The Straits Times, 18 May 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon MYSTERY OVER MARATHONER’S DEATH
      89 1 Did he commit suicide after his wife caught him in bed with another woman? Or is there some other explanation for the death fall of reigning Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru? The Kenyan’s agent insists that suicide be ruled out, but a spokesman for the country’s
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      Lock icon Water supply ‘safe’
      63 1 THE water supply at a Woodlands block where an Indonesian maid was killed and then dumped into a tank is safe, PUB said yesterday. Meanwhile, it has emerged that the victim arrived here last August, and began dating the Bangladeshi worker who has been arrested on suspicion
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      Lock icon Pakistan takes dig at US
      68 1 “A TRUE friend.” “A time-tested, all-weather friend.” “Most trusted friend.” Such epithets flew thick and fast as Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani began an official visit to China yesterday, and were seen as a dig at the United States. The trip comes as Pakistan’s
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    Lock icon Look at all the pretty colours, mum!
    100 1 A giant kaleidoscope catches the attention of two-year-old Zacharry Chua. Called The Real Thing, the contemporary artwork by Jordana Maisie is on exhibit at the National Museum. Children can use it to create one-of-a-kind visual patterns and images. It is part of Children’s
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    Lock icon MOE seeks ways to beat the heat in class
    643 1  -  It wants ‘innovative’ ideas to make schools more comfortable BY CAROLYN QUEK carolynq@sph.com.sg WANTED: Smart ways to make school classrooms here cooler and more conducive to learning, so that, when implemented, they will address a longstanding bugbear of teachers and students
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    Lock icon US unveils global strategy to shape cyberspace
    639 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has laid out plans to work aggressively with other nations to make the Internet more secure, enable law enforcement to work closely on cybercrime, and ensure that citizens everywhere have the freedom to express themselves
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      130 1 SPANISH SIZZLE Hot loot: Human hair What’s hot, what’s not APPLE OR ANDROID? Penelope Cruz adds spark to fourth SingaporePirtesmo Biennale artworksLIFE!PAGESC2&3 too abstract? SPECIAL REPORTWhat’shot Subscribe to The Straits Times. Get a gift and win cash prizes. Call 6388-3838 Getting ridinheworldo of radioactiveINDIGITALLIF waste .stomp.c WORLD, PAGE A22 IN
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        Lock icon Openness extends to the civil service
        44 2 WE SAY The post-election awakening, with emphasis on government openness and engagement with the public, extends to the manner the civil service connects with the people. Timely and forthcoming communication is a key indicator. L EDITORIAL PAGE A24
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          Lock icon A growing democracy
          46 2 Democracy in Singapore is undergoing self-upgrading. By not importing Western democratic institutions wholesale but rather, stressing innovation within the system, Singapore has the potential to surpass the West and become a model of democracy in Asia, says Zheng Yongnian. L REVIEW PAGE A24
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          Lock icon Ties unsullied by past
          27 2 Taiwanese hold little resentment towards the Japanese despite the island being a former colony of Japan, says Bruce Gale. L REVIEW PAGE A25
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        Lock icon Emulate Chiam’s spirit
        42 2 OUR READER SAYS Veteran opposition politician Chiam See Tong, known for his dogged political determination and unwavering commitment to his constituents, is a good and responsible role model for all politicians, says Kwan Jin Yao. L FORUM PAGE A26
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        16 2 www.straitstimes.com L Bertha Henson mulls over the similarities across Gen X and Gen Y.
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      Lock icon Thailand moves a step closer to the end game
      979 2  -  Poll result will determine if democracy prevails or more conflict awaits BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal THAILAND’S election on July 3 will be a safety valve for letting off built-up political tension. But while the poll will show which
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      Lock icon Online scam artists pose as recruiters for top firms
      643 3  -  They ask for resumes and guarantee interviews for a fee BY MAVIS TOH mavistoh@sph.com.sg THEY promise job seekers a shot with brand-name companies such as SingTel and Shell, with some even guaranteeing an interview with the prospective employer. All these “recruiters”
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      Lock icon Central China gripped by energy crisis
      560 4 Problem made worse by five-month drought ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES XINHUA SHANGHAI: Much of central China is enduring its worst energy crisis in years, with factories and residents facing power cuts as supply runs short of demand. The problem is made worse by
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; XINHUA; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  560 words
    • SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE AGAINST IMF CHIEF
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        Lock icon THE ACCUSED
        842 6 From luxury bedroom to tiny, spartan prison cell AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS REUTERS NEW YORK: Dominique StraussKahn bedded down at New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail on Monday night in a dramatic fall from grace after he was charged with trying to rape a hotel maid. Separated from other
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  842 words
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        Lock icon THE ACCUSER
        438 6 ‘She’s a wonderful, hard-working woman’ NEW YORK: The 32-year-old woman who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault is from Senegal and is a single mother with a young daughter, according to her older brother. “She’s a wonderful, hard-work-ing woman,” the 43-year-old restaurant manager told New York Daily News.
