tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14840514073124257542024-12-19T08:31:19.137+05:00Science & TechnologyMudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-8705735490022244372011-04-23T19:08:00.001+05:002011-04-23T19:12:54.215+05:00Mobilink to Announce the BlackBerry Playbook in PakistanMobilink is currently the largest mobile phone network in Pakistan and they are offering a number of good devices too. They recently announced Nexus S in Pakistan and now they are planning to bring BlackBerry Playbook to Pakistan. The tablet is just launched in USA and Canada, and now Mobilink Pakistan is looking to grab it. The news came from Mobilink Twitter account, where they are saying that Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-17112134317564395532011-04-23T19:01:00.002+05:002011-04-23T19:01:45.667+05:00Telenor fired its whole Network Security and Maintenance DepartmentTelenor Pakistan, presumed to be o of the most sought after employer and so claimed by the company, has fired its whole Network Security and Maintenance Department, insiders said.
The decision of the management was sudden and without any prior notification, sources said adding that it appears that Telenor did not want its other employees to feel insecure about their jobs – who, as a matter of Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-23095537103189828482011-04-23T18:53:00.002+05:002011-04-23T18:53:43.120+05:00Number of migrated mobile phone users crosses 10m markThe number of migrated subscribers from one operator’ network to another has witnessed a substantial increase in the last year with more than a 100 percent growth, showing in a year to reach 10.642 million benchmark by March 2011 end.
Pakistan Telecommu-nication Authority (PTA) statistics showed an increased of 7.2 million subscribers who switched over their network from other with the facility Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-61347824522138223762011-04-23T18:43:00.001+05:002011-04-23T18:46:15.212+05:00PTCL and Alcatel jointly launch VDSL2 Bonding technologyPakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Alcatel-Lucent in a joint press conference held on Friday announced the launch of VDSL2 Bonding technology for the first time in Pakistan pioneering the commercial use of this technology in the telecom industry globally.
PTCL will be the first service provider to deploy a commercial VDSL2 Bonding solution, showing “our commitment to take the Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-13605136500759566122011-04-20T22:56:00.000+05:002011-04-24T22:56:56.392+05:00Tablet computer market projected to surge in coming years in PakistanThe tablet computer market will become the third largest consumer electronics sector, after televisions and personal computers and will grow to $ 49 billion business by 2015 worldwide.
Tablets are a high-value casual-computing segment that is creating huge growth opportunities for major brands and at the same time in Pakistan, said analysts.
The analysts at ABI Research which conducted the Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-34376000654638802702011-04-20T22:24:00.003+05:002011-04-24T22:34:02.481+05:00Nokia E7 Now Available in PakistanThe much awaited Nokia business smartphone, Nokia E7, is now available in Pakistan. With its tilting 4 inch Clear Black display, full keyboard and a fast access to a wide variety of apps directly on the homescreen, the Nokia E7 is the key to having a successful day in or out of the office. Importantly, the device supports business applications from leading enterprise technology partners includingMudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-65097818786276995792011-03-28T18:36:00.000+05:002011-03-28T18:36:18.493+05:00Asus Eee Pad Transformer Tablet Launched Runs Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb and is compatible with a Mobile Docking Station
Asus has introduced a new Eee Pad Transformer tablet with a full size Mobile Docking Station that allows it to be used as a notebook. New Asus Transformer tablet runs the Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb update with Asus' new MyWave User Interface on the top of it. Housing a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, the Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-43301686626784959162011-03-28T18:27:00.000+05:002011-03-28T18:27:11.553+05:00Facebook real time ads tested to target even status updatesAdvertising in social networks has long been popular with advertisers, and now developers are forced every day to offer them more and more new features in a race to trap better chunk of the market. And the lead is again taken by the social networking site Facebook that is testing a new algorithm for real time targeted advertising.
The real time targeted ads algorithm will mean that the system Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-55987460032861079152011-03-28T16:18:00.000+05:002011-03-28T16:18:23.373+05:00Doctors warn of "Facebook depression" risksU.S. doctors have warned of the "Facebook depression" risks among troubled teenagers who are addicted to social networking online.
