Articles with tag: internet
Confessions of Webaholics
Zainub Razvi Sep 23, 2007 interacts: 1Has it been five hours since you’ve been watching movie clip after movie clip on You Tube? Or may be you were just randomly searching people’s profiles on Facebook.
The Ugly Face of Internet Plagiarism
Zainub Razvi Jun 7, 2007 interacts: 8It was a matter of principle, and I expected, that an ezine that was seemingly proud of its open-mindedness and liberality, would respect and abide by laws.
Its media, Jim, but not as we know it
Bhaskar Dasgupta Apr 2, 2007 interacts: 1The traditional media is mutating into something that normal users havent really picked up on yet, what’s going on?
Cyber Love
ammara ahmad May 19, 2006 interacts: 13Online shopping is attractive because a lot of products of different brands, packages and prices are easily obtainable. The same is true of Internet dating. A wide variety of individuals are available
Internet Relationships – Blessing or Curse?
Khalid Sohail Mar 9, 2006 interacts: 25As a student of human psychology I feel that the mystery of internet relationships stimulates people’s imagination and they start the relationships where reality merges with fantasy
Unfaithfully Yours
Khalid Sohail Feb 20, 2006 interacts: 158Are we going to be ostriches or we are ready to face the reality, the truth of extra-marital affairs?
Violation of Personal Space
Samina W Perozani Apr 18, 2005 interacts: 5Email scans are not just conceivable but they are a sad truth which most of us are unable to come to terms with. Evidently, Big Brother has already sneaked his way into Pakistan and is here to stay, whether we like it or not.
Scam Dunk
Subroto Pant Mar 10, 2005 interacts: 9'I was just trying to figure out the amount of money that a military dictator of a third world country makes' said Nawab. 'Probably enough to make the directors of some Swiss bank very happy' I replied trying to figure out what was happening.
Tuning Into The WWW
Umair Mohsin Aug 31, 2004 interacts: 3Commercial radio or Television channels may be going down the tubes, but Internet radio is alive and kicking.
Use of the Internet by Terrorists
Salman Siddiqui Aug 25, 2004 interacts: 22Even shutting down the sites can’t stop them from spreading their agenda ... by the time the website is forced to shut down, the material has already been replicated all over the web.
The 786 Cybercafé on Tariq Road (continued)
Bina Shah Jul 28, 2004 interacts: 19Karachi in the 1990s was a wasteland of failed opportunities; the salaried class was on its knees under the burden of heavy government taxes, and the only people who could afford to set up franchises and industries were the already super-rich, super-corru
My Nephew’s Martian Retreat
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Mar 26, 2004 interacts: 9I won’t get married till there is a sustainable human colony on Mars. I want my future wife to give birth to the first child born outside Earth.
Spam, Popup Blockers and Britney Spears
Irfan HAMID Mar 4, 2004 interacts: 10That cheap website has enough money to advertise prominently on one of the geek-world’s major websites. And trust me, geek websites are expensive to advertise at, because geeks have major buying power (usually also in corporate capacities). Therefor
The Voice-over-IP dilemma
Irfan HAMID Oct 16, 2003 interacts: 6Can we do it? Should we do it? Will they let us do it?
Online Education and Less Developed Countries
Bilal Altaf Sep 5, 2003 interacts: 7Bringing up the literacy rate has been amongst top priorities of individual nations. It is time now to make a combined global effort to bring up the literacy rate worldwide
Of Damn Pakis and Deregulation
Paagal Insaan Jun 21, 2003 interacts: 20Is the Pakistani public not yet mature and responsible enough to be introduced to a deregulated source of Information? If it is, then how can a censorship be justified? If it is not, what is the pride in bringing X-hundred cities online? Pornography on th
IT or a time to get LIT?
Shakir Husain Feb 3, 2002 interacts: 57... “Suckers bring your money and projects to Pakistan, but we as a Government don’t have faith in home-grown talent so we’re going elsewhere.”
OPEN for Business
Umair A Khan Nov 11, 2001 interacts: 37An introduction to OPEN, the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs
Telecom Dreams Sold Dirt Cheap
Shakir Husain May 28, 2001 interacts: 36If the Privatization Commission in Pakistan has a real asset then it is the telecommunications infrastructure of this country.
A critical look at Indian telecom policy in the ’90s
Arun Mehta May 11, 2001 interacts: 40The government attitude to opening up wireless seems to stem from an antiquated image of the spy huddling over a wireless transmitter
Umair.com: An Interview
Anita D Nasar Feb 26, 2001 interacts: 32Chowk’s co-founder talks about entrepreneurship, parenting, and Chowk in ten years
Science Is A Dead End Career
Raywat Deonandan Nov 5, 2000 interacts: 28The love affair between society and nerds, which peaked during the days of Einstein and Oppenheimer, is apparently over
Startup Genes I: A Tale of Three IPOs
Umair A Khan Aug 26, 2000 interacts: 22Expensive furniture and expensive looking people
IT Pie in the Sky?
Veeresh Malik Nov 5, 1999 interacts: 27And the beauty is that it seems to be working. Word is out, learn computers, or perish
Information Revolution - Utopia or Bust?
Wasiq Bokhari Sep 2, 1999 interacts: 42Finding a middle path in this time of extremes is probably not easy
An Interview with Nasser Khan Ghazi
Bina Shah Dec 21, 1998 interacts: 14A talk with the man who started the first ISP in South Asia.
On Cyberspace and Human Communication
Faraz Hoodbhoy May 8, 1998 interacts: 4Is it possible that this is yet another fad in human history that has a unifying appeal?
Beware, Now That You Have Left Your Homes
Farooq Hamid Oct 15, 1997 interacts: 1Words that break your will, and then build it up again. A Translation of Amjad Islam Amjad’s Gharo say Niklay ho ab to DayKho.
PPESA Seminar: How to Break The Glass Ceiling?
Farhat Ali Oct 14, 1997 interacts: 2Mr. Farhat Ali, Amdahl’s Vice President for Customer Services Operations, examines the management selection process at American corporations.
Internet and Secure Messaging
Basit Hussain Aug 7, 1997In which the authors present a treatise on secure information exchange over the internet.
