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A peek at the upcoming MIDs

Hardware vendors show off upcoming mobile Internet devices at Intel Developer Forum 2008 in Shanghai.

Linux gets a taste of Windows and Mac

A look at the new features in the KDE4.0 released last month

 
 
 

The future of startups in S'pore

The MDA held an exhibition of several interactive digital media projects. Here are some of the hits and misses.

Tata's US$2,500 car

Tata Motors launches a different kind of Nano.

 
 
 

Apple unleashes new Xserve, Mac Pro

Check out the new Mac Pro and Xserve with eight processor cores.

Inside Microsoft's war room

A look at Microsoft's Security Response Center in Redmond

 
 
 

Cracking open the iPod Touch

Inside Apple's latest portable multimedia device

Amazon fires up Kindle e-reader

Amazon kindles interest in its electronic book

 
 
 

Cheaper way to biological sampling

System can replace more traditional, and more costly, lab equipment used by hospitals

Ubuntu gets gutsy

To some, the fancy Linux desktop interface effects are gimmicky, but others enjoy it


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The future of startups in S'pore

Thursday, January 24 2008 14:54 pm

The MDA held an exhibition of several interactive digital media projects. Here are some of the hits and misses.


Last year, the Media Development Authority (MDA) pledged to back research and development (R&D) efforts for the local interactive and digital media (IDM) industry, to the tune of S$500 million (US$347.9 million) between 2006 and 2011.

On Wednesday, the MDA held an exhibition of a selected pool of projects for the press.

First Meta's "credit card" for online worlds such as Second Life.

Douglas Abrams, its CEO told ZDNet Asia at the exhibition: "We want to be the online Citibank."

Credit: Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia




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