Although it is not confirmed whether the depression is directly linked with the usage of social media sites like Facebook, the doctors note Facebook has unique aspects that troubles young people already dealing with poor self-esteem.
They say kids with poor Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-88762752928440938832011-03-28T16:14:00.000+05:002011-03-28T16:14:57.175+05:00Facebook to promote social advertising with new websiteFacebook has announced that it is to launch a new service which will allow advertisers to view and comment upon campaigns from within the social networking site.
Facebook Studio embodies the idea of social advertising in which consumers are targeted via their social network and invited to participate in advertising campaigns. It will provide a platform for advertising creatives to share, like Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-64788218087264834392011-03-28T16:10:00.000+05:002011-03-28T16:10:47.207+05:00FIR against Facebook for abuse against religionsAn FIR has been launched against Facebook at a police station in Meerut. Social activist Nutan Thakur has filed the FIR under section 66 A of the Information Technology Act 2000 against the social networking site Facebook and its users for abusing Hindu Gods. The profile, which sites 3 Hindu Gods on a poster of the film "3 idiots", is one amongst many which pokes fun at Islam and Hinduism as a Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-64052748935069826272011-03-28T16:02:00.000+05:002011-03-28T16:02:48.248+05:00Google Launches Disco, A Group-Texting Web and... iPhone App?What do Google, disco, and Apple's iPhone have in common? They're three words one wouldn't normally expect to find combined together, that's for sure. They also now represent Google's latest mobile launch: a group-texting service that allows one to mass-message one's friends from a mobile phone or Web interface.
Disco, in this case, refers to the service created by Google's in-house startup Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-37861847405107262292011-03-28T15:58:00.000+05:002011-03-28T15:58:32.421+05:00Google Enters Mobile Payments with NFC SystemGoogle aimed to go big-time in mobile payments when the company introduced Nexus S with the Near-Field Communication chip. Mobile Advertising is Google's safe bet and the company wishes to boost it via Mobile Payments. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has joined hands with MasterCard and Citigroup for setting up a mobile payment system to turn Android smartphones into e-Wallets, Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-58132914271770745802011-03-28T15:53:00.000+05:002011-03-28T15:53:49.506+05:00Microsoft rolls out Windows Phone 7 OS updateMicrosoft is rolling out its first major software update to its Windows Phone 7 operating system.
Microsoft had planned the Windows Phone 7 update for the first two weeks of March. The delay is due to technical problems with a minor update to the operating system (OS) in February, which resulted in Microsoft pulling the Windows Phone 7 update on Samsung devices.
The update includes copy and Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-35660753117420635822011-03-28T15:47:00.000+05:002011-03-28T15:47:00.509+05:00Iranian hacker claims he acted alone in stealing digital SSL certificatesHacker says theft of certificates used for online transactions was retribution for the joint authorship by the US and Israel of the Stuxnet worm
The Hotmail logon site was one of those targeted by the hacker
An Iranian hacker has claimed that he acted alone in stealing digital security certificates used for online transactions by some of the web's largest sites, including Google, Microsoft, Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-70742442478218648302011-03-28T15:22:00.000+05:002011-03-28T15:22:34.258+05:00Bhaskar Pramanik appointed as new Microsoft India chairmanMicrosoft Corporation on Monday announced the appointment of ex-Oracle chief Bhaskar Pramanik as the chairman for Microsoft India. Mr Pramanik will report to Jean-Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International .
As Chairman, Pramanik will oversee Microsoft's sales, marketing and services subsidiary, provide overall leadership on all Microsoft assets in India. ET was the first one to Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com221tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-19907430277473395372011-03-28T15:16:00.000+05:002011-03-28T15:16:37.655+05:00Elop Fights Nokia Traditions in Race to Ship Microsoft PhoneEvery summer for the last four years while Apple Inc. shipped a new iPhone, Nokia Oyj managers vacationed at their lake cottages in Finland.
