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Geo News Gets its iPhone Application named as “GEO DOST”

Mee — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:02:07 +0000

As all the major news companies, around the world, have their own iPhone apps for the latest news and even some apps offer breaking news notifications.

Finally Geo News, Pakistan’s major news channel, has come up with its own news app which is free and is still in the top 25 apps in Pakistan AppStore

App has a very nice interface with a few options available as well. You can go through latest news, watch some funny videos and an option to upload pictures and videos directly for a programme named as “GEO DOST”.

In my view this is a very useful opportunity for the companies/channels of Pakistan to go mobile.

You can download application here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geo-news-mobile/id402996071?mt=8

Some screenshots of the application:

Viper Technology signs MoU with Intel

ahmed — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:00:12 +0000

Pakistan’s leading IT solution providers, Viper Technology, signed an MoU with Intel Pakistan Corporation for Intel Easy Step Basic Course. Through this program Intel will provide Viper trainers with basic IT information for further trainings to the local IT firms. This will accelerate the access to technology and improve opportunities for education, commerce, healthcare and communication. Picture shows CEO Viper Technology, Mr. Khushnood Aftab and Country Manager Intel Pakistan Corporation, Mr. Ashar H. Zaidi exchanging the MoU while Ms. Sharleen Ghouri from Intel and Faisal Sheikh from Viper Technology are also present

EVO:Refer 5 Friend and Get Discount

ahmed — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:30:09 +0000

To increase the sale of EVO devices PTCL is offering a sales discount type offer. If you are and existing Evo user you can easily get this offer, Just refer EVO to your 5 friends and get 25% discount in your monthly charges for 5 months.

How it works?

First of all you must be an existing Evo Postpaid subscriber. Get a friend or family member to sign up for a new Evo connection and PTCL will give you 25% off from your next monthly bill. You can refer as many friends as you want! PTCL will give you 25% off each month for every friend that you sing up! i.e. Refer 3 friends and get 25% off for next 3 months.

How to do it?

Fill in the contact details of anyone you think might be interested in an Evo connection in the form that can be found HERE. Your friend will get an email letting them know that you have referred them for an Evo connection. PTCL will also call your friend to confirm their order. If your friend signs up PTCL you will get 25% off on your next bill.

Note:

This offer is only valid for our existing Evo postpaid subscribers, however your referred friends can choose any package (prepaid or postpaid).
Your friend must pay his first month’s bill for you to be eligible for 25% discount on your next month’s Evo bill.
There is no limit to the number friends that you can refer.
If the friend that you have referred returns the Evo you will not be eligible for any discount.
If you have referred more than one friend you will get 25% off per month for each friend that you have referred. Example: Refer 3 friends and get 25% off for 3 months.
You can refer your friends from any city where Evo service is available.

Hacking The Unsecure GSM Network

ahmed — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:42:54 +0000

Do you believe your phone line is secure? Do you believe that no one is listening in on your calls? Do you think that your phone’s data, all of your contacts, messages, and photos are safe and that your internet browsing is secure? If you do, may be you should think again. Sometimes its ridiculous how the most common and important technology in our daily-life is vulnerable to kinds of attacks that could bring nightmares. Still, no one is aware, no one is doing anything. Such is the Case of Today’s GSM-The most popular Cellphone Technology.

The BIG Impact:

Today, there are billions of people using GSM phone technology. So, cracking GSM encryption has BIG concerns underneath.

What’s at stake if GSM-encrypted traffic is no longer secure?

Loss of Privacy over Voice Calls – Any damn GSM call can be intercepted. This means everything.
Jamming calls – Today, Jammer’s do exist but new kind of jamming technology can be introduced that can take down communications in larger areas.
Financial institutions that use text messages as authentication tokens would be in trouble.
Business – Almost all Business end-customers will be impacted, the potential loss to the business could touch billions.
PDA and Smart-phone IP Traffic – Users that surf web, use internet over their phones for Business EMail will no longer be secure.

Cell phone usage is evolving at an astonishing rate. We are no longer relying on our cell phones for the sole purpose of making calls, but also to send emails, to access the internet, and to store a variety of data, making our cell phones a repository of personal and business information. Unfortunately, the more dependent we become on personal electronics, the more complex they become, and the more susceptible they become to security defects.

People regularly trading in confidential information, such as Government officials and executives, would be the most likely eavesdropping targets but virtually anyone with enough skills and determination could harness the research for nefarious means, security experts warn.

A group of German scientists claim to have cracked the security code that protects around 80 per cent of the world’s mobiles phones. Karsten Nohl, working with others online and around the world, created a code book showing how to get past the GSM encryption used to keep conversations on more than 3 billion mobile phones safe from prying ears.

Nohl said the purpose was to push companies to improve security. Even with Nohl’s exploit, expensive and sophisticated radio equipment placed close to the target is required to pull the calls off the air.

He shared his exploits with participants at a Berlin hackers conference this week.