Tech at Play

Public relations agencies or marketing staff are most welcome to contact me about new products or developments. If it is something nifty or useful, I will write about them on this site, and if it fits, at one of the publications that I contribute to.

I will reply to all correspondence involving review units, even if I do not intend to take it further.

Will I be interested to look at your product? To save time all-around, you need to ask yourself if there is something genuinely new or different about your product. While it does not have to be revolutionary, there should be some evolutionary features. If it is a software application, obscure EDI or B2B products tend to be disregarded.

Some hardware products that made the list in the past:

• IronKey – Hardware encrypted Flash Drive

• AdderLink IPEPS – Hardware VNC appliance

• Matrox Triplehead2Go – External graphics expander box

• Sutus Business Central 200 – Complete SMB IP-communications solution

• ATEN Virtual VNC Console – Wireless presentation system
  

• GigaFin Flowline 500 – Network flow control appliance (Pending firmware update)

• Yoggie Gatekeeper Card Pro – Hardware firewall on an ExpressCard (Late June)

Software products:

• GFI Network Server Monitor – Network Server Monitoring software

• Spybot Search and Destroy – Spyware cleaner

Remember that while I would love to help you spread the word, it should add genuine value to readers for me to be interested.

Shipment and tax

All shipment costs and tax are to be borne by the company sending the product. This includes the cost of shipping it back, if applicable. And yes, I live in Singapore.

No tax needs to be paid for review units. However, it must be clearly marked on all relevant documentation. Most shipments so far managed to reach me without problems, but there was at least one instance in which tax was levied due to improper paperwork.

Now, the courier companies like FedEx, DHL, and UPS do not decide on whether tax should be levied. The government tax officer at their respective facilities does that. Talking to the courier companies after the fact is of no use.

The goods and service tax (GST) in Singapore for all purchased items currently stands at seven percent of gross value.

Unsolicited items

Now, I don’t publicly disclose my address. However, PR agencies that I have worked with in the past might have it in their records. It would be an oxymoron of me to demand for them to be purged, so please do not send unsolicited packages to me.

Please write to me first.

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