November 2009

My PC Runs On CNG. Whats Your Status?

November 25, 2009

Today we meet again discussing the LOAD which the government has been shedding on the country and its people from the past few years. Load shedding was an hourly thing in summers, but we thank Allah greatly, as in winters, He has bestowed us with electricity 24/7. The heat in summers is unbearable. Without a [...]

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Hack Rival Website?

November 24, 2009

Just imagine if one day you saw a glitch in your enemy’s website. You detest the existence of that website. This glitch will easily help you in entering the administration panel and make changes around. But then again, this is a huge act of robbery and theft. If the enemy websites detects you they can surely prosecute you. Our [...]

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SYSTEM LIMITED Holds Seminar At FAST

November 24, 2009

As leaders and pioneers in their respective areas, the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES‐FAST) and Systems Limited have taken a new initiative under which IT experts from Systems Limited will work with senior faculty at NUCES‐FAST to enhance and broaden the learning experience of final year students and postgraduates at NUCES‐FAST. In [...]

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I Filtered The Spam From Your Inbox

November 23, 2009

“How many of you have had to fill out one of those web forms that asks you to read a distorted sequence of letters or a word?” asked Luis von Ahn during his talks, with the audience, on fighting spam. “How many of you found that annoying?” As the hands were raised, he broke into [...]

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How Intel Played The Game With OLPC

November 18, 2009

To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. —OLPC Mission Statement, Intel joined Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child, OLPC, as one of the board of directors. Their mission was to educate and [...]

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Cricket Mania Strikes CodeWeek

November 18, 2009

Our teams are ready for the battleground. The Cricket Mania continues… Just because they spend hours and hours on computers, it doesn’t mean that they lack spirit for sports. Programmers, coders and software giants made their mark on the battleground this weekend. All that matters here is how many runs they make and how many wickets they [...]

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Bilal Ghaffar Enlightens Us With His Wisdom

November 18, 2009

Okay, I did my MSC, MBA, Bs, and B.com. I agree I ran after the herd. No one guided me, but NOW WHAT? Now, these members of the herd are provided with the perfect option for their career. Since, you were not thinking earlier, so here is a chance for you to start thinking and [...]

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Google!?! What?

November 17, 2009

Google has become almost synonymous with search. Whenever we want to research we open our browser to Google. Then, we use the Google search engine to search for other search engines. This process goes on and on while we Google to Google other search engines. CONFUSED!!! Google is the verb. It owns the word for [...]

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FarmVille Turns ScamVille

November 13, 2009

Did you know Farmville is a SCAM. Across the World Wide Web it is believed, that behind your back, FarmVille players are being robbed through facebook by generating “hundreds of millions of dollars”. The game makes people pay cash in order to level up faster. At the same time, it also offers rewards where you [...]

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Nokia Replaces Faulty Chargers

November 12, 2009

Nokia fears that manufacturing defects in 14m mobile phone chargers, may expose its users to electric shocks. Thus, the Finnish company, Nokia, has decided to give away free chargers for precautionary measures, to its users, in order to avoid such an accident. There have been no report on injury so far, but the company has [...]

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