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      Lock icon Case leaves gaping hole at IMF
      571 7 Questions also raised about slap on the wrist for past indiscretion AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sexual assault case has embarrassed the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an elite institution often resented for dictating fiscal chastity to developing countries. The shocking
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  571 words
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      Lock icon Disbelief, anger in France over arrest
      428 7 NEW YORK TIMES PARIS: The initial shock in France over Dominique StraussKhan’s arrest in New York, has turned, in some quarters here, to disbelief, suspicion and anger. Defenders of the detained International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief questioned the initial New York police account and
      NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  428 words
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      Lock icon Who gains the most?
      188 7 NICOLAS SARKOZY THE unpopular incumbent French President may have the most to gain politically from Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s legal woes in the United States. While he has not formally confirmed he will run for a second term, he has made his intentions clear. With his wife Carla
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      Lock icon Health risks for teens who are into gaming
      474 8 Slew of problems caused because they don’t sleep enough AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Teenagers who play a lot of video games are likely to sleep less than the eight to nine hours a night recommended for the age group, according to researchers. Speaking
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      Lock icon Ahoy, warships sail into town
      103 11 The FNS Mistral, one of the French navy’s latest amphibious assault ships, is one of the highlights of this year’s International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (Imdex) Asia, which opens today. Moored in Changi Naval Base, it can carry up to 16 helicopters and has
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      Lock icon Water’s safe, PUB tells residents of Woodlands block
      742 11  -  Fears of most who live in block where body was found in tank are eased BY ELIZABETH SOH esoh@sph.com.sg THE water at a Woodlands block where a dead body was found in a rooftop water tank on Monday has been deemed safe
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      Lock icon Dead woman found in Johor water tank
      240 11 SIN CHEW DAILY/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK RESIDENTS of a Johor apartment block found a dead body in the block’s water tank on Monday, after they complained of a reddish tint and foul odour emitting from their running taps. The corpse found in the
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      Lock icon On Ming Yi, investing and getting along
      364 12 L Are Buddhists traditionally distrustful of strong charismatic monks like Venerable Ming Yi? What’s more important is mindfulness. A monk, however charismatic, should not forget his original good intentions when he entered the monastic order. Whether in speech, actions or thought, a strong
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      Lock icon Buddhism’s relevance in ‘high-octane’ life of S’pore
      1361 12  -  Census showing decline in followers doesn’t worry head of S’pore Buddhist Federation THE ST INTERVIEW BY LEE SIEW HUA SENIOR WRITER siewhua@sph.com.sg HE ABIDES by the Buddhist belief that nothing in this world is permanent, and that may be why Venerable Kwang Phing
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      Lock icon China our ‘best friend’: Pakistan PM
      770 13 Declaration comes amid tense ties with the US REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA BEIJING: In an apparent dig at the United States, Pakistan’s prime minister declared China his country’s best friend as he began an official visit to China yesterday. China, noted Mr
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      121 13 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Teen digs himself into a hole L Trump takes over an hour for his hairdo MOST COMMENTED ON L Plan to air man’s death on TV stirs controversy. Says kokoobird: “It is better to know what it
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        Lock icon US speeds up direct talks with Taleban
        439 15 Aim is to pave way for troop withdrawals in July WASHINGTON POST KABUL: The Obama administration has accelerated direct talks with the Taleban which US officials hope will enable President Barack Obama to report progress towards a settlement of the Afghanistan war when
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        Lock icon US renews Myanmar sanctions
        221 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The United States has renewed its economic sanctions against Myanmar and urged the military-backed regime to go much further after it reduced prisoners’ terms by just one year. In a formal notice to Congress on Monday, President Barack Obama said that he was
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        Lock icon The man who may succeed PM Singh
        742 16  -  Defence Minister tipped as person to watch after party’s poor poll showing BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: A dismal defeat in a crucial parliamentary by-election and mid-dling-to-poor performances in recent state elections have put the spotlight on the
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        Lock icon Bangladesh rents African farmland
        416 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Bangladesh has leased tens of thousands of hectares of farmland in Africa as part of a government drive to improve food security in the poverty-stricken South Asian nation, an official said yesterday. Two Bangladeshi companies have leased 40,000ha of land in Uganda and
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        Lock icon KL faces fresh pressure to slash subsidies
        609 17  -  But govt needs balance between deficit concerns and public sentiment BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia faces renewed pressure to slash subsidies after its latest projection suggests that its total subsidy bill could double this year. But the government,
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        Lock icon Najib urges moderates to unite and speak up
        390 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK LONDON: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said that moderate voices from all religions must band together or risk being drowned out by calls from extremists. Speaking at Oxford University on Monday while on a two-day visit to
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        Lock icon Japan delays decision on Pacific FTA
        580 18  -  June deadline dropped over need for post-quake economic priority review BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Japan has decided to shelve a self-imposed June deadline for deciding whether to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, citing the need to reassess its
