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Help for those looking forward to have an insight on tech moving around and many different things :)

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Welcome to Super Technologies Inc.

Hello and welcome aboard,

My name is Muneeb Iqbal and I welcome you in our family.

I joined this organization back in January, 2005 as Sales Executive and today I am Manager Sales.

I am a Bachelors in Commerce and will soon become Masters in Marketing & Sales by the Mid of 2010

Here are some of the things which you should know before Joining US:

1) What is DIDx.net?



2) What is Virtualphoneline.com?



4) What is Wikipedia?



5) What is Facebook?



6) What is Gmail.com and how to sign up on it?



7) How to use Google Talk?



8) How to download and use Skype?



9) How to use NTR Connect?



10) How to use Google Maps?



11) How to check Current Time in New York and Pensacola, Fl

Go On http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179

and type Current New York Time and Current Pensacola, Fl time

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Muneeb

How many numbers are there on your CNIC?

I recently got an sms  from one of ma mates:

"Send your nic number to 42201xxxxxxxx without dashes to '668' and find out how many sims you have from Ufone, Warid, Mobilink, Telenor, SCO and Zong"

SCO is Special Communication Organization; GM network in Azad Jammu Kashmir and Northern Areas.

Ok; now I came accross a new wbsite which will help you to fulfil the same task by going there. Here is what you have to do:

http://210.2.169.131:8000/app/sis.asp?cnic=42201xxxxxxxx

Simply write the full National Identity Card number after the = sign and you will know; how many sims are registered via your CNIC.

Only for Pakistani Users!

I think this is pretty amazing service, usually when you deal with franchise they use your NIC to issue x amount of sims. This service will help you to get the real picture and will save you from any unforeseen accident. After all it is a risk where police can arrest you; if sim that was issued on your CNIC is being used for FRAUD / Bad purpose.

Thank you PTA.. Indeed a Great Service!

Rule Prohibiting Unwanted "Robocalls"by FTC

Finally long awaited Unwanted Robocalls rule will take effect from September 1st

This means that now you will not be receiving a call by an automated machine telling you to renew you insurance or get good deal on mortgage and press '1' for more information ;)

Bye bye to predictive dialers.. automated telemarketing calls...

According to FTC website:

“American consumers have made it crystal clear that few things annoy them more than the billions of commercial telemarketing robocalls they receive every year,” said Jon Leibowitz, Chairman of the FTC. “Starting September 1, this bombardment of prerecorded pitches, senseless solicitations, and malicious marketing will be illegal. If consumers think they’re being harassed by robocallers, they need to let us know, and we will go after them.”

The new requirement is part of amendments to the agency’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that were announced a year ago. After September 1, sellers and telemarketers who transmit prerecorded messages to consumers who have not agreed in writing to accept such messages will face penalties of up to $16,000 per call

The new rule does not cover certain health care messages and messages which are used for informative purpose where a airline is informing about flight getting canceled

More Information on http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/08/robocalls.shtm

Independence day / Yom-e-Istiqlal of Pakistan!

Yup, 14th August 1947 Pakistan; the day history was marked and a new map took place on the face of World Map. Nation which was the dream of Iqbal, nation for which million's of people sacrificed their live, a nation having name as Pakistan meaning 'Land of Pure'

14th August 2009, 62nd Independence day and yet still there as Faisal Kapadia said on Dawn "We keep getting bumped from left and right from down, above" and yet our people, our nation is there to make the mark in the world to be the best in all fields.

Almost all of us know and experience streets covered green, car, bikes, houses every where Green flag, people happy and celebrating their independence day but I don't believe this ever happened where Pakistani 'blaagers' including my self made #Pakistan a trending topic on twitter. In addition to this the go Green VIRTUAL rally innitiated by Farhan Masood where more then 10,000 people changed their Display Pictures in to Geen one having crescent, star with an outline in the white.

Now; one thing we should all understand is that we have potential, we have power, we have confidence, we know we can do it and we know that until we stand United; no one can snatch this from us. Also; we should not forget what happened in Gojra; remember Pakistani flag does not only represent Green background, crescent and star but it also represent the white space which shows minorities. Pakistan is not only for Muslims, Islam never teaches us to burn the houses of people from other relegion infact it teaches us to win their hearts by showing kindness towards them. Love people and try to help every one. Prophet (P.B.U.H) never taught us to torch people who don't follow relegion or who are not muslims.

People live, life long and make sure you are not hurting any one by the attitude you have adapted. No matter how corrupt our nation is, how corrupt leaders can be... don't leave the effort you can do in your domain for Pakistan for Pakistani people. Remember 'Your leaders will reflect your image'. Once we all start caring for people, start taking care of small law's, rules and regulations automatically there will be good leaders out there on the top reflecting our country. Avoid negativity; spread, talk and think postively.

Pakistan Zindabad; Paindabad!

South Korean DID Numbers

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK) (Korean: 대한민국 and often referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. Also known as the "Land of the Morning Calm", it is neighbored by China to the west and Japan to the east, bordering North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest metropolitan city in the world[3] and a major global city.[4] South Korea lies in a temperate climate region with a predominantly mountainous terrain. Its territory covers a total area of 100,032 square kilometers and has a population of almost 50 million, making it one of the most densely populated regions in the world.

DIDx now offers Local Seoul South Korean DID numbers for around $4.33 per month.

Seoul (Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.ul] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, it is one of the world's largest cities and the second largest mega city in the world.[1] The Seoul National Capital Area, which includes the major port city of Incheon and most of Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants,[2] larger than the population of Australia, and is the world's second largest metropolitan area.[3] Almost half of South Korea's population live in the Seoul National Capital Area, and nearly a quarter in Seoul itself, making it the country's foremost economic, political, and cultural center.

So what are you waiting for? Log on to DIDx.net and grab your DID numbers

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Muneeb Iqbal

Every thing via SMS - Mobile Banking

I was trying to purchase ticket since 3 weeks for ciniplex and was not able to get their on time.

Like as soon as I reach their the one sentence which they say is ... HOUSE FULL and then it stuck in my mind wouldn't it be better if they just integrate sms service ... where people can call them on phone and book the ticket and to make sure they are not lying they will sms the money with the help of sms to the merchant (in our case Ciniplex)

Similarly; this can help people to pay the utility bills and soon the day will be there when people can will be using this on every store and they don't have to carry the Paper Money or even Credit Cards....

Wow.. well let's hope this happens soon :)

PTCL would be shifting to 8 Digits from 7 Digits

Since some time now, it was being heard that PTCL woudl be shifting land line from 7 Digits to 8 digits to increase the pool of numbers available. Earlier in April and March they did the testing on some of the exhcnages in Karachi by adding '3' before the actual number and after the area code like '02134111111'. This is official now where Media and News Paper confirmed it. is now confirmed as reported by different media channels and news papers. Link for one of the news paper Business Recorder follows.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) would shift its fixed line numbering plan from 7 to 8 digit series as per the instructions of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Initially migration from 7 series to 8 digit series would take place in Lahore and Karachi.

As per details, Digit “3″ will be added in all existing 7 digits numbers of Karachi and Lahore except the numbers starting from “9″. Digit “9″ will be added in all existing numbers starting from “9″. An important point to remember is the numbers are being added to existing numbers not area codes, with the exemption of army exchanges, which would remain same.

