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Teens Lose Interest in Blogging: Study

6 February 2010

Blogging by teenagers and young adults has dropped by half over the past three years as they turn instead to texting and social networking sites such as Facebook, a new study shows. The study released this week by the Pew Internet and American Life project also found that fewer than one in 10 teens were [...]

Cyber-Net & Warid Blocks Pakistan-Media Group

2 October 2009

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It is reported that two big giants Cyber Net and Warid have blocked the one of the famous and highly visited yahoo group Pakistan-Media. Many group members facing problems getting through, it might be the server issue but sources said that the site is blocked by both the companies due to unknown reasons.

Opera Mini 5 – Tabbed Browsing & Touchscreen Navigation

16 September 2009

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Opera has just released the Opera Mini 5 – which is the latest edition of the world’s most popular mobile web browser. Opera Mini is well known for its extremely fast surfing speeds (the webpages are compressed before being delivered to you) and the ability to run on almost any phone. The major new features in Opera Mini 5 are:-

Yahoo Launches Twitter Like Microblogging Service

7 September 2009

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Yahoo, which is already not burden very well in the tech market, has lastly full the first footstep towards improving its condition. The giant has frankly challenged the flow favorite of netizens. Twitter and launched a microblogging platform called Yahoo Meme. Yahoo had previously launched a Portuguese talking micro-blogging produce, Yahoo Meme, which was evidently analogous to Twitter and Tumblr. Yahoo Meme is in an invite-only approach. Once the account is formed after receiving invitation, users get an impassive blog for micro-allotment book, metaphors, song, videos or crush up of all these clothes.

Alert Bloggers: Old WordPress Under Attack

5 September 2009

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Their are numerous reports that older versions of WordPress are exposed to security threats. WordPress is one of the largest blogging engines with over 5,317,360 - and counting - downloads for their latest version, 2.8. Many large blogs, including TechCrunch, rely on WordPress to get the news out and post content online.

Opera 10 (Turbo) Final Released

1 September 2009

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The full release version of Opera 10 has arrived, bringing with it Opera Turbo, a sleek new interface and tabs. The popular browser has been tested extensively over the last few months, and has now been given the okay for a full release. Opera 10 brings with it Opera Turbo which compresses pages to make [...]

Create Disposable URLs Now

25 August 2009

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We use to hear about disposable drinks, disposable food and disposable mobiles even now disposable URL/Website Addresses. While browing around i came across this website named VapURL. It is a very interesting online application that allows users to create disposable URLs for free. The URL user create, redirects people to the web page of your choice and terminates after the it meets the termination criteria. This termination criteria can either be in number of visits, or in incremental time such as 1 hour, 1 day or 1 week.

Nokia’s First Booklet 3G ‘Mini Laptop’

25 August 2009

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Nokia has just whipped the dust sheet off the Nokia Booklet 3G. A brand new breed of portable device for Nokia, this mini laptop PC sees the company step foot on freshly cut turf, and we’re a little dumb-struck with excitement at the prospect of the experience that this bite-size Booklet promises to deliver when it arrives. Not to mention what it means bigger picture, and how this product could affect the entire mobile landscape for the better (we’ll save that for another story), but let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. First, let’s get down off our tip-toes, take a deep breath, and soak up all the initial details on what the upcoming Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop is set to deliver when it lands on laps. Read on for every shred of info currently available on this landmark new product, and get the first close-up look at the Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop in our photo gallery.

Internet Users Reached 4 Million: PTA

25 August 2009

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The Internet users have reached nearly four million in the country amid slight growth witnessed in the base of Direct Subscriber Line (DSL) by the end of March 2009, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The latest statistics released by PTA reflected only two percent growth in DSL users during the January to March 2009 as compared with last quarter of the current fiscal year. The overall DSL subscriber stood at 272,626 in the country despite emergence of good number of operators in the sector. However, the dial-up connection growth remained stagnant at 3.7 million users, which has not shown any growth since July 2008.

Add Gadgets Like Twitter & Facebook To Gmail In 3 Easy Steps

19 August 2009

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I suppose you all must have already heard about Twitter. The best way to stay tuned and connected with your friends online. Twitter is also famous for it’s plugins that enable users to send and receive Tweets from almost any application or website. A guy even managed to tweak his washing machine, see this post to see what I mean: Washing Machine Tweaked - Posts on Twitter When The Load’s Done. And now it can be integrated into Google Gmail. Which enables you to send Updates and see Tweets from other users without even going to Twitter website. You just need to apply these 3 easy steps and start Tweeting from your Gmail inbox right away.

Malaysia plans internet filtering system

10 August 2009

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Malaysia plans to install an internet filtering system similar to China’s controversial Green Dam, to block children’s access to “undesirable” websites, Kyodo news agency reports. The move led to protests from netizens, rights groups and the opposition, who stated the move would mainly aim to obstruct anti-government blogs and websites. Information, Communication and Culture Minister [...]