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        Lock icon Watermelons explode in farm fiasco
        382 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Watermelon fields in eastern China are a mess of burst fruit after farmers abused growth chemicals in an attempt to make extra money but ended up ruining their crops, state media reported. An investigative report by China Central Television (CCTV) found that
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        Lock icon French crops at risk as drought worsens
        584 19 Farmers face more water use restrictions, soils in north driest in 50 years BLOOMBERG REUTERS PARIS: Farmers in France, the European Union’s largest producer of wheat, barley and sugar beets, faced more restrictions on water use amid a worsening drought, with no sign
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        Lock icon Britain plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2025
        342 19 NEW YORK TIMES BRUSSELS: Britain is poised to announce some of the world’s most ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions a striking example of a government committing to big environmental initiatives while also pursuing austerity measures. Mr Chris Huhne, the
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        Lock icon Hundreds of Syrians seek refuge in Lebanon
        537 21 They tell of violence back home as ruling regime expands its crackdown NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS WADI KHALED (Lebanon): Using horses and mules to carry their possessions, Syrians crossed a shallow river to reach safety in Lebanon with tales of a
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        Lock icon Indian wedding gets bigger... with Shakira
        304 21 NEW DELHI: The lavish wedding of industrialist Pramod Agarwal’s daughter in Venice may have dazzled for its grandeur and show of elephants and horses, but the star of the matrimonial affair really was Shakira (right). The pop star made a personal appearance at the
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        Lock icon Things getting hairy for US beauty salons
        635 22 Rising demand for hair extensions, high prices see spike in break-ins NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: The thieves pulled the iron bars out of the windows, outsmarted the motion detector that would have triggered a burglar alarm, and did not give the safe
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        Lock icon Hair today, shoes tomorrow
        366 22 REUTERS TAICHUNG (Taiwan): Taiwanese hairdresser Tsai Shiou-ying has won many prizes for her cutting and decorative hair extensions in a four-decade career. Now she has gone one step further, making things such as shoes, brooches, fruit and animals from hair left on the salon floor after
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        Lock icon Trump drops bid for presidential nomination
        316 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: Real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump has announced he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, breaking off a controversial flirtation with politics. “After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the
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        Lock icon Arrest warrants out for Libyan leaders
        400 20 Here is a closer look at the three leaders who are being sought by the International Criminal Court for possible crimes against humanity L Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, 68 (right) THE longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world has ruled Libya since he
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        Lock icon Libya threatens to use human shields
        665 20 Official says 20,000 telecoms employees and their families will stay at important sites NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TRIPOLI: Borrowing a page from Saddam Hussein’s old playbook, officials tied to the government of Muammar Gaddafi have threatened to post “human shields” at telecommunications sites
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        Lock icon ’Ears to cat headgear
        341 23 SLICEOFLIFE REUTERS TOKYO: In Japan, they’re all ears for the latest in high-tech fashion. The stylish headgear, a set of white ears that move according to the wearer’s thoughts and emotions, is called “Necomimi” “cat’s ears” in Japanese. With two brainwave sensors, Necomimi can detect and
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          Lock icon Royal bomb scare
          92 23 REUTERS DUBLIN: A homemade bomb was found in the luggage compartment of a bus in Ireland yesterday and blown up by the army in a controlled detonation, the military said, hours before the first state visit by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Ireland has mounted its biggest security
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          Lock icon Man crucifies himself
          84 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: A middle-aged South Korean taxi driver found dead on a cross after Easter had crucified himself, the police said yesterday, adding that the man’s deep religious faith helped him withstand the pain. The body of the 58-year-old man surnamed Kim was found on May
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          Lock icon World’s oldest panda dies
          79 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The world’s oldest panda has died at age 34, says China’s media. The Global Times reported that the animal, named Ming Ming, died from old age, and had kidney failure. She was living in a zoo or preserve in Guangdong province. The China
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          Lock icon 5th term for PAS chief
          98 23 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) president Abdul Hadi Awang was returned unopposed at the end of nominations for party elections yesterday, marking his fifth term as head of the conservative Islamic party. Six leaders were nominated by party members for
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          Lock icon N. Korea in missile trade
          95 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS: North Korea remains “actively engaged” in exporting ballistic missiles, components and technology to numerous customers in the Middle East and South Asia, in violation of United Nations sanctions, a UN panel said in a report. The seven-member panel said that North
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          Lock icon ‘Carla Bruni is pregnant’
          64 23 REUTERS BERLIN: French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s father was quoted by a German newspaper yesterday as saying that First Lady Carla Bruni is expecting, apparently confirming speculation. “The two do not want to know the gender in advance, but I’m sure it will be a girl and
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          Lock icon Smallpox stocks to stay
