The ban on Blackberry Internet service has completed its one year in May with no hope of restoration by the cellular operators in the country.

The corporate and high end users have been facing black out for more than one year of blackberry internet services on different network as cellular operators and telecom authority are not keen to lift the restriction on it.

The users at large have customized different setting on their Blackberry sets for accessing internet services. The Blackberry users have been growing in large number in the country and they are the committed and revenue-generating subscribers for operators.

BIS black out

On yesteryear May 17, the cellular operators asked their network partner, Research in Motion (RIM), on to block the Facebook on their networks abiding by judicial verdict on the proliferation of blasphemous content in social networking sites.

On the request of all cellular operators, RIM blocked the overall Blackberry Internet Services (BIS) because it is lacking of any mechanism that restricts specific website. Though the Blackberry Enterprises Services (BES), a service it provides for email and messenger chatting, was restored after suspension of few hours of overall services.

The ban on Facebook was lifted on May 31 throughout the country but BIS could not be restored so far.

Cellular operators’ stance:

Cellular operators said that they did not receive any sort of permission by the authority, therefore, they are bound to keep the block out on the BIS.

Some of them have indicated at technical constraints on the part of RIM that delayed the service restoration.

Issues could be raised:

The Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) is operated by RIM, which is unable to block the URLS, WebPages and links declared restricted by PTA. The RIM needs to develop a separate system for Pakistan in order to continue internet service on Blackberry, otherwise, the blockade will keep maintaining. In this regard, the cellular operators should effort jointly, which will be workable in future.

Why Censorship:

The Blackberry internet services are beyond the access of authorities and intelligence agencies of the country, which poses threats to national security as being a secret communication tool for enemy.

It faces ban in several different states because its data is immediately exported off-shore, where it is managed by a foreign, commercial organizations.

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Number of malicious programs targeting mobile devices has more than doubled between August 2009 and December 2010.

In 2010, over 65% more new threats targeting mobile devices were detected than in the previous year; said a report published by Kaspersky Lab.

The growing popularity of the Android platform has inevitably drawn the cybercriminals attention: in August 2010, the first malicious program targeting Android was detected, and since then, that number has reached 15 programs from a total of 7 families.

The first threats targeting Apple’s iPhone OS also appeared during this last reporting period, but infected only devices that had been jailbroken in order to install third-party games and other software not manufactured by Apple.

Most mobile threats continue to target the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) platform, which is supported by a huge number of mobile devices. That means it is not only smartphones that are at risk of infection, but basic mobile phones as well. The second most-targeted platform is Symbian, with Python in third place.

The distribution of variants of detected threats, by platform

“The use of SMS Trojans is still the easiest and most effective means by which malicious users can earn money. The reason is relatively simple: any mobile device, be it a smartphone or a basic mobile phone, has a direct connection to its owner’s money via their mobile account. It is this ‘direct connection’ that cybercriminals actively exploit,” said the report.

From 2010 onwards, sending fee-based text messages ceased to be the sole illegal money-making scheme for virus writers developing threats targeting different platforms.

Other unlawful schemes such as redirecting mobile Internet banking users to phishing sites and stealing passwords sent by banks to mobile phones were also used. Mobile threats have become more complex than ever and include the emergence of mobile bots and other remotely-controlled software.

Kaspersky Lab predicts an increase in the number of vulnerabilities found on mobile platforms, as well as an increase in the number of threats for Android and the continued use of short numbers by cybercriminals.

Engineers in USA have developed an ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than currently used memory modules, which will significantly enhance battery life and size for portable devices, including mobile phones.

Electrical and computer engineering professor at University of Illinois, Eric Pop, the head of the team said:

“I think anyone who is dealing with a lot of chargers and plugging things in every night can relate to wanting a cell phone or laptop whose batteries can last for weeks or months,”

Albert Liao, a graduate student and co-author, the co-researcher said:

“Anytime you’re running an app, or storing MP3s, or streaming videos, it’s draining the battery. The memory and the processor are working hard retrieving data. As people use their phones to place calls less and use them for computing more, improving the data storage and retrieval operations is important.”

Mr. Eric Pop believes that this new technology for will benefit anything and everything that has to operate on a battery, such as satellites, telecommunications equipment in remote locations, or any number of scientific and military applications.

In addition, ultra-low-power memory could cut the energy consumption – and thus the expense – of data storage or supercomputing centers by a large percentage.

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Samsung is conducting cricket world cup promotional activities through which it is aiming to promote its various products in the following venues around the country;

• Karachi: Pearl Continental hotel, Marriott Hotel, Sheraton Hotel, McDonalds at Sea View and at the Karachi Airport.
• Rawalpindi: Pearl Continental and Marriott hotels.
• Islamabad: McDonalds F-9 Park.
• Lahore: McDonalds Gulberg and Defence Y block.