For the customer’s awareness and facilitation, the new series plan will run parallel to old one for a period of three months w.e.f. July 1, 2009 till September 30, 2009. The period from October 1, 2009 till December 30, 2009 will be covered by announcements which would be made in order to facilitate subscribers/ customers.

Quaid Pic No More Eligible In President & PM House (as per Zardari)

News came out this evening by Geo that Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah's picture is removed from PM and President House. Though Government is denying it but seems this picture is enough to tell the truth behind it:

In the picture above in President House,

It's Bilawals, Zardari (_____), Benazir and Z.A. Bhutto pic; Where is the founder of the Nation... A founder who was so in love with the cause that he sacrificed his whole life for the Indo Muslims and today Zardari the guy who even don't know the complete population of Pakistan.. who I am sure doesn't know from where Punjab starts and where it ends did this stuff.

I wonder where is My Quaid... wished there was an undo button in real life to make sure this guy does not come in presidency but this is real life and we all should work together to make sure that he does not do any thing which is bad for PAKISTAN.

Other then that who is Bilawal? even if he is Bhutto or not Bhutto who the hell (sorry) but seriously who is he to be there in president house even.. I saw another Pic where in world leader conference there was Bilawal sitting beside Zardari and Obama... I wonder is it a democracy or KingdomShip.

How ever; I just confirmed from Geo News they said Geo did announce this that they remove Quaid pic but government is "tardeeding it" denying it..

Well in the end.. the entire nation should vouch against this !!!

Pakistan T20 World Cup Champions and over loaded twitter too :)

Long awaited after 1992 World Cup.. Pakistan Army in Green did it again .. Long after Imran Khan today.. a young side of Pakistan led by Younis Khan did it again they got the T20 World Cup for Pakistan.

Bowling opened by Mohammed Aamer and Razzak and soon Pakistan was able to send 6 of the Sri Lankan batsmen back to pavillion but then there was a time when Sangakara and Matthews were stable on the wicket and was doing as much damage as possible .. but then a little delight ful bowling by Gul, Ajmal and Aamer and then Sri Lankans manage to score a total of 138/6 was a great fightback by Sangakara and Matthews; It was not easy to score this total in so much pressure...

Kamran Akmal and Shahzaib started the batting and at one time it seems that we gave the match to Sri Lankans :( It was not a bad start but was slow.. but then after the dismissal of Akmal boom came inn and u know what Boom Boom do .. he got good support by Shahzaib and Shoaib and finally on the 4th delivery of 19th over Afridi took leg bye on Malinga's delivery and Chanting's in the air.. firing accross the Pakistan.. Pakistan the cricket crazy nation won the T20 World Cup :)

The aka Blaggers the blogging community of Pakistan. Trend #PakCricket managed to bring the green rally on the 2nd top on hashtags.org after Iran Elections. Live commentary on Twitter was awesome as well :)

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Muneeb Iqbal

New Budget Seems to be Anti Telecom Budget in Pakistan

Recently Budget has been announced in Pakistan where 20 Paisa tax is imposed on each of the sms being sent by any mobile operator.

Which means the bundle offer by Zong CM pk, Telenor, Ufone and Mobilink will be of no use any more. 20 paisa is tax and then there will be the charges by the operator which can be around 7 to 9 Paisa which means cost for Mobile operator will be 29 Paisa.

Now i believe no more bundle offers will be offered in Pakistan :).

Though, good part is Sales Tax will be lowered to 19% and Sim Activation is slashed to half.

This all seems to be weired where Telecom Compalies spent millions in advertising their Bulk SMS campaigns but now it seems all will be sent to trash.

There should be a body to take action on all this or one day no fdi will see Pakistan as opportunity when it comes to Telecom business

Regards,

Muneeb

Sabse Technologies has acquired Jaxtr

HotMail Co-Founder and Telecom Serial Entrepreneur to Accelerate Market Penetration and Growth of Telephony Applications.

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) June 8, 2009 -- SabSe Technologies, Inc. (www.SabSeBolo.com), a leading developer of value-added applications for telecom providers -- co-founded by HotMail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia, and proven serial entrepreneur Yogesh Patel -- today announced it has acquired jaxtr, the world's largest social communications company. Over the past several years, jaxtr has built a robust consumer service currently providing free and low-rate international calling to over ten million members around the globe.

Under the terms of the deal, SabSe will maintain and expand upon the jaxtr service, which will continue to operate under the jaxtr brand, alongside the company's existing SabSeBolo brand. SabSe's acquisition of jaxtr brings together two valuable consumer and business telecom applications now on a common platform. Jaxtr's large active user base will enable SabSe to accelerate deployment of its additional applications, and to leverage an instant audience for its innovative technology.

More details on http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090608/bs_prweb/prweb2504374

Sillicon Valley lost a valuable asset in the shape of Rajeev Motwani

Tragic news spread all over Sillicon Valley. Rajeev Motwani, a prominent Silicon Valley angel investor and the Stanford professor perhaps best known for serving as the adviser for Larry Page and Sergey Brin during the formative years of Google, has passed away.

Rajeev was an ardent supporter of Silicon Valley startups, investing and mentoring many of them while continuing his research at Stanford University. With investments in companies that included PayPal and Google, he saw an overwhelming amount of success. And through it all he continued to give back to the community though his mentorship, investments, and his time at Stanford, where he continued to teach as recently as last semester.

He was:

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Database Group/InfoLab, and Foundations Group
Computer Science Department
Stanford University

Ph.D. 1988 (Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley)
B.Tech. 1983 (Computer Science, IIT Kanpur)

Ron Conway, a long time friend of Motwani, was visibly shaken.


I never knew Rajeev Sahab, never met him but it seems he was the GURU / pioneer in Technology world, sympathies go out to Rajeev’s family.

Marketing and Recession

A recession is a general slowdown in economic activity over a sustained period of time, or a business cycle contraction.

During these tough times businesses are trying to cut their marketing budget and trying to focus more on saving and spending this some where else, here they have to understand that this might adversly affect. Infact they should spend more on Marketing rather then cutting or saving.

Research have shown that businesses that do not decrease the budget get's response some times better then the Normal times.

Basically this is time to redesign your marketing plan, like if you were launching a new product better to delay it a little again depending upon your Market Segment. Just try to go for same way of marketing with less cost.. Do not Do not Do not lessen your budget until it's extremely necessary.

We cannot ignore the financial difficulties that our country and even whole world is facing today, but today you should understand the gravity of marketing during the recession, try to explore how to set a marketing budget during these times.

Iceland DID Numbers

We have Iceland DID numbers available on DIDx.net now!

Pricing starting from $7 a month.

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Muneeb

Nokia’s Ovi Store Opens For Business

Nokia’s very own centralized application marketplace, dubbed Ovi Store, today officially made its way to the public arena

It will have to stand up and fight against other notable mobile content stores such as Apple’s App Store, Windows Mobile Marketplace and BlackBerry’s Application Center. Nokia is rolling out the app and content store globally (with credit card support), but currently reserves operator billing for customers in Australia, Singapore, Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia, Ireland and the UK. Additional countries and languages will be added throughout the year, with AT&T planning to make Ovi Store available to its customers in the U.S. later this year.