          132 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA: The last-known stockpiles of the smallpox virus will not be destroyed any time soon, US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said yesterday, partly out of American fears that one of the world’s deadliest diseases could be used as a bioweapon. US and Russian stockpiles
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          Lock icon Justice at a cost
          117 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN: It will cost an Iranian man convicted of throwing acid into the face of a fellow student ¤2 million (S$3.5 million) to escape a court-ordered blinding, the Arman newspaper quoted his victim Ameneh Bahrami as saying yesterday. “I want ¤2 million to guarantee
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      21 15 Read it in tomorrow HE COULD NOT SWALLOW FOR THREE DAYS Mr Azmi Mohamed Yasin quit smoking after his throat swelled
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        780 25  -  BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg “IAM pro-Japanese, not anti-Japa-nese,” Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou declared earlier this month. The occasion was the unveiling of a memorial garden dedicated to a Japanese engineer credited with the construction of a canal and reservoir in southern
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        73 26 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR LIM TONG WAH: Unfair wealth-sharing yardsticks 2 MR CHARLES CHEN: Be rational about housing choices 3 MS TAN HUI TSING: GRCs no longer safe havens for newbies 4 MR XIAO FUCHUN: Yes, we do have a mature electorate 5 MISS SHARON LEE:
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        180 26  -  Dorothy Ang (Ms) AS A meritocratic society, Singapore should distribute growth dividends based on the contributions of citizens over the years rather than on housing type and income (“Downgrade to HDB for easier retirement” by Dr Anthony Tay, last Friday; and “Housing type not
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        301 26  -  S. Nallakaruppan I AM surprised by the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) $250 million investment to create the world’s fastest trading engine, and wonder if this is what our stock market needs. I have been involved in stockbroking for the past 17 years and
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        369 26  -  Sanjay Perera IN A reply to the editorial (“A veiled threat”; April 14), Mr Olivier Caron, the Ambassador of France to Singapore, stated that the law in France prohibiting the concealment of the face “is not based on the principle of secularism,
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          110 26 “Why will they take until 2015 to set up?” MS SANDY CHENG: “I am delighted that the People’s Association and Singapore Table Tennis Association are planning to set up a network of table tennis clubs (‘Moving into heartland’; April 25). But why will they take until 2015
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      317 1  -  MELISSA PANG THE Returning Officer of the recent General Election, Mr Yam Ah Mee (below), endeared himself to Internet and television audiences with his monotonous delivery of the election results. He later told reporters that his robotic delivery was the result of a throat operation
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      788 2/3  -  BY TEH JOO LIN MAVIS TOH ROMANCES between maids and foreign workers are common but few problematic cases come to the attention of migrant help groups. They say maids often open up about other matters such as abusive employers, families back home, and
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      61 4 Recently retired auxiliary police officer Ali Mohamed (centre), 54, receiving a $20,000 cheque yesterday after winning the first prize in the Giro Your Tax lucky draw at Marina Square. With him are Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore commissioner Moses Lee and NTUC deputy secretary-general Halimah
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      628 4  -  More are signing up for Napfa test, but only 30% get at least silver award BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg EFFORTS by the five polytechnics here to get male students to take a national fitness test are drawing mixed results. While more
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      192 6 THE belief that freeing captive animals on Vesak Day brings good karma is still held in some quarters, despite the pleas of the authorities and animal rights groups. Two stalls in Chinatown were still selling live animals for release yesterday. Mr Louis Ng, executive
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      429 7  -  BY GRACE CHUA THE 35 stray dogs that the National Parks Board (NParks) wanted removed from two parks will no longer be put down, but sterilised, micro-chipped and sent to a shelter instead. The Straits Times understands that the change came about
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      166 7 THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) is lifting the suspension on fruits and vegetables from Japan’s Shizuoka and Hyogo prefectures with immediate effect. The AVA had suspended imports of fruits and vegetables from the two prefectures from March
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      372 8 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger is prepared to abandon his policy of not buying players in their thirties as he prepares to make West Ham midfielder Scott Parker the centrepiece of Arsenal’s rebuilding for next season. Parker, 30, will be sold as West Ham, who
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        45 10 Tanjong Pagar United yesterday celebrated their first S-League win of the season, after beating Woodlands Wellington 1-0 at the Woodlands Stadium. Takaya Kawanabe scored the winner in the 79th minute. The loss left Woodlands at the bottom of the table.
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        62 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: France won the right to host the 2018 Ryder Cup yesterday despite emotional appeals for the event to be awarded to Spain in tribute to Seve Ballesteros, the golfer who died recently. France, which centred its bid on Le Golf National course
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        69 10 REUTERS PARIS: World No. 2 Kim Clijsters has confirmed she will make her comeback from a two-month injury lay-off at tennis’ French Open. “I will be able to take part as long as I have some very tight strapping on my ankle,” said
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        53 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS EDINBURGH: Scotland football striker Garry O’Connor has been arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine. The 28-year-old, who has played for Birmingham and Lokomotiv Moscow, was caught with the drug during the early hours of Saturday. O’Connor is currently without a club after leaving
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        45 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: French tennis player Viginie Razzano has said she will compete in next week’s French Open despite the death on Monday of her fiance Stephane Vidal. The 32-year-old, who was Razzano’s former coach, died from a brain tumour.
