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Chrome OS pre-beta available

By Bilal Sulehri • Nov 21st, 2009 • Category: Technology

The launching of much awaited Chrome OS is still some time away. But gdgt.com has compiled a download-able Chrome OS.

After Google announced the availability of the Chrome OS / Chromium OS source code, one of engineers (Jon Ursenbach) at gdgt.com, immediately got to work on compiling the code, trying to see if he could get [...]



Official Retweet feature to share tweets

By Bilal Sulehri • Nov 21st, 2009 • Category: Features

I just got the official Beta Retweet to share tweets.
Here is what the welcome note looks like

Although have been using retweet from hootsuite, tweetdeck and seesmic, I think its Twitter has done the right thing.
I can Retweet by clicking the Retweet link at end of each tweet posted by those who I follow

And when [...]



German courtroom killer gets life sentence

By Bilal Sulehri • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

A man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German courtroom.

The Dresden state court also ruled that Alexander Wiens would not be eligible for early release.
Wiens, 28, admitted stabbing Marwa Sherbini to death at a court hearing involving them both in July.
The crime sparked [...]



Reason of suicide attacks - retaliation of abuse by the oppressed

By Bilal Sulehri • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)

Courtesy: Express News



Top 10 Games on Facebook

By Bilal Sulehri • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Technology

Mashable has compiled a list of 10 most popular games on facebook.

With 11 million daily players and counting, Farmville is a virtual force to be reckoned with and it tops the chart as the no. 1 game in facebook. Here is the summarized list:
1. Farmville
2. Word Challenge
3. Mafia Wars
4. YoVille
5. Bejeweled Blitz
6. Zynga Poker
7. Know-It-All [...]



FishVille: Zynga’s latest game

By Bilal Sulehri • Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

With a reported 11 million Facebook members using casual games company Zynga’s FarmVille every day on Facebook, it makes perfect sense that the company is looking for the next big thing.

According to Trademork, the next big thing might be fish. The video game developer filed for a trademark last week for the term “FishVille” in [...]



Browsers for android

By Bilal Sulehri • Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Technology

Here is a preview of some of the browsers supported by Android OS:
Dolphin Browser: Dolphin browser claims to be a social browser more powerful than the default browser. Here is a video:
Here is the Video
Steel web browser: Steel starts off basically the same as any other browser but uses the touch screen to provide for [...]



Track SIMs that are registered with your name

By Bilal Sulehri • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: Technology

Most of us don’t know how many SIMs are registered with their name. To solve this problem Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has developed a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) information system to address associated risks on security and to ensure subscription regulations in cellular sector.
Now You can Track how many SIMs are registered with your Name. [...]



Mafia Wars Msocow Exclusive Preview: Episodes 3 & 4

By Bilal Sulehri • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Mafia Wars Moscow will be getting 2 more Episodes, Episode 3: Bragadir and Episode 4: Avtoritet

After taking on smuggling and drug running in earlier episodes, your mafia will step up and you will try to get hold of the Moscow Financial System, pulling off a heist of the RossijaBanc Central Repository working your way toward [...]



Mafia Wars: Rackets

By Bilal Sulehri • Oct 5th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Another brand new feature on Mafia Wars: Rackets
Here is an introduction by Zynga, Mafia Wars’ creators, followed by a couple of pics and a short introduction. I will be posting a detailed intro soon!
“We just released some more fun new boosts into the game. They’re created with Rackets, a new kind of property which can [...]