Nokia claims more than 50 of its mobile devices are compatible with the service as of today, with more slated to roll out over time, and estimates that around 50 million people with Nokia devices will be able to license content and download applications from the Ovi Store right now. The news is now completely out there and people are testing the service like crazy, which means it can be a little slow or downright unresponsive at times.

Source - techcrunch

Solar power could surge by 2050 in deserts

PARIS: Solar power plants in deserts using mirrors to concentrate the sun’s rays have the potential to generate up to a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2050, a report by pro-solar groups said on Monday.

The study, by environmental group Greenpeace, the European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA) and the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) SolarPACES group, said huge investments would also create jobs and fight climate change, Reuters reports.

‘Solar power plants are the next big thing in renewable energy,’ said Sven Teske of Greenpeace International and co-author of the report. The technology is suited to hot, cloudless regions such as the Sahara or Middle East.

The 28-page report said investments in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants were set to exceed two billion euros ($2.80 billion) worldwide this year, with the biggest installations under construction in southern Spain and California.

‘Concentrating solar power could meet up to seven per cent of the world’s projected power needs in 2030 and a full quarter by 2050,’ it said of the most optimistic scenario.

That assumes a giant surge in investments to 21 billion euros a year by 2015 and 174 billion a year by 2050, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. Under that scenario, solar plants would have installed capacity of 1,500 gigawatts by 2050.

That is far more optimistic than business-as-usual projections by the Paris-based IEA, which advises rich nations. It indicates that ‘by 2050 the penetration of solar power would be no higher than 0.2 per cent globally,’ the report noted.

CSP uses arrays of hundreds of mirrors or lenses to concentrate the sun’s rays to temperatures between 400 and 1,000 Celsius (750-1,800 Fahrenheit) to provide energy to drive a power plant.

Sunny

It differs from solar photovoltaics, which turn the sun’s rays directly into electricity in panels and generate some power even on overcast days. CSP works only under sunny skies.

‘We now have a third billion-dollar technology alongside wind and solar photovoltaics,’ Teske told Reuters.

The report said generation costs range from 0.15 to 0.23 euros per kilowatt hour — above fossil fuels or many renewables — and would fall to 0.10-0.14 euros by 2020. Guaranteed sales prices were needed to spur investments, it said.

CSP installations made up just 430 Megawatts of the world’s electricity generation capacity at the end of 2008.

‘CSP plants can deliver reliable industry-scale power supply around the clock due to storage technologies and hybrid operations within the power plant,’ said Jose Nebrera, president of ESTELA.

Source - Dawn

Google increasingly battles Facebook in search!

TOKYO: Google has long been the king of search, dominating rivals including Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. But it increasingly sees social networks such as Facebook as challengers to its search engine, a Google official said.

As people search out advice online for everyday, personal decisions, the standard list of links served up by Google is not seen as intimate or trustworthy, Google Group Product Manager Ken Tokusei said Monday. For decisions such as choosing a restaurant or a day care provider, social networking sites or known review sites have an advantage, he said.

Such sites offer information from friends or acquaintances, and Tokusei said users tend to trust that information more. This puts Google’s results at a disadvantage.

‘We haven’t gotten to the point where results are seen as if they come from someone you know,’ he said.

The search giant has begun to offer tools for users to rate results and delete unrelated links, but it still has work to do, he said.

As Internet users gain savvy and experience, they also expect better-honed answers to queries. Sites such as WolframAlpha, launched earlier this month, comb the Internet for data, and analyze it to provide specific answers to queries, rather than a list of sites.

Google Inc. does something similar for some searches, providing price quotes for ‘Sony stock’ or an answer for ‘Tunisia capital.’ But it also provides the familiar list of sites to dig further, a strategy it is unlikely to change.

‘It’s a matter of determining what kind of information the user is looking for. But we will always serve some links to pages with our results,’ said Tokusei.

He spoke to reporters at Google’s Japanese headquarters in Tokyo, where he gave an overview of the company’s basic search tools.

Google has developed a host of expanding tools and services, from a mobile operating system to an online word processor, but it devotes 70 percent of its employees and resources to search.

The company still faces fresh competition from its traditional rivals, which are regrouping in an attempt to take back market share.

Microsoft has failed to make much headway in repeated Internet ventures. But the deep-pocketed company, which has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into improving its search engine, continues to develop a new search technology, part of which is called ‘Kumo’ internally.

Yahoo, which has seen its share of total online searches conducted plummet to Google, is tweaking its search results, cutting out some links and emphasizing images and video.

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has said he is still interested in buying part of Yahoo after a proposed deal was turned down last year. — AP

Upgrading Islamabad

The capital is always short of houses. Property may be down elsewhere but never here. 
The last two governments have tried revising the Master Plan of Islamabad to upgrade housing 
facilities albeit without much success. There is clearly a renewed interest in the enterprise once
again

The justification for revision is development of new residential sectors deemed necessary to cope
with shortage of housing units in the federal capital. According to news reports, another proposal 
had been made in the revised Master Plan to increase the total number of residential sectors from 
56 to 68 for ensuring thousands of additional housing units in the city. The development of new 
residential sectors could help meet the demand for new housing units however all hinges on approval 
of the revised Master Plan without further delay

The Mott McDonald Pakistan (MMP) UK's revision of their original Master Plan of Islamabad new 
housing sectors, extension in municipal limits, industrial activities, environmental protection, 
road repair, new parks and recreational areas and safety of existing water reservoirs was finished
in 2005. The draft revised Master Plan of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been doing 
the rounds for years now without any decision. Upgrading Islamabad is essential to keep the country 
competitive.


It is time that the government found the will to decide on the issue. After all, the Master Plan of 
Islamabad is being revised on full-scale only for the first time since the establishment of the city in 
1960s

source - dailytimes

Singapore Telecommunication (SingTel) eyes Pakistan telecom market

ISLAMABAD: Singapore Telecommunication (SingTel) is set to jump into Pakistan's telecom market and its talks with Abu Dhabi Group for sale out of more stakes of Waridtel are gearing up as SingTel already owns 30 per cent stake in Warid Telecom.
Well-placed sources told APP on condition of anonymity that the agreement between Singapore Telecommunication Company and Abu Dhabi Group is likely to be signed before June 2009. The decision comes as the company is facing a saturated domestic market while the country comprises only 4.8 million people. Feeling the heat, SingTel has spent 18 billion Singapore dollars to invest in countries such as India, Indonesia, and in the bigger Australian market. Revenue growth in Singapore is expected to slow down to single digit in the year to March 2010. Reportedly, SingTel has expressed its keenness for acquisition after warning that revenue growth in its home market would squeeze due to strong Singapore dollar.

When contacted, a senior official of Warid Telecom said that the deal with SingTel was yet to be confirmed. However, if it goes through, this deal would prove positive for the company as well as Pakistani telecom industry. SingTel earlier posted a 17 per cent drop in quarterly net profit, which is much smaller than expected. However, the company is yet to elaborate its possible targets or markets where it is eyeing acquisitions. -APP

Accord on literacy thru cell phones

KARACHI: Mobilink, Pakistan's major cellular service and part of Orascom Telecom Holding, signed a partnership agreement with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for provision of literacy to adolescent girls using cell phones.

Commenting on the partnership, Bilal Munir Sheikh, Vice President Marketing, Mobilink said, "as market leader, Mobilink actively supports initiatives that combine the benefits of technology to reach out to the community. This is the first of its kind initiative in the world and with Unesco's expertise in the field of education, we hope to create a model that the world can follow and learn from."

