Finally, some competition! Even if it is against the state run telecom monopoly, but something atleast. Not to be put down by PTCL, Maxcom has come out with guns blazing in response to PTCL’s “1 MB unlimited for 5000/month” package by offering the ame itself, AND have gone further and are also offering 256k unlimited for Rs 1800/month, something that PTCL as yet does not offer.
I came across this several months ago then it just hit me again so I thought i’d do a post on it, this is one of the more comprehensive Urdu portals, and unlike some site, which use images of handwritten urdu on the web, this is the real thing.when you type, you get urdu, so if you dont have an arabic/urdu keyboard it might be a bit tough. phonetics are similar though, so “baat” is b, a and then t, etc. Kudos to the author(s). Now if they made this into a framework for a blog site wouldnt that be cool?
Go here to visit the site : http://sirfurdu.com/
check it out, you might end up bookmarking it 
PS the site was down for maintenance today, so it may not be up till later tonight…
Joining the fray of computer/tech shops that have build an online presence, one of the oldest and most well known of Karachi’s computer shops , ie Clifton Computers has built an online website, linked below:
You dont get much on it right now., but it does have a list of the in-stock laptops and gadgets.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2430627&Sku=A128-2052
Did anyone actually buy this?!
Most people know Inbox for its desktops, those black boxes with the silver strip running down the side, its become sort of the brand identifier for them now. What most people dont know is that there is a smaller, focused group within the company Read more…
is not my blog Its Jehan’s…linked below, check it out:
http://jehanara.wordpress.com/
Its titled “In the line of wire” . Love the title!
(disclainer:This is not a pure IT post but its related,and it is affected by tons of frustration due to the rude+inefficient staff at the UBL call center )
To all my readers and friends : Do not get the UBL credit card. If they call you, slam the phone down, please. its for your own good, really. This is worse than Standard Chartered’s credit card. And thats bad. The IT systems suck anyway but the customer service is worse, so I dont even think the best IT system would be of any use. Read more…
Lets start the week off with some ERP related news : 2 Days ago, Abacus released a large full colour advertisement that appeared in Dawn, stating that the following are now SAP BusinessOne customers: (click more to read on) Read more…
Coming to your country! (including Pakistan). Thank you,Conservative Neocons and Republicans?! Yes, due to political fueds in the US Congress and the US Senate, the number of available H1Bs in the US was not increased beyong 60,000 this year. They were given out like the green card lottery and less than half of the applicants got one. This means that all the other workers who were not able to get one will have to move out of the US and go elsewhere. Some will go back to school, or settle in Britain, Canada, etc and some will no doubt return home. Read more…
Jang has recently released an Urdu Blog, available to surfers at :
With the tag line “the best blogspot of Pakistan” . Its great to see blogs coming up in Urdu. Ofcourse “blogspot” is ‘borrowed’ from blogspot.com ,for sure. Jang never ceases to amuse me when it comes to subtle copyright infringement. Their “virtual robot host” that hosts a tech program on the Geo TV channel is a direct rip off from the main character in Disney’s Robots film!
