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Entries for March, 2008

The TechLahore/Gartner saga


Tweet TechLahore is not known for mincing his (or is it her?) words. The piece we wrote on analyst Frances Karamouzis’ take on the prospects for Pakistan’s IT industry was ample proof thereof. But, the Internet is a wonderful thing and Frances chanced upon what we had to say and responded in a rather civil [...]

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Hogging memory the Firefox way!


Tweet Check this screen snapshot out. I captured it a minute ago. At times I want to take Firefox out with a friggin’ laser beam. Doesn’t matter whether I open more tabs or close them, Firefox continues to increase its memory consumption. In a time where low-cost computing promises to become a reality, and where [...]

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The Australian WiMAX Disaster


Tweet We’ve been keeping you updated on all the various WiMAX deployments on their way in Pakistan. Other than the lacklustre marketing that plagued Wateen’s initial launch, so far has been so good. Today we got news from Australia that Buzz Broadband’s WiMAX network, the first to go live Down Under, has failed miserably and [...]

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Very inexpensive computers and how they can improve life in Pakistan


Tweet We’re starting to see some really cheap computers make their way on to the commercial landscape. Based on the trends we’re seeing, one can only imagine what the price of an Eee PC or Cloudbook like device would be at the end of the year. Probably $199! So now that we’re finally at a [...]

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Deutschland, wir kommen! Pakistani IT shops attending CeBIT Hannover


Tweet In another bit of good news and a continuation of the US business tours in 2007, several Pakistani IT companies will be attending CeBIT in Hannover this year. CeBIT is definitely the premier IT show in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia) and until it gets displaced by GITEX (Yeah, we’re rooting for you GITEX!) [...]

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Welcome to WiMax, India! (Better late than never): Your Friendly Neighbour


Tweet More than a year after Pakistan announced the world’s largest WiMax network, India is following suit with a somewhat modest 200,000 user deployment. Tata group will be investing $500M over 3 years to build out a WiMax infrastructure primarily for commercial use. In Pakistan, the magnitude of WiMax adoption has been far more significant. [...]

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Don't miss UET's Open Source Workshops


Tweet Lahore’s University of Engineering & Technology and its student science society are putting together a number of Open Source Workshops on the 22nd of March. If you’re in Lahore, and into Open Source technology, don’t miss out on the opportunity to attend. Registration is free and topics include everything from building scalable web based [...]

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PTCL launches broadband entertainment portal in Pakistan


Tweet PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation Ltd.) has an uphill battle ahead of it as the number of its landline subscribers continues to shrink by the day. PTCL’s wireless services, Ufone and VPTCL, have been doing well, but the company still needs to offer value added services and widen its wireless subscriber base if it is [...]

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