Good, the more competition the better for us users.
Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google’s attempt to create what could be the world’s largest virtual library.
Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive.
They oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the [...]
This is from Alexa’s Top Sites Singapore, the top 100 sites visited based on traffics from Singapore. It may not be 100% accurate, but I think that, it is not far from it.
Youporn is the 1st porn site in the list at 25th. Other than that, we can also see porno/sex-related sites like RapidShare (to [...]
Is this German boy, Nico Marquardt, smart? I think, besides being smart, gifted, he must be very interested in astronomy.
Yahoo: German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA’s asteroid figures: paper
Did he or did he not?
He was named in the doping document.
AFP: American athletics speedster Greene named in doping documents, report
Yahoo: Greene named in doping report
Of course, he denies.
IHT: IAAF and Maurice Greene dismiss doping allegations by former drug provider
The New York Times: Retired Champion Sprinter Denies Claims of Drug Use
The key person now is [...]
How to? When the 23 sesames you left over in a fastfood restaurant were auctioned for 40 thousands NT, Taiwan dollars, which is roughly 2000 SGD.
Recently, a Yahoo Taiwan user posted an auction in Yahoo Auction Taiwan, claiming that he/she saw Jolin Tsai eating in a particular fastfood chain, in Taiwan. After she finished and [...]
Actually this news report is about the retirement of this pioneer and spearhead of Hong Kong’s democracy, Mr Martin Lee. But, what he said about Singapore interested me more.
Quoted from Zaobao.com:
记者会上，他多次重申，不想香港民主路走向“新加坡化”。
Translate:
He emphasized many time in the news conference that he doesn’t want to see Hong Kong’s democracy goes the “Singapore Way”.
Quoted from Zaobao.com:
对于香港的民主路，李柱铭在记者会上强调，民主选举不能怕输，“新加坡的选举，人民行动党就不会输；共产党的选举也是。选举要有输有嬴，无所谓，李柱铭是输得起的。”
他又称，“新加坡表面上有民主选举，而每次选举，执政党都不会全胜所有议席，输两席，送出两个席位给反对派，因此就可以告诉美国了。他们竟然可以控制得这么好。”
他说，北京这么喜欢新加坡，就是因为未投票已知结果，“新加坡无自由，无新闻自由，无独立思考，现在香港的爱国教育就是‘洗脑式’，很危险，令年青人失去独立思考，就如新加坡一样，怎能去发明一些东西呢！”
李柱铭狠批新加坡的民主，他说：“新加坡在软件上动了手脚，例如若选民不选执政党，巴士就不开入该区。”
Translate:
In regards to [...]
It has been 1 month since Mas Selamat bin Kastari escaped from Whitley Detention Centre while taking his Toilet Break. And he is still taking his Toilet Break. The government said there is no evidence showing that he has left Singapore for neighbouring countries. But I am more interested to know if there is any [...]
For the 1st time, after the outburst of the sex photo scandals, Gillian Chung made her public appearance in Honkong. According to her agency, every year during Chinese New Year, Twins, the girl group that Gillian Chung belongs to, will meet their fans in a gathering. For the past few years, the function has been [...]
This is the 1st time I heard of Zimbra and Postini. Given the opportunity, I must try them out. I do hope there are challengers for Outlook, because it really gives lots of problems to users.
Taken from eWeek.com:
Google, Yahoo Going After Outlook
By Reuters
2008-02-05
Google and Yahoo are rolling out Web software on steroids to [...]
This is shocking! Never know that M$ is interested in Yahoo. Haha, in the news, it mentioned that both are struggling to beat competition from Google. I do prefer Google over Yahoo, I use Gmail, no Yahoo Mail also. Will this buying-over be a successful one? We shall see.
Taken from CNET:
Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for [...]