“In mid-July, Nokia House is a ghost town,” said Adam Greenfield, managing director of Urbanscale, a design consulting firm in New York, who worked for Nokia from 2008 to 2010. “If you need a decision and the key person’s at the summer cottage? Forget it. Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-61052586109890025222011-03-28T15:02:00.000+05:002011-03-28T15:02:55.407+05:00Intel Joins Forces With AtomToday Intel added Atom Z670 microprocessor to official price-list,which, we presume, means that the processor and Oak Trail platformwill be officially launched on Monday or later next week. Firstreports of upcoming tablet-oriented Atom Z670 CPUs emerged as early aslast November, and one of the first Oak Trail-based products, SamsungSliding PC 7 Series tablet, was announced at Consumer ElectronicsMudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-11741643383368453632011-03-28T14:59:00.001+05:002011-03-28T14:59:31.350+05:00Over one million computers selling each dayWith more than one million computers selling each day, Intel Corporation introduced its game-changing 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family recently.
Intel highlighted several surprising new features, services and partnerships that combine to deliver an entirely new visual experience with processor graphics built in. More than 500 desktop and laptop PC designs are expected from all major Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-29415977304154759352011-03-28T14:55:00.000+05:002011-03-28T14:55:24.017+05:00Mobile TV has every ingredient of success in PakistanSeeing the electronic media and mobile communication outburst in the recent years, different segments of these industries are adopting new competitive means and ways to reach the population of one hundred and eighty million across Pakistan. Observing this success of Electronic media channels and Mobile communication spanning over the last ten years, there exists an immense need for the Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-83107793400658696402011-03-28T14:50:00.000+05:002011-03-28T14:50:30.246+05:00Huawei launches smart devices for Pak marketHuawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today launched its IDEOS™ X5 smartphone in Pakistan.
The IDEOS™ X5 is a high performance, ultra slim, touch-screen smartphone with advanced browsing and high definition video capabilities based on Android™ 2.2 operating system. Huawei has introduced the availability of its IDEOS™, Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-69916425954848496912011-03-28T14:43:00.001+05:002011-03-28T14:47:03.561+05:00Apple Blocks Access to Cydia in its StoresThe battle against the jailbreakers has always seemed to be an uphill one for Apple; it takes hackers just days to break into the latest iOS releases, and last year federal regulators said that it was no longer illegal to hack or jailbreak an iPhone. However, there is one thing Apple can but a definite stop to, and that’s accessing Cydia using its Wi-Fi networks in Apple retail stores.
If you Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-8122646415839473282011-03-26T22:13:00.000+05:002011-03-26T22:13:25.820+05:00Internet providers working to improve servicesInternet services in Pakistan have been chaotic in the past one week with operators struggling with congestion on the network due to a sudden drop in backend capacities available to them.
Internet service providers encountered problems as there were outright blackouts at least four times in the past seven days because of a problem in the major submarine cable system – Southeast Asia, Middle EastMudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-51315183590895223362011-03-25T10:21:00.001+05:002011-03-25T10:21:20.045+05:0013 telecom companies default by Rs40 billionA list of 13 telecom and mobile companies defaulting by Rs40 billion has been presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The PAC while expressing concern over the accumulation of huge defaulting amount asked the government to take urgent steps for recovery of the said amount from the defaulting companies.
The Committee was of the view that there would be no need to levy taxes on the poor Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484051407312425754.post-80258902038996975492011-03-25T10:06:00.000+05:002011-03-25T10:06:31.707+05:00Mobilink expands In-flight GPRS, BlackBerry RoamingMobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding, has expanded its In-flight GPRS/BlackBerry Roaming services to over 260 flights.
With a view to ensure convenience and provision of seamless services to its customers, whether at home or abroad, Mobilink indigo, Pakistan’s largest post-paid family, has joined hands with Emirates and Malaysia Airlines Mudassar Nazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16019705183829323083noreply@blogger.com0