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      283 10 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Tiger Woods expects to be fit to play in golf’s US Open next month. The 35-year-old said he suffered no new damage when he aggravated left knee and Achilles tendon injuries during the Players Championship last week.
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      22 9 THINGS TO DO: To find out what's happening in and around Singapore, go to www.straitstimes.com CALL US: Life!/LifeStyle, tel: 6319-5416 fax: 6319-8276
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      137 9 The weather Showers with thunder over northern, western and central Singapore in the late morning and early afternoon. SUNRISE 6.56am SUNSET 7.07pm MOONRISE 8.03pm MOONSET 7.26am AIR QUALITY PSI 54 (Moderate) 33/25 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO ONLINE TO www.nea.gov.sg/metsin TIDES
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      184 9 Goodbye banking, hello music That’s what Natalie Hiong (left) said when she left her banking job to pursue her lifelong dream. The pop singer explains what compelled her to do so. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. R.AGE Bigger, brighter and younger eyes Dermatologist Jessica Wu gives tips on how
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      40 1 EVERY WEDNESDAY WITH THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 108/11/2010 WEDNESDAY MAY 18, 2011 First Look: BlackBerry PlayBook Page 6 Spoilt for 5 new Android tablets plus the iPad 2 which should you buy? Pages 8-11 Two Asus Eee Pad Transformers
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        Lock icon Sony must do more to regain gamers’ trust
        581 2  -  Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph. com. sg I rolled my eyes when I read that it was only over the past weekend that Sony began restoring the hacked accounts of some 77 million gamers on its PlayStation Network (PSN). Top of my list
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        Lock icon WHAT FANS SAY
        167 2 On Google’s new Web-only Chromebook laptops: I still prefer the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. Even though the price is $699, at least it gives me an option to purchase the keyboard, which works exactly like a “Web book”. Bang Hong Price-wise and features-wise really makes the market
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        415 3  -  New Windows Experience Zone promises soft-sell, stress-free approach. DL EXCLUSIVE reports OO GIN LEE IT retailer Challenger wants to go soft on the hard sell. Instead of having customers wallow in a confusing sea of laptop brands, it wants shoppers to experience the features of Windows
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        280 4  -  facebook By Sherwin Loh Fans were happy that Digital Life posted the complete results of last week’s fibre broadband test. Some asked for even more test parameters to help them decide which plan to choose. From more precise BitTorrent download tests to more results on
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          97 4 The battle between disgruntled birds and rapacious pigs is now being waged on PCs. The hit mobile game app Angry Birds can now be played on laptops and desktops. Still in beta, the Web-based game was launched last Wednesday by its Finnish creator Rovio on
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          84 4 Apple is closing in on top global smartphone vendor Nokia, says data from IDC. The 18.7 million iPhones sold in the first quarter (114.4 per cent year-on-year growth) gives Apple an 18.7 per cent share of the market. Nokia, with a 24.3 per cent share of the
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        132 4 Digital Life and Samsung are looking for the best mobile app developers in Singapore. Winners walk away with Samsung tablets and smartphones, coverage in Digital Life and internships at app development company B-Secure Technologies. J The Digital Life Android Developer Challenge has four categories best
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        153 4  - 5 SECOND TIP Short cuts for long URLs By Tan Chong Yaw Chanced upon a funny website and want to send the link to a friend? Do him a favour and shorten the link first. Viewed on the browser of a smartphone, a 100-character URL can stretch over several lines.