At these venues an assortment of Samsung products are on display and visitors can take this opportunity to order Samsung products from the kiosk and gain special discounts being offered only at these venues.

The promotional products include:

• Samsung Ch@t 335 and Ch@t 332 phones at a special price with a leather pouch, car charger and a 2GB memory card;
• the Galaxy Tab at an attractive special price and a leather pouch;
• an assortment of Samsung digital cameras with a 10% special discount
• LCD Monitor B1930N at a new attractive price.

Visitors can order the Samsung Cameras and LCD Monitors by filling out a form upon which the ordered products will be delivered to their home free of charge. The distributor will contact the respective customer for an appropriate time of delivery within one week of placement of order. At the time of delivery the customer will have to provide full payment for the ordered product in cash.

For the Galaxy Tab and Ch@t phones, upon filling the order forms the customer will be provided a coupon with a list of locations of the dealers from where they can acquire their desired product(s). On presenting the coupon at the dealers the customer can then avail the relevant discounts and giveaways. The discounted offers are valid for the period of worldcup only.

“It is always a pleasure to provide our potential and existing customers ease of accessibility to our products to which we have included the convenience of free home delivery in an effort to start a new trend,” said Hee Chang Yee, Managing Director Samsung Pakistan.

In this present epoch we have become so much obsessed and dependent on our mobile phones that we detest anything that prevents us from being in tact with our mobile phone.

We are all aware that mobile phone’s battery has not improved as much as the mobile phone and these latest gadgets have improved. Juice draining is a common problem that many of us are suffering from.

Now a days many people are buying more than one battery for their mobile phones and getting car chargers too, to keep their mobile phone powered on 24/7. Many even try to make sure that they carry their charger with them along wherever they go.

Keeping Battery Power Stay for Longer:

Scientists are working on air-fueled battery that would have the capacity to store up to ten times the energy storage. Oxygen drawn from the air reacts within the porous carbon to release the electrical charge in this lithium-air battery. But we can not wait for this technology to reach our hands, so about trying to save the battery from draining so quickly!

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Motorola CLIQ XT owners have been waiting for a long time now for their smartphones to get the update from Motorola 1.5 to 2.1. That update has been expected to land any time now for a long time. Motorola has finally given up the truth – the update isn’t coming.

The Android Nazi, otherwise known as Motorola, has officially announced on the support forums that the update isn’t coming and the announcement was made by a forum manager going by Matt. The announcement said, “After comprehensive testing of the Android 2.1 upgrade for the CLIQ XT, we have concluded that this device will remain on Android 1.5. We realize many of you were anxiously awaiting this upgrade, but we aim to deliver software upgrades only when it will provide a better customer experience.”

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The school going girls are not mentally matured, thus they are more attracted and inclined towards the social evils and immoral activities.

They do not like taking guidance from their elders and like to

undergo different experiences themselves. In this article, we will discuss various elements in order to judge

and choose between mobile phone and Laptop for school going girls.

Mobile Phone:

Mobile Phones Can Easily Get Un-noticed: They can easily take their mobile phones with them at school and tuition centers – unnoticed by their parents.

They should only own a mobile phone when they get really mature enough to use them properly. I think girls should not be allowed to have a mobile phone until they reach to 14 grade (Graduation).

School have Strictly Prohibited Mobile Phones: Almost all the schools in Pakistan have implemented policies that prohibit using mobile phones in school. They even rusticate those girls who are found with the mobile phone. Many girls bring their SIM card instead of a mobile phone and they use their SIM on a mobile phone brought by one of their classmates.

Therefore, school administration and parents should make sure that the girls do not have a SIM card with them – they should check them and their belongings (books, school bag, hair bands, water-bottle, lunch box etc.).

Now many of you might be thinking that how their daughters and sisters can contact home if they are away – simple – they can make a call with the permission of their school administration via school’s landline number.

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In a blog Google finally wrote that it has designed its mobile phone which it is sharing with its employees to do the pre-launch testing. The phone is called NEXUS and is running Andriod OS and it is being manufactured by HTC for Google.

Though, there are dozens of other Android based phones in the market but this piece of machine has been taken care by Google itself from A to Z including all the application and the look and feel of the hardware.

Google plans to release the phone early in 2010 from its online stores. According to its plans, Google is not going to launch it through any operator as it is the case with most of deals.

After Google launched its Android operating system 2 years back aiming the future in mobile phone industry, many other manufacturers including HTC, Motorola etc introduced handsets equipped with Android. Google wants Android to take the lead which in turn will further enhance Google’s penetration as more and more people will be using Gmail, Google maps, Google search thus generating huge advertising money.

Google has not yet sold the hardware in its business history, it will be real fun to see it selling the phones with all of its might.

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