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Google+ in Pakistan

By Sumaira Bajwa • Jun 30th, 2011 • Category: Technology

Ok, now Facebook is under genuine threat because the real giant, the real competitor has come into the market. Yes, the Google has come with a thudding sound with its own social network which is being termed as Google Plus Google+.
Pakistanis on Google+ should be more than interested and active because they are very fond [...]



Ask Tom website of Tom Kyte Errors Out ; Tom Needs to Implement Proactive Monitoring

By Shayan Khan • Jun 16th, 2011 • Category: Technology

Tom Kyte is the leading Oracle guru and answers questions from the community on his popular website asktom.oracle.com. The backlog of question is huge, but nonetheless Tom tries hard to answer the question. The existing catalog of question is also very valuable just like his books.
But it seems that he also needs to implement some [...]



haier pakistan jobs prices LCD AC Microwave Fridge TV Mobile

By Sumaira Bajwa • May 31st, 2011 • Category: Technology

In Pakistan, along with Samsung, LG, Sony and numerous other Japanese electronics brand, Haier is getting popularity leaps and bounds because of its lower prices, but it surely needs to boost its quality and above all the customer services.
In the AC and LCD market, Haier Pakistan is excelling but the after sale service is just [...]



BlackBerry on Cheap Rates in Pakistan Available, Limited Quantity

By The Pakistani Spectator • May 28th, 2011 • Category: Technology

They are 100% original, unlocked, push mail and BBM available, grade AAA quality.



Microsoft Skype Download WoW

By Sharafat • May 10th, 2011 • Category: Technology

Everybody uses Skype and everybody is now worried as Microsoft is acquiring the Skype. People are worried about its free nature,its quality, dreading from massive updates and imminent bugs.
Microsoft also said it would continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms. Skype also provides services for applications for the iPhone and iPad, [...]



Recharge EVO with PTCL Landline

By Sumaira Bajwa • May 4th, 2011 • Category: Technology

You can recharge your 3G PTCL EVO from the PTCL landline and that saves a lots of hassle.
There are four simple steps to do that:

Dial 1015 from your landline.
Enter your unique PIN Code.
Enter the amount in rupees to recharge.
And get the amount in your monthly PTCL bill.

That’s it.
To get registered and get your PIN code, [...]



PEF Outsources Oracle Database Administration to ExD

By Guest Blogger • Apr 25th, 2011 • Category: Technology

We are glad to announce that Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has outsourced its Oracle Database Administration & Support to ExD. PEF presently manages data of about 800,000 students in 1800 schools across 29 Districts of Punjab.
As part of this assignment, ExD’s Shared Services Center will perform the following services
· Database Administration
· Performance [...]



Oracle Parallelism Itching Wait Event

By Shayan Khan • Apr 15th, 2011 • Category: Technology

Parallelism is near to silver bullet for many of the database operation on huge volume of data. But as is the case with bullets, you have to handle them with care otherwise they could backfire.
PX Deq Credit: send blkd is a wait event you might see in your AWR report if you [...]



Telephone Exchange Scandal, Gray Traffic of International Calls

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 21st, 2011 • Category: Technology

Have you ever experienced that whenever you get an international call on your phone, you get a local number? Have it bothered you ever, or have you just become accustomed to it like millions of other Pakistanis?
Monthly $300 million damages are incurred due to this gray traffic. Thousands of fake telephone exchanges are operating in [...]



Alternate of Mybloglog for Blog Statistics and Community

By Sumaira Bajwa • Mar 19th, 2011 • Category: Technology

Mybloglog by Yahoo was first of its kind web service which offered a unified platform for the bloggers to form a community and remain in touch with each other through widgets and badges and it also offered very useful statistics gathering and simple reporting regarding the blogs.
But as Yahoo declines in general, it has started [...]