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        421 6  -  BlackBerry Playbook Price and availability in Singapore to be confirmed Positioned as a professional grade tablet, the Playbook made by Research In Motion hopes to conquer the consumer tablet market too. Digital Life takes a sneak peek at this device at the Blackberry World in Orlando on May
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        Lock icon Acer Iconia Duo
        260 7  -  $1,998 The Iconia Duo comes with dual 14-inch 1,366x768 touchscreens. The top screen acts as the display while the bottom screen acts as a customisable input device which can take the shape of a full-sized virtual keyboard, a touch-wheel or a virtual canvas for digital artists DL
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        912 8 / 9  -  Sales are booming for all tablets and leading the pack is still Apple’s iPad, say analysts Jasmine Osada osadaj@sph.com. sg The iPad still rules, despite the onslaught of Android devices, analysts say. Though major PC and smartphone makers are hoping to tempt MacAddicts away with a
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        508 8 / 9 Deciding which operating system to use is one of the first questions many first-time tablet buyers are likely to ask. Here is a simple guide to help you choose. Apps Despite leading from the start, Apple’s iOS may soon no longer be the largest platform
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        Lock icon Battle of the tablets
        1093 10 / 11  -  JASMINE OSADA tries six of them for size and finds out what’s hot and what’s not JASMINE OSADA DL Editor’s choice If you want a straightforward, fuss-free and easy-to-use tablet, the iPad 2 is for you. Its simple operating system might not be as customisable as
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        611 12  -  With the launch of new devices that boast an enhanced operating system and nifty features, BlackBerry is looking to cement its status in the smartphone market. M. K. WONG tells us more M. K. WONG The writer is a freelance contributor
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        495 14  -  Going to the movies will never be the same again with Imax making its comeback in Singapore at the iconic Lido cinema, boasting the largest screen in town. SHERWIN LOH checks out the brand new film experience SHERWIN LOH sherwinl@sph.com. sg When you
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        434 16  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph. com.sg MotorStorm 3: Apocalypse is one messy ride that takes players just about anywhere. It is this wild chaos that makes the racing game stand out over other similar ones. As an arcade racer, MotorStorm is not keen on precision controls. After all,
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          92 16 When things are falling around you and you are uncertain of where to go, try to take the high roads. The game fills the lower roads with fallen objects and tight corners that might end up colliding with your vehicle. On higher ground, players tend to
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          66 16 Each vehicle comes with a boost that overheats during extended use and players need to let it cool down before using it again. Learn to time your boost so that it does not overheat, or head for pools of water. Water cools down your engine but they
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        Lock icon Alienware M14X
        497 17  -  By Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg Dell’s Alienware laptops have always been synonymous with rugged gaming machines and the M14X is no exception. Weighing a hefty 2.9kg, this machine is almost 30 per cent heavier than regular 14-inch laptops but this is no surprise as Alienware laptops have always
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        Lock icon Icon7 Twister Evolution Presenter Laser Pocket Mouse
        348 17  -  By Mike Lee Mike Lee is a freelance writer and photographer This intuitive mouse-cum-presenter combines two useful office tools in one clever wireless device. Twist it and you get an arc-shaped two-button mouse with a four-way scroll pad. Flatten it out and you
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        Lock icon Casio Exilim EX-ZR100
        417 18  -  By Tan Chong Yaw cytan@sph.com.sg Compactcameras just wanna have fun and this Casio hits the spot with party tricks for still photos and movies. First up is the clever way it can merge several imperfect shots of one subject into one great shot, using HDR (high dynamic
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        370 18  -  By Y H Teo Y H Teo is a communications professional This solid, rather blocky, camera will not win prizes for cutting-edge design. Yet it consistently delivers photos way beyond the quality of most point-and-shoot models. At first glance, it does not inspire great confidence. But put it
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        118 19 MP3 PLAYER From $79, available from mid-June It’s positively ridiculous how many features Creative has managed to pack into this device, which is essentially an overachieving MP3 music player. It displays photos. It is a radio, with the ability to preset up to 32 FM radio
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        89 19 SOFTWARE $59.90 This software is billed as a PC maintenance and optimisation tool. Think of it as taking your PC for a tune-up. BoostSpeed covers such common tasks as hard disk defragmentation, removal of junk files and registry repair. It also tweaks your Internet connection for speed.
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        86 19 POWER ADAPTER $135 No bigger than a compact camera, this substitute for your clunky power brick is white, weighs 179g and comes with nine tips to power laptops and netbooks by most manufacturers from Acer to Toshiba. While it charges your laptop, a separate port can
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          92 19 $738 (without plan), from M1, StarHub and selected IT stores Fronting this Android 2.2 smartphone is a large, high-contrast 4.1-inch Oled screen protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. A 1GHz Snapdragon processor powers the phone so that movies and games play smoothly. It takes care of your work needs.
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          78 19 Xperia No price yet, available from third quarter For those who like their phones smart but small, check out the Xperia, which claims to be the smallest Android smartphone with HD video recording smarts. A scant 94g, it packs a 5-megapixel camera with face detection and
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          Lock icon Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro
          93 19  -  Compiled by Tan Tan Chong Yaw No price yet, available from third quarter Android phone lovers who miss the certainty and feel of a physical keyboard should take a look at this 8cm-long touchscreen phone which is just 18mm thick. A full Qwerty keyboard slides
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          80 20 $49, available end of next month Sharing music with a small group without wire clutter is easy with this Bluetooth speaker. It works with the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android phone, a tablet PC such as Creative’s own ZiiO and iPad or compatible stereo Bluetooth devices. Just pair
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          Lock icon Creative ZiiSound Dx series
          93 20 From $199, available end of next month Clever modular design lets you start building your sound system with one unit. Two speakers inside provide stereo sound. Only one cable is needed, for power, as Bluetooth relays sound signals wirelessly. When your budget allows, a second unit
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        Lock icon D-Link DCS-1130L Wireless N Internet Camera
        93 20 SURVEILLANCE CAMERA $269 D-Link promises that this surveillance camera will deliver a plug and play experience instead of a plug and pray one. Designed for use in the home and small offices, the camera can be accessed and managed from anywhere in the world
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        Lock icon HTC Wildfire S
        77 20 MOBILE PHONE $388 Call it small and cute. The Wildfire S is one of smallest phones from HTC ever. Measuring just 101mm long and 59mm wide, the phone is a little larger than a name card. It packs a sharp 3.2-inch display and 5-megapixel camera with autofocus.
