Month: May 2007
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Twitter in Pakistan
There are so many web products being launched on a daily basis that it becomes mind boggling to filter through the good and the bad. Twitter is most definitely not a new name to the internet and has literally captured the imagination of millions of mobile and internet users around the globe. Quite surprisingly it…
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MQM the Big Bad Wolf
Enough of our speculations on who could be at fault, for the sudden loss of transmission to over six channels in Karachi. ARY Digital, ARY One World, Geo TV, Geo News, Geo Super & AAJ YV. The mess started at around 5 pm and a few hours later Mustafa Azizabadi, MQM Information Secretary has been…
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Geo the Drama Queen
Barely an hour ago I was up in arms trying to break the new about the nonavailability of Geo.Tv and Aaj.tv in a number of localities of Karachi. A number of reports have come through some claiming it to be blocked while others saying Aaj is on the air but Geo is blocked. Puzzling reports…
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GEO and AAJ Pulled off Air
Breaking News: it has come to my attention through reliable sources that the GEO.TV & AAJ.TV have both been pulled off the air in a bid to issue them a stern warning and also curtail their press freedom. I suspect this has all to do with the CJP crisis and the tussle the Govt had…
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Has Pakistan Lost Nuclear Material?
BBC has just reported that the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority has recently published an advertisement in the Urdu dailies across Pakistan informing people to alert officials if they find any “lost or stolen” radioactive material. BBC goes on to report a clarification issued by the Information Services Director of Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority that the…
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Digg takes on DCMA
The moment anyone hears of DCMA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) one suspects some issue related with copyright infringement. In 1998 the United States Senate passed this bill unanimously which criminalizes the production and dissemination of technology, devices &/or services that are used to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted material. So in short it…