Samsung has finally revealed its flagship android device for the year, the Samsung Galaxy S III – billed as official smartphone for Olympics 2012 – a sequel of Galaxy line of smartphones. First thing you will notice about Samsung Galaxy S III is its gigantic 4.8 inch Super AMOLED HDRead More →
Microsoft has fixed a flaw in Hotmail’s password reset system that allowed hackers to take control of webmail accounts. The vulnerability existed in Hotmail’s password reset feature. Hackers were able to use a Firefox add-on called Tamper Data to intercept the outgoing HTTP request following a password reset request andRead More →
LAHORE (MEDIA) The two day E-Governance Exhibition concluded at the Arfa Software Technology Park on Sunday, setting guidelines for using information technology to streamline governance and citizen services provided by various departments, and soliciting public feedback to improve such services. The exhibition was organised by the Punjab Information Technology BoardRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and convergence technologies, has won four 2012 Technical Image Press Association Awards in the ‘Best General Compact Camera’, ‘Best Mobile Imaging Device’, ‘Best Photo Monitor’ and ‘Best Photo TV Display’ categories. Samsung’s MV800 camera won the ‘Best General CompactRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Bringing together the sharpest minds in the field of technology, Microsoft Pakistan, in partnership with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), hosted the local finals of the Imagine Cup. This is the world’s premier student technology competition, where all eligible students use their imagination and passion toRead More →
ISLAMABAD(MEDIA) Surf Google’s homepage this morning and you’ll notice a photorealistic metal zipper bisecting a stitched-in version of Google’s logo from page top to bottom. Click the zipper slider and the page splits in two, the slider falling along the zipper’s teeth as each side falls back to reveal theRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Raja Pervaiz Asharaf, architect of defunct rental power projects, has been given the charge of Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT) in the recent expansion of federal cabinet. It is an interesting development and must be amazing and shocking for many in IT and Telecom industry inRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The Ministry of IT, Government of Pakistan has been actively working on the development of IDN ccTLD (Internationalized Domain Names) (country code Top-Level Domain). ICANN has approved the application for “پاکستان.” and the delegation process, which includes specification of ccTLD structure and policies etc. is under way. FormationRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Technology for People (TPI) is a new initiative at LUMS, funded by Google Inc. and is dedicated to using technology to create solutions relevant to the socio-economic context of Pakistan, and will focus on leveraging technology in the domains of public policy and governance. The initiative is multi-disciplinaryRead More →
China remains the top source country for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, according to Prolexic Technologies Quarterly Global DDoS Attack Report. The newly released report indicates that the first quarter of 2012 (Q1 2012) was characterised by extremely high volumes of malicious traffic directed at Prolexic’s financial services clients.Read More →
LAHORE (MEDIA) Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is launching a cross-university interdisciplinary Research Initiative on Internet and Society (RIIS). The goal of the LUMS’ Initiative on Internet and Society is to explore the development of cyberspace in Pakistan, to facilitate its study, to better understand its relationships to business,Read More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Ministry of Information Technology initiated National Information and Communication Technology ICT&D Fund in order to accelerate the development of ICT infrastructure for research, development and educational purposes. National ICT R&D Fund is offering fully funded scholarships for talented students from rural/non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan with the objective toRead More →