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        Lock icon HP Pavilion HPE h8 series PCs
        113 20  -  DESKTOP PC Compiled by Tan Chong Yaw Pricing and availability to be advised If you do not compromise on performance for your computer, you should check out the HPE h8 series, which is billed as the most powerful Pavilion PCs from HP to date.
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        Lock icon Targus iPad 2 Rotating Stand/Case
        87 20 TABLET ACCESSORY $99.90 What is next after you get your iPad 2? Buy a case to protect it. This Targus does that and case protect Targus doubles as a stand, too. Use it in landscape orientation for your movies and rotate to portrait position to
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        Lock icon 7-Eleven@SG
        107 21 Free, from the Apple App Store Many savvy retailers have loyalty cards to get customers to keep coming back. Unfortunately, as more of them give these cards out, you also end up collecting more loyalty cards. Convenience store 7-Eleven has taken an e-approach. It now has an iPhone app
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        69 21 $0.99, from Windows Phone Marketplace Don’t fret if someone gave you a Windows 7 phone but what you really want is an iPhone. With iFun, your Windows 7 home screen can be turned into an iPhone lookalike complete with iTunes, App Store and Safari app icons. Unfortunately, it is
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        Lock icon SG 4D
        66 21 Free, from Windows Phone Marketplace Check out this app if you want to know if you have just become an instant millionaire with your 4D bets. It lists the 4D results for all three draw days Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday each week. Results are posted on the same
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        Lock icon Google Goggles
        103 21 Free, from Android Market Google’s image search app has been beefed up. Besides searching the Web using snapshots of objects, you can attach notes to images to help you remember things. For example, you can add a “to borrow” note to book covers to remind yourself of the
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        110 21  -  Free, from the Apple App Store By www.imerlion.com Jimmy Yap By Jimmy Yap, who blogs about the iPhone at www.imerlion.com It is never too early to get ready for the National Day Parade (NDP). Get a head start with this app which gathers news about the event and gives
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        Lock icon Harbor Master
        77 21  -  $2.99, from Windows Phone Marketplace By Oo Gin Lee You are the harbour master and you have to direct cargo ships to their berthing docks. The vessels come from both sides of the screen and you have to swipe with your finger to set their routes to make
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        73 21  -  Free. from Android Market By Aaron Tan an infocomm professional See what your friends are reading on the Goodreads social network for book lovers. You can search for books, check out book reviews, maintain reading lists and rate books. You don’t have to be an existing Goodreads user to
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        141 21 MUST-HAVE Free, from the Apple App Store NTUC Income has launched an app to enable iPhone users to buy travel insurance. This is extremely useful if you travel often and have a tendency to buy insurance at the last minute. This app contains the details of the different
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        97 21 Free, from Chrome Web store Made by the creators of Read Later Fast, a Chrome app for archiving webpages for offline reading, this is a nifty app for penning notes quickly from within the browser. Just do a right-click on any webpage and select New Note to reveal
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        79 21  -  Free, from Chrome Web store By Aaron Tan Monitor your stocks trading account with this app that tracks counters and financial markets worldwide. It includes up-to-date market data for a range of sectors and industries, benchmarks from Thomson Reuters Indices and a list of outperforming and
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        Lock icon Capturing nature in its best light
        682 22/23  -  You do not need stunningly priced cameras to capture stunning shots of nature. ALAN LIM shows you how HOW TO MAKE USE OF LIGHTING IN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ALAN LIM Alan Lim is a professional photographer and director of School of Photography Singapore (www.sops.sg) Go
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        Lock icon DL-Timberland nature photography contest
        293 22/23  -  By Tan Chong Yaw Nature photography buffs, listen up. Here is a chance to win an all-expense-paid trip to see a reforestation project in Horqin Desert in Inner Mongolia and appreciate nature at Jiuzhaigou. Submit your best photos to the Timberland Earthkeepers 2011 Photography Contest. The
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        761 24 Want to know what’s wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Wrong language and frequent repairs Recently, I downloaded a trial software to translate a Chinese PDF document into English. From then on, I have been having problems reading English PDF documents. Whenever I open a PDF
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        122 24  -  By Tan Chong Yaw Favicon This name refers to the Web browser’s icon which appears on the left of the url line. You may miss it because each one is so tiny. It is called Favicon, the icon of a webpage or website that appears next to the
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        908 25  -  To sell on social media, you need to be direct and casual, says TANIA CHEW TANIA CHEW The writer is an accidental geek and social observer. She runs a communications consultance, Word of Art, together with an ex-journalist partner-in-crime As marketers, we know how to massage,