Elaborating on the project, Maurice Robson, Director Unesco stated, "this literacy programme will use mobile phones as a common and popular means of communication among the youth, to develop a mobile-based, distance post-literacy programme where the new literates receive post-literacy materials as messages on mobile.
Pakistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in Asia. There is a large gender gap. The literacy rate for males over 15 years is 63 per cent while that for females it is 36 per cent.

The reasons for the prevailing situation in Pakistan are complex. In order to maintain the literacy skills after basic literacy courses, the new literates should have constant access to reading materials, at least for three months afterwards. But for most of the new literates, reading material is scarce and the occasions to use the acquired literacy skills are rare. The programme has two phases. In the first phase, adolescent girls will receive interesting and informative text messages daily in Urdu and are expected to respond.

The method is believed to be far more effective than conventional print based post-literacy programmes in maintaining interest and in keeping literacy skills alive. The second phase of the programme includes monthly evaluation to assess the gain of knowledge, interactive exercises, a glossary of educational terms and additional resources.
The first phase of this programme will cover 250 learners in Punjab in the next 4 months and will be expanded in other areas on effective outcomes. Mobilink also supports The Citizen's Foundation education programme, Zindagi Trust, Roshni Homes Trust and Lums. -APP

PTA chief hints tax cut for telecoms

PTA has suggested the FBR to slash the taxes imposed on telecom sector from 21 per cent to 16 per cent.
ISLAMABAD: Telecom industry would hear a 'good news' in the upcoming budget as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has recommended the federal government to curb tax ratio on the telecom sector to bring the sector at par with other sectors.
These views were expressed by Dr Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA, while sharing views with media here at a local hotel after a telecom seminar held in connection with the World Telecom Day. He said heavy taxation had adversely affected the telecom growth, seeing which PTA has suggested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to slash the taxes imposed on telecom sector from 21 per cent to 16 per cent.
When asked whether the management of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) had informed about their step to reduce the timeline for broadband dialup, the PTA chairman said there was no decrease and if the media had any evidence, it should submit it to him and he would look into the matter.
The chairman said PTA had introduced so many steps to help grow the telecom sector and these were being hailed by the nations across the globe. "However, due to joint efforts, the fourth quarter saw a positive growth, making the annual growth positive," he added. "We have introduced mobile banking and now working on mobile agriculture and other new initiatives," he said, adding that the companies should also opt for 'out-of-box' solutions to enhance telecom growth. "There are countries with more than 100 per cent teledensity and we would have to search for new opportunities to take the telecom sector ahead," he added. Urging the telecom sector to focus on broadband services, Dr Yaseen said PTA had developed broadband group and three companies including Wateen and Mobilink were set to launch Wimax solutions for the consumers. While speaking at Nokia Siemens Networks Industry seminar as the chief guest, the Chairman PTA said to achieve cost efficiency in the operations, there is a pressing need of enhanced collaboration and partnership among all telecom companies. "By sharing infrastructure, companies can save cost and yet maintain quality. PTA is pursuing mobile operators for sharing infrastructure to reduce BTS towers and other sites so that costs of business can be tamed down," said the PTA Chief.
He emphasised on the importance of broadband proliferation to achieve goal of setting up `Information Society'. He said that massive awareness campaign is needed to be launched to improve broadband growth besides developing contents in local languages and applications.
Dr Yaseen said PTA has made coordinated efforts to facilitate broadband growth by forming a "Broadband Stakeholders Group" and other measures. He also told about PTA negotiations with State Bank to introduce Mobile Banking Services.
He said that three operators are in the process of launching mobile broadband services. Two operators have launched E-video services. All these innovative services will help provisioning of better information services to consumers and will bring increased revenues for the industry.
On this occasion, CEO USF Parvaiz Iftikhar, Salman Ansari, Saad Warraich, Country Director Nokia Siemens Networks and others also shared their views.

Source - daily times

Pakistanis Posted More Google Map Data than Any Other Country Counterparts

Silicon Valley (California), May 23 (ANI): Pakistan netizens are posting more localized information and data to the Google’s ‘map maker’ than the web users of any of the 160 countries which are using the leading internet search engine’s experiment.

Lalit Katragadda, the founder of Map Maker software informed that a particular Pakistani based in London has posted most frequent edits to the Google’s Map Maker, a user-operated software.
Katragadda, who is based in Bangalore, told The Nation via teleconference that the software updates information instantly after a user sitting anywhere in the world within 160 countries posts an edit to the live Map Maker.

When questions were put forth regarding the authenticity of the data provided by any of the net users, Katragadda said, it can always be verified by the software.

“We can always verify from authentic as well as independent sources within an hour’s time,” he added.
Any such experiment, related to a country’s geographical territory can always be a sensitive issue, and could have some implications, but the Google’s Map Maker had not come across any political issues till now.

“We have not faced any political issues so far,” Katragadda said. (ANI)

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KU postpones exams scheduled for May 25

KARACHI: The University of Karachi has postponed the examinations scheduled for May 25.

This was announced by the spokesman of the institution here on Sunday evening. He said that the papers included both the morning and the evening shifts. The fresh date for the postponed papers of May 25 will be announced later, the University spokesman added.

India faces a greater threat from China than Pak: Air Chief

NEW DELHI: India faces a greater threat from China than Pakistan because New Delhi knows little about Beijing's combat capabilities; India's air force chief told a newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.

The world's two most populous nations fought a brief but brutal war over their 3,500 km (2,200 mile) Himalayan border in 1962, and both sides claim the other is occupying big but largely uninhabited chunks of their territory.

India has also been pursuing closer relations with the United States, something that worries China.

China has a standing army almost three times the size of Pakistan's, according to official figures and defence industry estimates, but it is the lack of knowledge about China's military that concerned Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major.

"We know very little about the actual capabilities of China, their combat edge or how professional their military is," Major said.

"They are certainly a greater threat."

India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence in 1947 and tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours rose sharply after last November's Mumbai attack, which killed 166 people. A slow-moving peace process was paused after the attack.

Major said the Indian air force was upgrading about five airbases, of which two would operate Russian Su-30 MKI fighters

Samsung Recalls Jitterbug Cell Phones

Samsung is recalling about 160,000 Jitterbug cell phones. When the recalled cell phones are in a no-service area and display an "out of range, try again later" message, they could fail to connect to emergency 911.

This recall involves "Jitterbug" cell phones model numbers SPH-a110 and SPH-a120 with standard key pads and version BB14 software. No other Samsung wireless phones or software versions are included in this recall.

The phones, made in Korea, were sold directly to consumers through targeted national advertisements and publications, electronics and drug stores nationwide, and on the Web at www.jitterbug.com from March 2008 through May 2009 for about $150.

Samsung and Jitterbug are directly contacting consumers to schedule a free software upgrade. Consumers should call Samsung if they have not already been contacted.

For additional information, contact Samsung toll-free at (866) 304-4980 between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, and on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT, or visit the firm"s Web site at www.samsung.com.

The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Report Your Experience If you've had a bad experience -- or a good one -- with a consumer product or service, we'd like to hear about it. All complaints are reviewed by class action attorneys and are considered for publication on our site. Knowledge is power! Help spread the word. File your consumer report now.

