13th February 2008
AT last Mandrake 9 is officially available throughout Pakistan at a price which is the lowest anywhere (Rs90 — or $1.50 — for a 3-CD set). No reason now for not trying out!
Mandrake is one of several available flavours of Linux which has held a lon...
13th February 2008
IT is said sometimes that computers really don’t make difficult things easier; they make impossible things possible. The multimedia effects generated by computer ascertain this proposition well in this modern technological era. Today multimedia elements...
13th February 2008
AS THE impact of the global e-marketplace becomes more pervasive, the need for companies based in Pakistan to derive full benefit from the gargantuan business potential offered by the internet cannot be overemphasised.
Coupled with developing their tra...
13th February 2008
RECENTLY, Intel Corporation has announced 10-server “building block” products, including five server boards, two server chassis and three RAID controllers, designed for OEM system builders and product integrators. Each new product is centered around...
13th February 2008
IT is late in the evening at the airport, a businessman has just returned from an overseas trip. He dials his home number on his handset and downloads compressed files of data and reports received on his trip onto his home computer. Next, he uses his mobi...
13th February 2008
JUST imagine how many times have you gifted or shared your favourite software programs with your friends? You may be obliged and get compliments for this but are you aware of the fact that by doing so you are committing a serious crime? That of spreading ...
12th February 2008
The nationwide alarm in Japan over toxic Chinese dumplings is a wake-up call for an agriculture policy that has left the nation at the mercy of imported food, analysts say.
Nearly 300 people have sought medical treatment, with one girl in serious c...
12th February 2008
Women’s spines have evolved to be more flexible and supportive than men’s to prevent them from toppling over while pregnant, scientists believe. An extended curve and stronger lower back allow women to shift their centre of balance easily during pregn...
12th February 2008
Over the years, I have developed a few skills as a troubleshooter. When friends or family have problems with computers, I can often solve them. If a light or appliance would not turn on, I know how to make sure there is power in the outlet -- and even rew...
12th February 2008
Think of hoax messages and spam-floods, and instantly, e-mail comes to mind as the largest and most prevalent carrier of this menace. But outside the virtual world, dupers have existed for ages, long before the internet became a household term. And this e...
11th February 2008
It is now easy to log on to the web and check e-mails. But before the advent of web-based e-mail accounts, there used to be just one way to access e-mails: using software like MS Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. This method, called POP (Post Office Protoco...
11th February 2008
BLOGGING — the practice of writing online journals — has just received a timely fillip with the news that Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has started one of his own. It is a bit of a surprise that he doesn’t already have one...
11th February 2008
There has to be at least a few people in the country who will breathe a sigh of relief when the first half of February gets over. And as long as these people exist, there is hope that sanity will prevail – eventually.
Come February, and all the major...
08th February 2008
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN
INTERNAL BANK SECURITY DEPARTMENT
SBP BANKING SERVICES CORPORATION (BANK)
HEAD OFFICE KARACHI
CIRCULAR
CAUTION AGAINST ACTIVITIES OF CRIMINAL GANG
1. It has been learnt through reliable resources of police that, fe...
24th January 2008
Energy Crisis in Pakistan
are growing rapidly
President recently claimed that construction would soon
begin in Karachi on one of the
tallest buildings in the world. The project, according to the president, would
show the world that Pakistan
...
