I picked up my new toys on thursday night. That was the first day of the Comex 2010. I only managed to get the D-link DNS-323 and a portable 1TB hard drive (Made in Japan).My initial impression of the device is it is very well built. It did not feel cheapskate like most of the things “Made in China”.
After some lengthy backup of my Tera-Byte data, i moved the 1.5TB hard drives into the DNS-323. The installation guide was simple to follow. Now i am restoring my data back for …

For the past few weeks i have been reading up on the Mac OS X. I read of OS names like Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard. I also read of people paying for the original  OS or downloading hacked version to install on the normal netbooks and pc. The result is called a Hackintosh.
Mac is Unix based and we know many good things about Unix. It boot up fast and rarely give blue screen. Mac on the other hand is well known for its nice user interface.
So for the past …

It is very interesting to observe how a company is selling their new products nowaday.
Current known launch dates:
Japan - 20 Aug 2010. It is OUT! O-U-T!!
USA – late Aug 2010. Consumer has yet to see it.
Singapore – 14 September 2010. The Panasonic Singapore has put up a website to count down the release. (Click on the Panasonic Singapore link).
Personally I think Panasonic can do better by launching a global release date but they could be doing so intentionally to create the hype. For those desperate to put their hands on it, …

The Apple iPad is a impressive product and it came in different prices due to Wifi 3G features and amount of memory onboard.
1. Determine why you need an iPad?
What is the primary reason of usage? Is it for reading ebooks? Is it for games? Is it for internet? Is it for photos?
2. Determine how long you intend to use it? 
We call this “rate of deppreciation” in accounting. It also start you thinking how much data storage you need. What you are putting in could double or triple in the 2nd or 3rd year. In …

This could be my biggest expenses for the year 2010. I have many things to buy on hand. Here is my hi-tech shopping list:
1. Panasonic Lumix LX5 (YES! I am going travel soon!)
A new compact camera to replace my 3 years old Fujifilm F31fd. Why i chose Panasonic Lumix LX5 is because of the below strong reasons:
i. 1:1 format. I like to experience with square pictures without post processing.
ii. Long battery life just like my trusty Fujifilm F31fd.
iii. Movie recording on AVCHD.
iv. Leica len! What else?!
v. I did not own …

Great men read great books?… or men became great after reading great books?… or men became great after great men wrote great books?… or men became great after great men shared their books? Hmm…
Here is a list of great books recommended by my sifu:
1. The master plan to success – Napoleon Hill
Hard to find but i have placed my order.
2. Think and grow rich – Napoleon Hill
3. The master key system – Charles F Haanel
For Entrepreneur-to-be,
4. The E-Myth – Michael E. Gerber
I will provide a short review after i have …

I asked my sister this question in the morning. Her answer is YES! The Apple iphone is imperfect. You cant bluetooth music or transfer files like Word doc or pdf into it as easy as the other telephone vendors. These are small pain compared to what i and maybe many others had underwent in the past.
I got my iphone 3GS sometime in Oct 2009. Since then, my godsis is on iphone, my sister is on iphone and my gf is on iphone. There has been a series of conversion to …

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I read an interesting article by Devin Leonard a few days ago. This article was published in one of the local free paper, mypaper. Its title is “Go green? Just buy less stuff”. I have included some quotes that were of interest:
“one of the biggest business stories was how large corporations were going to save the planet and make billions of dollars for their shareholders at the same time.”
“consumers who load up their shopping carts with organic food, for instance, may be unwittingly subsidising big farm companies that are …

Ok, here is my simple walkthrough. You will start with the GDI missions first.
Under GDI:
Mission 1: Beginning of the End
There is a bug in this mission. If you choose the Easy mode, it is possible you wont be able to complete this mission. I tried. You will get stuck at the last objective – Defend the VIP convey. The convey wont move at all. After i tried the Normal mode, it will move.
Mission 2: bad to Worse
Nothing much challenging here.
Mission 3: Hard Choices
Nothing much challenging here. Just save your game …

My sister bought this game for me on the 22 Mar 10. The game cost SG$69.90. There were a few free gifts that came with it. There is C&C4 bag, a L-size t-shirt and a race queens calendar. On the game box, there was a 3D picture of the game cover. The game came in 1 x DVDROM. It used up to 10GB of hard drive space and after that it runs from the hard drive without the disc. Strangely the game requires internet even when playing Solo in the …