Source: consumeraffairs.com

Wired Up For A Recovery?

To understand the networking gear market, you need to learn three basic things.

First, despite a dip amid the current recession, demand is destined to grow over the long term to keep up with an explosion of Internet traffic, online data, videos, games and text messages.

Second, Cisco Systems CSCO is the industry's undisputed gorilla. The company has a foothold in nearly every aspect of networking, though a strong cast of rivals competes against Cisco for certain subsets of this market.

Third, forget everything else you know about the business -- this lucrative market is about to enter a state of flux.

Worldwide sales of networking gear are expected to top $117 billion this year, according to market research firm Dell'Oro Group. Vendors are merging or partnering to bulk up and grab more market share. And technological change is a constant.

For instance, cloud computing and virtualization are becoming big trends for data centers, and both require reliable, high-capacity networks. At the same time, mobile phone carriers must continually roll out new services to please consumers.

This spring, Cisco alienated its longtime sales partners Hewlett-Packard HPQ and IBM IBM by launching its own competing line of servers. Cisco envisions an integrated system that bundles networking, processing power and storage into a unified package.

Meanwhile, computer giant HP has elbowed into the networking market with its own ProCurve line of products. Such shifting dynamics are creating new alliances for vendors such as Juniper Networks JNPR, Brocade Communication Systems BRCD and possibly Netgear NTGR and Extreme Networks EXTR.

1. Business

Computer networks are critical for any information-based economy. Networking equipment is essential for connecting digital devices to each other and moving data from point A to point B. Networks transmit packets of electronic data so users can talk or share information. Cell phone calls, Internet searches and Web transactions would all be impossible without a solid foundation of networks.

As the Internet proliferates and analog media goes digital, corporations, governments and universities will depend more and more on networking gear.

Networking equipment makers have a range of business models. Some build their own gear. Others contract for most supplies and simply assemble the systems.

Riverbed Technology RVBD focuses much of its research-and-development budget to build complex software that runs on cheap commodity hardware. The approach leads to large gross margins -- anywhere from 60% to 80% -- according to Eric Wolford, Riverbed's senior vice president.

"Building your own custom hardware is expensive, often involving the design of (computer) chips and boards," he said. "This gets you into a high capital-expense business and a much different model than we use."

While the barriers to entry are low in any given niche of networking gear, building a broad portfolio of products and earning the trust of buyers is tough.

The old saying "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM," could easily apply today with Cisco. The more dependent a customer is on their network infrastructure, the less they're willing to risk on a newcomer.

But that hasn't stopped a slew of small firms from entering the market to cash in on a flood of bandwidth-hungry digital music, on-demand movies, videoconferencing and YouTube video. And the amount of data moving through corporate networks is growing at 60% to 100% per year, according to Brocade CEO Mike Klayko.

"We provide technology and services to a marketplace with an appetite that can't be satisfied," Klayko said. "When I look out at this market and see our growth opportunity from my standpoint, I'm kind of giddy."

Brocade got its start in storage-area networks used to archive data. Last year, Brocade paid $3 billion for Foundry Networks, which makes network switches for Internet traffic. As a result, Brocade is partnering with HP and it appears to be taking market share from Cisco, says Ryan Hutchinson of Lazard Capital Markets.

Brocade's integration of Foundry is "proceeding very well," according to a research note from Hutchinson on May 13.

"Our checks indicate that Brocade and HP will likely announce a formal relationship to sell Foundry products," he wrote. "We believe this is an effort to counterbalance Cisco's recent entry the server market."

Cisco CEO John Chambers recently cited the wild popularity of online videos as the next killer app for networks. Toward that end, Cisco in March bought Pure Digital Technologies, makers of the Flip mini camcorder. Analysts expect more market maneuvers from Cisco and its rivals.

Name Of The Game: Provide reliable equipment to telecom and enterprise customers at the right price. And continually innovate with new features and services.

2. Market

Networking gear customers buy a broad range of equipment. Most networks involve routers to direct the flow of traffic and switches to branch data off into different certain nodes and devices.

Local area networks, or LANs, connect computers across a company or campus. Metro area networks move data around a city. Wide area networks, or WANs, transmit data across states and continents.

The industry serves three main customer groups. One is gear for telecom service providers, or carriers, to build wired public networks. This segment includes underground cables made of copper and optical fibers. Sales of such wireline products for service providers are expected to decline 8% this year over last year to $35.7 billion, according to Dell'Oro Group.

A second subset involves the equipment that carriers use to build wireless networks for cell phones and other mobile devices. This market is set to fall 3% this year to $42.1 billion.

The last subset involves products to build private networks for enterprise clients. This group includes ethernet switches to link up computers as well as storage-area networks, which pool storage devices. Sales of such enterprise networking gear should fall 9% this year to $39.5 billion.

Cisco is the market's dominant leader. But buyers have other options depending on which products they need from each category, notes Shin Umeda, an analyst with Dell'Oro Group.

"This is a technology-based industry, so products tend to change rapidly," he said. "Many competitors don't have the breadth of Cisco, but they can still compete in certain technologies."

3. Climate

The networking market has entered an era of consolidation as vendors seek out an advantage. For instance, 3Com COMS is a former highflier that's working on a comeback through a joint venture with Huawei Technologies of China. 3Com bought Huawei's business for enterprise routers and switches so Huawei could focus on its core carrier gear.

In just five years, 3Com has risen to market parity with Cisco in China, according to Ron Sege, 3Com's chief operating officer. This month, 3Com launched its new H3C switches -- short for Huawei-3Com -- across Asia, Europe and Latin America. The growing market competition in China is "very interesting" because most companies there are only building out their networks now, Sege says.

"Our strategy is to be successful in China and leverage that strength in China to the rest of the world," he said. "I think there's a tremendous opportunity for us."

3Com is trying to emulate Cisco as a "one-stop shop" for its customers, according to Jay Zager, the CFO of 3Com.

"We offer our customers a value proposition with a full set of products and solutions," Zager said. "All the others have to form some partnerships to provide a complete offering."

4. Technology

The most pressing issue for data center managers today is doing more with less, while curbing energy costs and carbon emissions in the process. They're trying to squeeze more out of fewer data centers by centralizing them using technologies such as virtualization and cloud computing.

That means more computing resources will be remote, rather than on-site, transmitting information back and forth over networks, says Eric Wolford, chief executive of Riverbed Technology RVBD. Products from Riverbed improve the speed and performance of wide area networks.

"We see a major trend toward data center consolidation and virtualization," Wolford said. "This massive industry trend is wind in our sails because it increases the distance between end users and their data."

5. Outlook

The deluge of digital information will continue to fuel demand for bandwidth. The question is, can network gear buyers afford to keep up.

Upside: The Internet continues to change the world. An increasingly networked planet will put new demands on carrier loads and require ever more reliable networks.

Risks: If the worldwide recession lingers too long, there will be no escaping the downward draft for all tech companies.

Nortel Networks NORT just filed for bankruptcy in January. Other network gear makers could see extended delays of future purchases as clients put off moving to next-generation systems.

"There are no safe houses now," says analyst Umeda. "The global economic problem is very pervasive."

