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A Troll’s Diary

on 27, Apr 2012 | 1 Comment

A Troll's Diary

  I have a single point agenda. Is trolling on social media forums the most serious issue in Pakistan today? Are not enough people dying because of target killings in Balochistan, Karachi and ...

Torrents In, DVDs Out

on 18, Apr 2012 | No Comments

Torrents In, DVDs Out

  There are a millions of reasons why DVD remains to be the premium format of entertainment available in Pakistan. It is not expensive like Blu-Ray, it is available everywhere in the count...

Facebook- You Annoy Oh-so Much!

on 7, Mar 2012 | 2 Comments

Facebook- You Annoy Oh-so Much!

“The social media network annoys its users, again, with a confusing revamp. There must be an agenda here, somewhere”     Like, around 750 million users of Facebook, I logged on ...

DRS: Umpire’s Bully or Buddy?

on 29, Feb 2012 | 1 Comment

DRS: Umpire’s Bully or Buddy?

Loss of innocence maybe celebration for some but then there are others who bemoan it with the kind of grief reserved for the dear departed. Many among us equate innocence with a world untouched by the...

Video Games Demonising Our Children!

on 20, Feb 2012 | 3 Comments

Video Games Demonising Our Children!

Can you really call them games, the kind my son loves to play all the time? And despite being a pacifist by nature and sweet as an angel, he seems to relish playing those violent video games on his So...

Fuel Efficient Cars in Pakistan- a Possibility?

on 8, Feb 2012 | 1 Comment

Fuel Efficient Cars in Pakistan- a Possibility?

It all started when a group of young lads launched an audacious effort to leave an impression on the face of Shell Eco Marathon having a history that nearly stretched over seventy years. And with in t...

The Rise of the ‘Smarter’ Phones!

on 28, Jan 2012 | 1 Comment

The Rise of the ‘Smarter’ Phones!

There was a time when people used to think of Nokia whenever the thought of mobile phones came into their mind. ‘Connecting People’ was all they could think about, irrespective of the person’s s...

3D technology : Coming home !

on 9, Jan 2012 | 3 Comments

3D technology : Coming home !

In the late 1920’s the birth of color televisions was a huge boost to the industry, and was a technology that people were hankering after. As the modern era of stunning motion graphic approached, 3D...

Liberated by the Web

on 19, Dec 2011 | No Comments

Liberated by the Web

Thanks to the blessings of Internet, distances of thousands of miles have simply vanished. Time and space do not seem to matter anymore.  I carry my office around in my BlackBerry, communicating all...

Four Best Gadgets of 2011

on 16, Dec 2011 | 2 Comments

Four Best Gadgets of 2011

With New Year around the corner and December approaching its end, let’s take a sweeping glance at the performance of the gadget industry this year. Admittedly, Tec gadget are becoming more approacha...

3D is Just a Headache!”

on 17, Nov 2011 | 6 Comments

3D is Just a Headache!”

The new third dimension has changed the image and popularity of modern blockbuster movies like Avatar and Harry potter and has greatly helped in boosting the box office income in an era of great finan...

Is Internet a Waste of Time?

on 17, Nov 2011 | 3 Comments

Is Internet a Waste of Time?

“The value you expect is always higher than the price paid and is also subjective, which is why the idea that using dollars to measure the “value” of search has in my opinion, ignored the elepha...

Steve Jobs: An Influence That Spread as Far as Pakistan

on 12, Oct 2011 | 2 Comments

Steve Jobs: An Influence That Spread as Far as Pakistan

Why do I feel like I have lost someone really close to me? That's the question that kept popping in my head when I heard of Steve Jobs’ death. I didn't know the guy, didn't have much hope to ever me...

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