High-Level Analysis of iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking
Apple recently announced iPhone OS 4.0 enabling “multitasking” of a sorts. I want to dig slightly deeper into understanding what they actually mean by this “multitasking”, without talking too much about the nitty gritty details.
There are 7 kinds of “services” they expose for multitasking:
Background Audio
Voice over IP
Background Location
Push Notifications
Local Notifications
Task Completion
Fast App Switching
Among all 7 [...]
Why Tourists Probably Can’t Register for Wireless@SG Online
As someone who works in cafes all the time, one of DK’s biggest complain about Wireless@SG was that it was really difficult for tourists to register for an account to use Wireless@SG, and I don’t deny that this is something to be concerned or frustrated about. While I initially could not think of a valid [...]
I love you, MacBook Pro: After 2 months
After the keynote at the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2009 on June 8 when they announced the 13” MacBook Pro, I decided to take the plunge and buy it. For almost 2 weeks I stalked various Apple fan sites, like macrumors, to find out what I’m actually getting myself into. There were various problems [...]
HP’s thin clients perfect for enthusiasts and hobbyists
One product that blew me away yesterday at the HP Touch The Future Now conference in Beijing was HP’s line of Thin Clients. Yes, Tech65 is a consumer-oriented website, and this article maintains that. Just read on to discover how thin clients can come back to us as consumers.
I was fortunate enough to have [...]
HTC’s ExtUSB actually supports mini USB too! (HD video)
DK and I made an interesting discover with this HTC phone we were playing. Out of curiosity, we tried to plug in an ordinary mini USB cable into the port, and without any difficulty at all, as if it was designed to, the mini USB cable plugged right into the port, providing both power and [...]
Counterpoint: Apple’s iPhone 3.0 Software
Daniel made a very cogent point in the previous article, articulating the spectacular advantages Apple has in the smartphone sphere. I would like to offer however, a counterpoint to his article. Although I do agree with many of the points he has made in his article, I would just like to supplement with some thought-nuggets [...]
The iPhone’s “Vicious” Cycle
When I heard that Apple was going to have an iPhone 3.0 sneak peak event this week, the first thing that came to my mind was “The Palm Pre’s going to be in trouble”, and sure enough, Apple took away some of the advantages Palm seemed to have on the Pre when they showed it [...]
Schools and Learning
A thought struck me as I was trying to come up with a suitable topic to write about here today. Information Technology has not changed schools at all. Yes, it has made research much easier and more efficient. And word processing is not the chore it once was. But whilst technology has fundamentally changed the [...]
Becareful when registering a “Top Level Domain”
When my friend told me that he registered 4 Top Level Domain recently, I was quite excited about it. Top Level Domain is going to be the next big thing. ICANN had decided to open up the top level domain name registration to just about anybody back in June 08. Top Level Domain, for the [...]