Source: Investor's Business Daily

Benefits Of Pvt Ltd Company

Comparison of the benefits of having a PVT. Ltd Company instead of Public Limited Company


Benefits:

1) The company remains with in the family or partners
2) If the company's Paid up(PU) capital is less than 3 million, any body can be an auditor
3) If the PU capital is less than 7.5 million, u don't have to submit the accounts with the SECP
4) You don't have to give public notice to the members regarding AGM e.t.c.
5) Any member just can't sell out his/her share easily in open market, has to offer it to existing members first
6) Non compulsion of Company Secretary except Single Member Company

Losses:

1) Can't invite capital from open market
2) Members Can't exceed 50

These are some which I wanted to share.. but I am sure there are more!

Journey of Life.. Should Read it!

Take a look in ur self in mirror; who do u see looking back?

Is it the person you wanna be? or is it some one else you meant to be; the person you should have been but felt short of.

If some one tells you; you can't or you won't because you can't then just kick the idea and make it happen because there is nothing you can't do!

Believe that Dreams comes true every day because they do!

and you know what?

Some times happiness doesn't come from money or fame or power. It comes from friends, family and from the quite nobility of leading a good life.

So take a look in that mirror and remind your self to be happy because you desrve to be; and believe that!

One Tree Hill

Tension deepens in Karachi

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Unknown lawbreakers have set as many as four busses on fire in different areas of metropolis burning to death a woman while a person was shot dead in an another incident of indiscriminate firing, Geo news reported late on Friday.

Meanwhile, many areas witnessed aerial firing incidents leaving people in panic, sources added.

According to details, at least four busses have been torched by unidentified miscreants in separate places including Gulistan-e-Johar, Garden, Risala Road, near Metrological office and others.

As per Cheepa welfare sources, the workers found a dead body of a woman from a burnt vehicle while her kid, a minor boy, received burnt injures.

Meanwhile, firefighting sources have confirmed torching of three busses in various areas while in addition to this, anonymous miscreants have also gunned down a person in block 16 of Gulistan-e-Johar area, sources maintained.

Source - Geo

City Nazim suspends DO for negligence

City Nazim Mustafa Kamal issued orders for suspension of Works & Services Department Additional District Officer Abdul Muttalib-an for not solving a complaint received at CDGK CCIMS 1339 on time and for giving wrong information about the case. He directed to dismiss those officers who showed negligence in the solution of the citizen’s problems. The action was taken on a complaint of a citizen residing in Sakhi Hasan area who had registered his complain at 1339 for accumulation of water in front of his home.

Source - Daily Times

Strap In: Mozilla’s Jetpack May Be The Next Step In Browser Extensions!

Mozilla has unveiled a new project from its Labs division called Jetpack that gives us a taste of how Firefox might begin extending web functionality in years to come. While the project is still quite early in development, it seems to be taking the form of a streamlined extension system, allowing web developers to introduce new features to the Firefox browser using web-based tools and requiring only a minimal amount of effort on the user’s part.

Firefox extensions have long been one of the best parts of the browser, allowing users to add and remove features to suit their needs. But while the user experience of installing these has been relatively straightforward, it still requires a browser reboot, which can be frustrating when you’re in the middle of something. With Jetpack, this isn’t an issue - you click install and you’re done, with the new widget or application installed a few seconds later.

Jetpack is being described as “an exploration in using Web technologies to enhance the browser (e.g. HTML, CSS and Javascript), with the goal of allowing anyone who can build a Web site to participate in making the Web a better place to work, communicate and play.” In other words, if you know how to develop for the web, you should be able to build a Jetpack app. Developers can write code using Mozilla’s web-based Bespin environment and the popular Firebug extension. For an idea of how easy it is to build these applications, check out the video below.

At this point there aren’t many demo apps available, but you can try them out for yourself by going to the Jetpack homepage and installing the Jetpack 0.1 extension (you’ll have to reboot your browser to get it working). From there you can find demos here and here, with available applications including a weather forecaster, Delicious Notifier, and an Ad blocker (there’s also an app that will mix up the images seen in your open browser tabs, if you’re looking for something truly useless).

Mozilla Labs Jetpack - Intro & Tutorial from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

Because Jetpack is still in very early stages it’s tough to tell just how powerful it will eventually become, and if it could ever replace the current extension model. Looking beyond traditional extensions, the new project could potentially allow trusted websites to customize the browser experience on a site-by-site basis, which could prove quite useful (or annoying, depending how it works out).

Source - techcrunch

Five Tips for Marketing in a Recession

1. Spend smarter

You may have to spend less on marketing. Not because marketing should be cut first or most (it most certainly should not), but because your company may cut budgets across the board. In fact, by showing how you intend to spend smarter, you will make it easier to fight for your resources (see below).

By "spend smarter" I mean create a clear-cut justification for the investment. While you won't always be able to measure the ROI (this is marketing, after all), you can have your people create a compelling business case for each investment. Then, when it comes time to justify the investment, you will have established sound business reasoning behind it. And that's what the CEO and CFO need to see in a recession.

2. Double-down on your current customers

Sure it's more fun to get new customers, but it's more practical in a downturn to provide more value (and get more in return) from your current customers.

When customers make decisions in a downturn, they're more likely to go with a more trusted source. If they're more likely to go with you, then you want to make it easier and more obvious to them to go with you. Market to them. Enable your sales teams to be more effective with them. Ask current customers what they need from you.

Care for them, and they will be even more likely to stick with you if the going gets tough.

3. Outsmart your competitors

You have an opportunity in a downturn to win market share from your competitors. If you pay close attention to what's happening in your target markets and how customers are reacting to a recession, you can act early and often with changes in product (if you can change it quickly), price, and positioning (especially as perceived needs change).

For example, in the last technology downturn, software companies became very creative in their pricing schema, creating many variations of software as a service (SaaS) that enabled them to sell when their competitors were stuck in an old paradigm.

4. Invest in growing market segments

In every downturn there are market segments that grow faster than others. It's your job as a marketer to help your company see and understand these market segments, and determine whether you can quickly win business in those fast-growing market segments.

These may be segments you're already selling to, but not particularly focused on; or they may represent new segments—and new opportunities for your company. At the same time, you will want to reduce your investments in the segments that will get hit the most in the downturn.

5. Fight for your resources

I've argued that it's marketing's responsibility to drive strategic issues (see CMOs as True Leaders). In a recession, this becomes even more important.

Knee-jerk reactions of companies where the CMO is not deeply involved in strategy are often to cut budgets and people in marketing disproportionately. This results in marketing's playing a less important role, and an extremely inefficient pendulum-swing of dollars and people that result in being caught flat-footed and losing out to competitors very shortly after the cuts are made.

It's marketing's responsibility to fight for its resources, and doing the four items above will help you win that battle.


by Glen Gow

Google Adds Message Translation To Gmail!

Gmail Labs just added another nifty tool to its suite of features—message translation. Using Google Translate, Gmail will help you translate any message that you receive in another language into a language you can understand. The feature can be used for 41 languages.

Gmail will suggest a language to translate the message to, and also gives you the option to translate the message to different language.

If your email conversation includes Gmail users, you can have entire conversation in multiple languages with each participant reading the messages in whatever language is most comfortable for them. Google admits that Google Translate doesn’t always get the perfect translation but the feature is helpful to get the general idea of the content of an email.

