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If you’re a owner of a Windows Mobile Smartphone, head over to http://sla.mapking.com/ to download a free street directory right onto your phone / pda.

This post is dedicated to web applications which will make a difference to you. No fancy geeks’ wetdreams, or some millionaire idea sprung from the hostel. If it is here, it works. The list is not exhaustive and is bias to my own experiences and needs. This post will be constantly updated if I find any other worthy mention.

Are you working on two different PCs, or part of a group project? Tired of keeping the “latest version” of each file, or email exchange of resources? Get everything in sync with Windows Live FolderShare. It part of the Live series from Microsoft, and simply works. Its a synchronization, sharing and remote access application built [...]

WinFF is a GUI for the command line video converter, FFMPEG. It will convert almost any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can for example convert mpeg’s, flv’s, and mov’s, all into avi’s all at once. WinFF is available for Windows 95, 98 , [...]

2008 has to be remembered as the year when smartphone goes mainstream. Although many “analyst” and so called “experts” attribute it to the iPhone, personally I think the Samsung i600 and HTC Touch (at least in Singapore) played a much more significant role in introducing smartphone to the mainstream. Most importantly, these phones were available [...]

A French court on Monday ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection.
The Paris commercial court ruled in favour of six LVMH brands and also barred eBay from selling four perfumes — Christian [...]

Don’t know what IPTV is about? For those technically inclined, check out its Wikipedia entry. For the rest of us, think Youtube, except that the “content” is not produced by users, but by the broadcaster. So generally. you get better quality programs, not some homemade videos or worst still, mobile handset shot videos. However, the [...]

Today I just thought of doing something really useful for my friend and families. I have come to realize that what comes naturally to me are actually valuable skills, resources, or practices which should be shared. I am not going for any Web 2.0 solutions or anything geeky. Just REAL and USEFUL solutions which will [...]

Today’s oil prices have been hovering around USD130 a barrel, mainly due to demand and supply issues, although some may argue that oil futures trading is playing a major role in pushing the price of oil to new heights.

You know videos from YouTube can be downloaded, however that’s not all. Basically any videos you see on the web can be downloaded and saved onto your PC regardless of what site you’re seeing them on, and it doesn’t require a geek to do it.