果的上网本，设计图的背部还有苹果的标志。不过，需要指出的是，在宣传介绍中，这家深圳厂商没有提供任何苹果字样，只不过是推出了一款设计漂亮的上网本而已，你也不能说人家是山寨。注：虽然这家厂商的名字是深圳某某有限公司，但公司简介中显示“成立于2004年的香港特区” 根据介绍，这款WF188上网本采用了10英寸LED显示屏，分辨率为1024×576。搭配的是VIA Nano处理器，主频为1.3GHz，搭配VIA … Continue reading →

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Singapore’s Edison Chen, Gary Ng vs his cousin

Posted on March 19, 2009 by

I got quite a few emails and comments asking me for Gary Ng (Singapore’s Edison Chen)’s explicit videos when I specifically mentioned in my previous blog entry that I will not be providing the link. I did not download the … Continue reading →

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The Unborn

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

The microsites created to publicise the movie, “The Unborn” are quite interesting. This one allows you to create a customised scary video with your friend’s picture in it.  You can then send the video to them via an automated email. … Continue reading →

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Has the recession affected you yet?

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

It had for me. Last Thursday, I received notice about my first ever pay cut throughout my working life. To be fair, it was across board and nobody in SPH was spared, including our CEO and senior management who took … Continue reading →

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Henry Thia (程旭辉): “Want to take photo with me? Pay $5 first!”

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

picture via Shin Min’s blog I found the headline story in today’s Shin Min Daily about actor, Henry Thia (程旭辉), rather amusing and did a search online to find the original complain letter. Here is it, via a Cari.com.my – … Continue reading →

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