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Entries for November, 2009

Instant Virus Killer: An anti-virus product made in Pakistan

Here’s a piece of trivia for you. Do you know who wrote the very first virus for PCs? (Not anti-virus, but virus) It was a group of Pakistanis. Much of the credit is given to Amjad and Basit Alvi, but those who were connected to the duo say it was actually Ashar Nisar, their friend [...]

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Forbes puts Satyam's con-man Raju on list of world's most outrageous CEOs

The Satyam scandal just doesn’t stop unfolding. And with every successive twist the story takes, the magnitude of the disaster seems to get amplified and the corruption appears wider and increasingly more unfathomable.
There have been two developments recently which we felt were an important follow-up to the coverage TechLahore has given the Satyam story in [...]

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Wired magazine makes the case for cyber war against Pakistan and India

John Arquilla, writing for Wired magazine in its November 2009 issue, argues for a US cyber attack on Pakistan and India in the event that the US determines the two countries are heading towards a confrontation. The method of attack outlined by Mr. Arquilla involves US cyber warfare units ‘taking out’ command and control networks on both [...]

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Amazon Kindle clones from China – half the price, wi-fi and no DRM!

I’ve been holding back. I told you about the Apple Tablet clone a couple of days ago, but now I’ll come clean with the whole story. Boeye doesn’t just do Apple Tablet clones… they also do Amazon Kindle clones! Both the DX and the Kindle 2. I tried both of them at GITEX in Dubai, [...]

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China's Boeye releases "Apple tablet" before Apple can – TechLahore@GITEX

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve been able to post much here. One of the reasons why – perhaps even the most pleasant one – was that I was away at GITEX in Dubai. GITEX has grown to be one of the largest tech shows on the planet, with attendees and exhibitors from [...]

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