Jeff Chin, product manager for Google Translate, said that this feature, like many others rolled out of Gmail Labs, uses the “power of cloud computing” to scale this tool to all Gmail users without having to buy servers, install software, or write code that needs to be integrated into each application. Chin adds that the cloud has helped Google Translate process billions of words in several languages to all users. Plus, he says that the application is able to quickly add new languages and updates to users quickly and efficiently.

Tesla Worth More Than Half A Billion Dollars After Daimler Investment

Daimler got that 10% stake in Tesla that was announced today for $50 million, says a source with knowledge of the deal. They’ve actually taken 9% (they announced “nearly 10 percent” and the post money valuation is $550 million. Our source also says that Tesla’s application for $350 million in federal loans has been informally approved and will also be announced shortly.

That’s not too shabby for a company that was down to just $9 million in cash late last year. The company has also recently said that 1,000 preorders for the new Model S sedan have been received. Over 500 were reserved in the first week after it was unveiled.

Tesla Motors is a company looking to produce a high-performance electric sports car, and is backed by a number of high-profile investors.

Source - Techcrunch.com

Five (5) lessons about the way we treat people!

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor
gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
and had breezed through the questions until I read
the last one:

'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?'

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
cleaning woman several times.. She was tall,
dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?

I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

'Absolutely,' said the professor.. 'In your careers
you will meet many people. All are significant. They
deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
is smile and say 'hello.'

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her
name was Dorothy.

2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain

One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American
woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway
trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had
broken down and she desperately needed a ride.
Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.
A young white man stopped to help her, generally
unheard of in those conflict-filled 60s.. The man
took her to safety, helped her get assistance and
put her into a taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his
address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a
knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a
giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A
special note was attached..

It read:
'Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway
the other night. The rain drenched not only my
clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.
Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
husband's bedside just before he passed away... God
bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving
others.'
Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole.


3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those who serve.

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,
a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and
sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.

'How much is an ice cream sundae?' he asked.

'Fifty cents,' replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and
studied the coins in it.

'Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?' he inquired.

By now more people were waiting for a table and the
waitress was growing impatient.

'Thirty-five cents,' she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins.

'I'll have the plain ice cream,' he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice
cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress
came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the
table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,

were two nickels and five pennies..

You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had /DIV>
to have enough left to leave her a tip.

4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if
anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road. After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who
was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
miraculously survived the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the
illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
little brother, and asked the little boy if he would
be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a
deep breath and saying, 'Yes I'll do it if it will
save her.' As the transfusion progressed, he lay in
bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did,
seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his
face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a
trembling voice, 'Will I start to die right away?'.

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his
sister ALL of his blood in order to save her but he had chosen to save her anyway.

Motorola Deploys Location Based Services for NTT DoCoMo

Motorola has announced that Japan's NTT DoCoMo will deploy its Mobile Advanced Location System (MALS) to power DoCoMo's new location based services. Motorola MALS is compliant with the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) 1.0 standard, allowing faster and more accurate detection of the position of DoCoMo's users, even when using base stations of overseas carriers in the roaming areas.

By using new location based services with handsets supporting SUPL, DoCoMo's users not only can use the services in Japan, but more importantly, they can utilize other services like digital maps, store locations and navigation assistance while traveling overseas. The services also make many new applications possible, such as pedestrian navigation, to bring highly personalized mobile experiences to users.

"It is DoCoMo's priority to enable great convenience for our customers," said Mitsunobu Komori, managing executive vice president, chief technical officer, member of the Board of Directors and managing director of the R&D Center at NTT DoCoMo. "The deployment of Motorola Mobile Advanced Location System further reinforces our commitment to this effort. Motorola's system has a proven track record in the international market and provides us with the suitable solution for rapid and efficient service deployment. The system has been tested and proven to deliver excellent performance in obtaining position data and detecting location."

Motorola MALS detects the user's location by calculating reference positions provided by mobile networks and GPS satellites. The system is supported by the Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC), which makes use of Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) to reduce measuring time and improve accuracy compared to the conventional standalone GPS.

"This new deployment proves that NTT DoCoMo has confidence in Motorola and values our optimal mobile solutions and leadership in advanced wireless technologies and applications services," said Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president and general manager, Home & Networks Mobility, Motorola EMEA & Asia Pacific. "Motorola is committed to providing operators with fully integrated and customizable mobile application solutions that enable them to deliver personalized media experiences to consumers. We are pleased to help DoCoMo drive its value-added services by using our expertise fostered through working with leading operators globally."

Source = Cellular News

Vodafone Net Profits Drops on Impairment Charges

Vodafone has reported a 15.6% rise in full year revenues to reach £41.02 billion (US$62.47 billion), although profits dropped to £3.08 billion (US$4.7 billion) from £6.76 billion (US$10.3 billion) a year ago, largely due to a write down of the Spanish and Turkish networks. Ignoring the impairment charges, the groups adjusted operating profit was up 16.7% to £11.8 billion. Group EBITDA up 10.0% to £14.5 billion.

Net debt has increased to £34 billion (US$51.8 billion), primarily as a result of foreign currency movements. The company recorded impairment losses in relation to operations in Spain (£3.4 billion), Turkey (£2.25 billion) and Ghana (£250 million).

The proportionate mobile customer base stood at 303 million at 31 March 2009.

Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive, commented: "These results demonstrate the impact of the early actions we took to address the current economic conditions and highlight the benefits of our geographic diversity. The business continues to generate cash strongly and we have made good progress in implementing the strategy announced in November."

As expected, the company has accelerated its £1 billion cost reduction programme. In the 2009 financial year, the firm achieved approximately £200 million of cost savings, which were partially offset by restructuring charges. Vodafone now intends to deliver at least 65% of the total programme in the 2010 financial year, ahead of plan.

The company also benefited by £767 million following the resolution of long standing tax issues relating to the Group’s acquisition and subsequent restructuring of the Mannesmann Group.

Revenue in Europe declined by 2.1% on an organic basis, as benefits from new tariffs and promotions and a strong performance in data revenue were more than offset by the impact of the deteriorating European economy on voice and messaging revenue, including from roaming, usage growth, ongoing competitive pricing pressures and lower termination rates.

In Africa and Central Europe, revenue grew by 3.9% on an organic basis, with double digit revenue growth in Vodacom being offset by weakening trends in Turkey and Romania. Benefits from the increase in the average customer base were partially offset by both weaker economic conditions in the more mature markets in Central Europe and the impact of termination rate cuts.

In Asia Pacific and Middle East, revenue grew by 19% on a pro forma basis including India, a result of the rise in the average customer base, although revenue growth has slowed, primarily as a result of stronger competition coupled with maturing market conditions.

Look ahead, the company expects revenues and adjusted operating profits for 2009/10 to be flat, in line with the 2008/9 results, although free cash flow is expected to rise. The company also warned that it expects prospects for its Turkish network to be "challenging".

Dtmf Tester on Asterisk!

Here you go with dialplan on how to create dtmf tester in asterisk!

exten => dtmftest,1,Answer()
exten => dtmftest,2,Playback(privacy-prompt)
exten => dtmftest,3,Read(digitdial,,1)
exten => dtmftest,4,SayDigits(${digitdial})
exten => dtmftest,5,Goto(dtmftest,3)

Regards,

Muneeb

The Lost Law of Branding

The Lost Law of Branding

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How to Get the Most Battery Life from Your Computer

Buy an energy-efficient laptop. The size and type of portable computer have a big effect on your battery life; opting for a smaller screen and a solid-state drive will save power. Check out the power ratings when buying a new machine; and if you can get an upgrade on your battery, it’s worth the splurge.

