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FIA Drags Copyright Criminals to Court
Copyrights have always been an issue in Pakistan and were neglected by people. However, a recent step of Geo TV’s Fire Recordings might have changed some people’s minds (though not all).
Fire Recordings have filed a lawsuit against a website managed by three people named Najam Sahar, Zeeshan Alam & Yasir Hayat for sharing copyrighted music albums. Convicts have been presented in a local court in Karachi. Court is being adjourned till March 5th because of [...]
Microsoft Seals 23 Domain Names in One Go
Last November, Apple filed a complaint in Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) against an individual for the possession of domain names consisting company’s brand names. Apple won the case and on January 6, 2010 all 16 Domain names were transferred to Apple.
Inspired by Apple, earlier this month Microsoft also filed a complaint in ICANN UDRP to acquire 23 domain names containing their brand names. UDRP transferred all 23 names to Microsoft on February 2, 2010.
These [...]
China’s Biggest Hacker Training Website Sealed!
According to local media of China, the biggest hacker training website has been closed by the police. Officials also claimed to have arrested three members of the team.
News reporters said that hacking website was closed in September last year and three arrests were made but they failed to answer why this has been kept secret till now.
Official newspaper of the communist party says that Police also investigated Black Hawk Safety Net (another training website) in [...]
Paypal Blocks Indian Personal Payments & Bank Withdrawals
PayPal, one of the biggest online money transfer solution for India has recently decided to temporarily stop its’ operations for personal payment in India. This includes payment transfer from & to India; also transfers to banks have been suspended.
However, commercial payments can still be made but withdrawal to Indian banks is not allowed anymore (as off now). No comments from Regional PayPal team have been made about the suspension.
PayPal states: “personal payments to and from [...]
PTA Restricts President Zardari’s Famous “Shut Up” Youtube Video
YouTube was completely blocked in Pakistan by PTCL on Sunday without any reason/warning. People must have thought “What is going on?” Even though, YouTube was accessible through proxy websites but it remained blocked for almost 1 hour. ISPs said PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) is responsible for the ban and they cannot provide any reasons whatsoever.
Later on, YouTube was restored by PTCL and other ISPs. Sigh of relief? But many noticed the reason for the restrictions. [...]
Wefollow Users! Check Your Twitter Profile
Wefollow a public directory of Twitter users launched a year back is the original idea of Digg founder “Kevin Rose”.
We follow requires some permissions to add your Twitter profile to Wefollow. Along with those permissions you would be required to add five tags & choose a city. After completing these steps you will get a personal profile page and could find your profile under the category of your tags.
Everything seems fine, so where the problem [...]
FarmVille Now Available on MSN Games
Facebook users have played a variety of Zynga’s games like Poker, Mafia Wars and Farmville etc. Zynga’s main focus was on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Tagged etc. For the first time a zynga game could be played on a gaming portal. Zynga is intending to add more games to Msn Gaming Portal as well as Windows Live Messenger.
FarmVille, Zynga’s mega hit could now be played on Msn Games Portal. FarmVille.com was launched [...]
Design Google Logo and Win Prize Money & Scholarship – 3rd Doodle Creation Competition
Many of us have seen the “doodles” on Google.com homepage. 300 doodles have been created by the team of designers in United States but you would be amazed to know that more than 700 have been created internationally.
Google is now launching their 3rd “Doodle creation” competition in United States. Grade K-12 students from registered schools are eligible to participate in this competition. Winning participant and his/school will be awarded prize money and scholarships. Winning doodle [...]
Facebook Celebrating 6th Birthday
Facebook, the Social Networking giant is known by almost every individual accessing internet. It wasn’t a global project at start; rather Facebook was designed for the students of Harvard University. Launched in February 4, 2004, it was known as “TheFacebook” and the domain name was “thefacebook.com”.
March Zuckerberg along with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Dusting Moskovitz and Chris Hughes started this project and came up with an idea of a network site originally meant for the [...]
Stolen Artifacts on Ebay
eBay the online site has redefined the way ancient artifacts are being sold on the internet.
In a revealing bit of information, Charles “Chip” Stanish an archaeologist from UCLA was taken aback when he found the brisk trade of artifacts being trafficked across international boundaries. This was mentioned by him in the magazine of Archeology, May issue in an article he has written.
eBay being the marketplace of the online world has transformed into a hotbed for [...]
