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 →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) After the ‘Sasti Roti’ scheme, the Punjab government once again faces a new scandal where it is alleged the 110,000 laptops scheme may incur a loss of at least Rs1.7 billion as they have been purchased at high prices. Transparency International has requested the Punjab Government to lookRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) The World Economic Forum released its Global Information Technology Report for 2012 earlier this week which saw Pakistan lose 14 places compared to last year to rank at 102nd place out of the possible 142. Meanwhile, Sweden, Singapore and Finland grabbed the top three spots. The report isRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) In a surprise move, CEO of ICT R&D Fund, just few months after his appointment was approved by the Prime Minister, has submitted his resignation to the Board of Directors (BOD) citing excessive interference and meddling by the Secretary, Ministry of IT (MOIT), Farooq Ahmad Awan. SourcesRead More →
Islamabad (special report) Ministry of IT & Telecom has finally stopped proceeding on website filtration plan on which local and international internet companies have shown massive reaction. Under such plan, Ministry of IT & Telecom’s ICT R&D issued an advert internationally asking the interested companies to send proposals regardingRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( SPECIAL REPORT ) The deteriorating socio-economic system of the country is futile to provide employment to the increasing labor force while Yassar Sakhi Butt, President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry addressing a meeting at ICCI, said that country is facing a number of challenges for its economicRead More →
Windows 8‘s Metro interface may be controversial, but it looks like few PC users will complain about the new operating system’s performance. The PCWorld Labs put the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 through a battery of tests and found it generally faster–sometimes a lot faster–than Windows 7. Our test systemRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) Ministry of Information & Technology has derived a comprehensive plan for internet censorship to meet the reservations of some of the local and foreign companies emerged after the advertisement released by ICTR&D the other day. Earlier ICTR&D through its advertisement asked the interested companies to send proposalsRead More →