Use your computer’s power-saving settings. Whether you’re on a PC or a Mac, your computer should come with energy-saving settings that will dim your screen after a certain period of inactivity and turn off your screen and hard drives after a longer period. You can make the length of time your computer stays on while inactive even shorter to conserve more power, too.

Shut off devices and programs you don’t need. The more your computer is doing, the more power it uses. Shut down any programs that you aren’t actively using or that aren’t absolutely essential, and try using only one application at a time. This also goes for wireless, Bluetooth, speakers, and any USB devices; even that USB mouse draws power. CD/DVD drives also use a lot of juice, so try to run all programs off your hard drive, and don’t keep a disc in the drive because your computer will try to read it every time it starts up.

Go easy on your display. A big, bright, crisp display isn’t always a necessity. If you can, dim your screen and lower its resolution to save power. And don’t use a graphic screen saver; just let it go dark.

Turn off scheduled tasks. Unless you’re working on something you’re very worried about losing, turn off autosave functions. Also, stop any programs from automatically opening, such as autoupdate and virus-scanning programs, and close any nonessential programs you may have open on startup.

Keep your computer at a comfortable temperature. Extreme heat and cold will affect your battery’s performance. When it’s above 80 degrees, your battery will discharge more quickly, and when it’s cold your battery won’t charge well. It’s best to work at room temperature. Also, make sure your computer doesn’t overheat (the fan uses a lot of power) by using a cooling mat, keeping vents clean, and avoiding leaving it on soft surfaces.

Take care of your battery. Though most newer laptops run on lithium-ion batteries, which don’t suffer the “memory effect” that older nickel-based batteries did, you should still fully charge it before your first nonsocket use, and you should let it discharge nearly completely every once in a while so your computer can recalibrate its minutes-left-for-computing clock. You should also make sure the battery contacts are clean; if they’re not, clean them with some rubbing alcohol on a cloth.

Use sleep and hibernate modes. Don’t just leave your computer idle when it’s not plugged in. If you’re stepping away for a short time, use your PC’s sleep mode; if you’ll be away for a longer time, use hibernate, which draws even less power, though your computer will take a little longer to wake up. Some laptops, such as Macs, will automatically enter sleep mode when you close the lid.

source: http://content.dell.com/us/en/business/d/sb360/Howto-BatteryLife-Computer.aspx?dgc=EM&cid=43647&lid=1149177&acd=1749984473

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Asterisk Disconnect when pressesd *

You can avoid disconnection by doing following changes:

Go in directory cd/etc/asterisk

Open Features.conf via:

vi features.conf

in feature map section there would be a line similar to this:

;disconnect => *0 ; Disconnect

make it :

;disconnect => *000 ; Disconnect

Regards,

Muneeb

How to Concentrate

"Concentration is the Most Important Intellectual Habit of Man."

Not one person in ten thousand can really concentrate. Some realize that they do not know how—others drift along the line of least resistance and let their minds vegetate, apparently never suspecting their weakness or realizing that they are an utter failure at concentration. To Cori-centre—bringing all your mental force and faculties to bear steadily on a given center with-out deviation from that exact point—whipping into line all wandering fancies—stray ideas or thoughts that go off on a tangent—to hold steadily all your power on the central thing under consideration without an instant of wavering—that is Concentration.

This ONE THING I Do:

A difficult thing to do and very few minds can do it. Shortest definition of concentration on record is, “This one thing I do," short, but tremendously significant.

AIDS TO CONCENTRATION:

These aids will do more than help you to follow a memory course; they deal with your daily work. Concentration applies to all the activities of life. It should be established as a life habit. Make a business of doing one thing at a time with all your soul. There is time enough for everything in the course of a day if we do but one thing at a time, but there is not time enough in a year if we try to do two things at a time.

PERIODICAL RELAXATION:

It may seem paradoxical that the first aid to better concentration refers to relaxation. But I have observed that some of the most intense intellects fail in their concentration because they never relax. Failure to let go between efforts is their chief stumbling block. They keep them-selves tense, nervous, " keyed-up " all the time, even when there is no need for it, thereby wasting nervous energy. They find it very difficult to " let go "—to relieve the high-tension by a little natural, wholesome relaxation.

MENTAL FREEDOM:

The next step is to free the mind. Nothing is of greater aid to concentration. In fact, unless you are able to do this, concentration is impossible. When. harassed by the three devils, hurry, worry, and fear, the mind never has a fair chance to center on anything. " Worry generates a poison at the roots of memory." But in your period of relaxation, you have an excellent opportunity to free the mind—now is your chance to eliminate all mental handicaps and get ready for the race. Not only hurry, worry, and fear must be thrown overboard, but anything and everything that troubles you and disturbs your serenity and your peace of mind. Out they go ! You should not indulge in day-dreaming, either, or mental drifting. Clear the mental horizon; give yourself a clean slate to write upon when your hour of concentration comes. And when it comes, if you have availed yourself of these first two aids I have given, you will be, possessed of that rare thing, mental poise.

THE PROPER ENVIRONMENT

In order to keep it, utilize the third aid: right conditions. Now, it is true that a trained mind can concentrate under any conditions—in the roar and din of .crowded cities or the busy hum of traffic—in the midst of telephone calls or a thousand and one other interruptions. I have seen men write on a crowded street car perfectly oblivious to the people about them, not even hearing their own stations when called. But these men were already masters of concentration, and I am addressing my remarks to those who have not yet learned how to concentrate. Therefore, it is only a matter of common-sense to make conditions as favorable as possible. Give your mind a fair chance. Concentration is difficult enough, even under the best conditions. I would suggest that you seek a quiet place free from all distractions (and noise is a terrible distractor), a place free from all interruptions which may break your train of thought (and a telephone is a terrible interruptor), a place where you can be alone, free from all outside influences (and a friend who " must drops in " is a terrible outside influence).

Atmosphere--environment—these things differ with the individual—it's all in the mind. One man may do his best work seated in a luxurious chair in his beautiful and artistic study--another may reach his highest plane of creative thinking while sitting under a lone pine-tree on the crest of a hill. Choose your own place for concentration, but remember that solitude has always been, in all the history of mental achievement, a requisite for great work.

A DEFINITE SCHEDULE:

The fourth aid to concentration is a very practical one: make a daily schedule. In the first place, such a schedule saves an inconceivable amount of time.

It has been demonstrated in efficiency tests over and over again that time and energy are lost not so much on the operation itself as in passing from one operation to another. So in our mental operations, failure to move smoothly from one thing to another results in confusion. And when confusion comes, concentration goes. A definite daily schedule is a wonderful aid in keeping the mind on the right track. It often proves to be the salvation of those who have been unable to concentrate. Try it.

This is basically a summary of an article originally published in 1930.. forwarded to me by one of ma mates and it's worth to share

Miracle of Kaaba by Erdem Cetinkaya

I was browsing through my facebook account and suddenly I saw some one posted this video and found out some strange facts about Mecca the Holy City.

As Muslim I have always respected the holy city but now it was amazing to find out these facts!


Miracle of Kaaba - English Version from Erdem Cetinkaya on Vimeo