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        813 32  -  Companies are starting to build their own apps to streamline workflow and raise productivity, but data security is a big concern. reports AARON TAN Aaron Tan is an infocomm professional At Standard Chartered Bank, relationship managers have been banking on an internal iPhone app to
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        Lock icon NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
        660 26  -  Compiled by Hellen Tan Providing access to mobile workers Companies with a mobile workforce need access to corporate networks in a secure, manageable and cost-efficient way. Juniper Networks’ four new MAG series of the Junos Pulse Gateway appliances, the MAG 2600 (photo 1), 4610, 6610 and
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        Lock icon Skype deal will hurt videoconferencing firms
        448 27 Video technology providers likely to suffer if Microsoft turns Skype more towards enterprises Reuters Microsoft’s US$8.5 billion (S$10.53 billion) acquisition of Skype is likely to boost videoconferencing from workers’ desktops, posing further risks to video technology providers like Polycom and Logitech. The cheaper end
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        Lock icon Taking a bite of the Apple pays off
        1027 28  -  Jimmy Fong boldly set up an Apple store in Orchard in 2002 even when no one thought it would work. reports GRACE CHNG chngkeg@sph. com. sg Naysayers thought Mr Jimmy Fong’s idea for starting an Apple store in Singapore’s shopping belt in
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        410 30 But instead of imposing rules, the US government wants corporations to take the initiative and improve computer security The New York Times Almost two years after outlining a broad strategy intended to strengthen the security of the nation’s computers and networks, the Obama administration said
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        Lock icon Bank counts on its own iPhone apps
        505 31  -  By Aaron Tan Since last September, Standard Chartered Bank has empowered its employees to perform a variety of banking functions using a slew of internal iPhone apps. Apart from Mobile Trade Port, it has developed CamViews, an app that provides real-time image feeds
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        Lock icon US to spend $30 million on fighting Internet censorship
        389 31 The Guardian The United States is playing a game of “cat and mouse” on the Web and funding new technology aimed at breaking Internet censorship in repressive regimes, including China and Iran, officials have said. Mr Michael Posner, the US assistant
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        611 2  -  Always have data backed up and a good service agreement to fall back on, says HELLEN TAN HELLEN TAN tanykh@sph.com. sg The month-ago outage at Amazon’s cloud service is good for cloud computing. The outage, which lasted about four days, is the first
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        Lock icon It all adds up to time and cash savings
        611 4  -  By Hellen Tan After doing some calculations, the cost savings were too attractive for local warehouse and container services company Eng Kong Holdings not to go for cloud computing services. So three months ago, Eng Kong put 63 employees on SingTel’s
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        679 6/7  -  Looking forward to saving money and becoming more efficient? First, address issues like security and exit strategies, says MAN IVAN NAN GOVINDAN MANIVANNAN GOVINDAN Manivannan Govindan is director of cloud solutions, Asean, CA Technologies Cloud computing technology has shifted gears in the last
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        Lock icon Taking flight with mindset changes
        443 8  -  Just like how budget airlines shook up the market, so can cloud computing for SMEs, says LAU SHIH HOR LAU SHIH HOR Lau Shih Hor is chief executive officer of Elixir Technology, a local developer of cloud solutions When budget airlines came to Asia in
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      93 2 This week, Asus is giving out an Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet worth $699 each to two lucky DL readers. Simply answer the following questions: 1. What type of integration does the Asus Eee Pad Transformer offer users? 2. What is the battery life of the standalone Asus Eee Pad
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      113 13 Windows MlCfOSOft Experience learn play work mobile Singapore's 1st Windows Experience Zone (D Funan Opens 19 May 2011, 3.30pm Microsoft Captains providing professional PC-buying advice. A premium selection of the best PCs today. Welcome to the complete PC-buying experience. Windows Experience work Windows Experience play Windows Experience learn Launch Offer
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      303 15 LETS PLRV an! 1 Powered by /(’IIOI/O FOR those (intelJ 31 DAYS 27-29 May 2011 11am 9pm Suntec Singapore Hall 401 QfiBEHEQCmim? i imi 11 h rm GRAN TURISMO 5 MULTI MONITOR EXPERIENCE Come and experience Gran Turismo 5 with South East Asia's first multi-monitor 5-screen set-up. A GAME LAUNCHES
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      70 16 Top 10 digital music downloads 1 Back To December Taylor Swift 2 What Are Words Chris Medina 3 The Lazy Song Bruno Mars 4 I’m Into You Jennifer Lopez 5 Misery (Glee Cast Version) Glee Cast 6 On The Floor Jennifer Lopez 7 Silly Love Songs (Glee Cast Version) Glee
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      95 24 Top searches of the week (May 9 15) Google 1 Tamil Nadu Election Results The Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election ended on May 13 saw Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam becoming the winning party 2 Yam Ah Mee The Returning Officer (above) for the Singapore General Election became an Internet sensation
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      17 25 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities! WATS BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT CLA/Dec05/Sg
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