UNITED NATIONS (MEDIA) Pakistan assigns the “highest importance” to ensuring the safety and security for the country’s nuclear programme, Ambassador Masood Khan told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, assuring the body that the weapons stock pile was safe and secure for the entire spectrum of threats, including cyber attacks.Read More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has reason to be angry. Last week, the Washington Post reported that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on Google and Yahoo servers without telling the Internet giants. Schmidt expressed his disappointment in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. AccordingRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) PTCL celebrates the astounding success of its top talent, as 11 out of 15 nominated PTCL employees get selected for Etisalat Group’s prestigious High Potential Development Program. These solid performers with strong leadership potential have qualified for this exceptional development program after undergoing an extremely competitive and rigorousRead More →
WASHINGTON (MEDIA REPORT) NSA hacks Google. How could it affect you? Emails? Online searches? Think bigger… Recently it was leaked that the National Security Agency tapped into primary overseas communication links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. According to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the agencyRead More →
Washington DC (MEDIA) John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has admitted that some of America’s spying activities have “reached too far”. He said many of the surveillance practices were carried out “on automatic pilot, because the technology is there and the ability is there.” Speaking to a conference inRead More →
Islamabad(MEDIA) Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of its Business Core Printing Solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) to increase workplace efficiency through easy-to-use, serverless printing. Business Core Printing Solutions enable SMBs to meet their specific document handling, output management and print accounting needs, while delivering robust security,Read More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Google, and seven Android handset manufacturers have been hit with patent infringement lawsuits based on patents formerly owned by the bankrupt Nortel. Google lost an attempt to buy the patents when they were put up for sale, and now faces paying out extra if it loses the lawsuits.Read More →
ISLAMABAD (BMZ REPORT) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) announced worker referendum (election) schedule on 26 November 2013. National Industrial Relation Commission Islamabad issued election/referendum schedule in Ptcl. Ghulam Nabi Deeshak registrar said in his announcement that in compliance of the order dated 28/10/13 by the Islamabad High court Islamabad orderRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Facebook is positioning itself as a mobile-first social network, so its interest in the moves of major smartphone companies is natural. BlackBerry is a sinking ship searching desperately for a rescue, so its turning to any major mobile player as a potential savior—again, a natural move. BlackBerry executivesRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The entire world, it seems, is angry at America. Allegations of electronic spying by the U.S. National Security Agency have reached far and wide. People everywhere — friends and foes — feel the American government breathing behind them, its eyes burning just over their shoulder. As America’s EuropeanRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Etisalat Group, the leading telecoms operator in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, on Monday reported an 18% fall in the profit for the third quarter of 2013. The company announced a net profit of 1.83 billion dirhams ($498.23 million) in the three months to Sept. 30 comparedRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Nokia reported Tuesday a third-quarter net loss as sales at the handsets unit it is selling to Microsoft continued to plunge. However, the network business, which will constitute the bulk of operations going forward, did well, causing shares in the company to rise. USA TODAY reported. The third-quarterRead More →