Mobilink coverage of 10,000 locations
 
Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular communication with more than 31 million customers and a part of the Orascom Telecom Group, has crossed the figure of covering over 10,000 locations across th…

India has successfully launched its first mission to the Moon.
The unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft blasted off smoothly from a launch pad in southern Andhra Pradesh to embark on a two-year mission of exploration.
The robotic probe will orbit the Moon…

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to implement a system for activation of new mobile SIMs after verification of customers’ antecedents from January 31, 2009. The decision was taken unanimously in a meeting of mobile companies…

Solar System
Nasa’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Ibex) spacecraft has been launched into Earth orbit to study the edge of our Solar System.
Ibex was launched on Sunday aboard a Pegasus rocket that was dropped from a jet flying over the Pacific…

China will launch a telecommunication satellite, named PakSat-1R, for Pakistan in 2011. The satellite’s chief contractor-China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) - said on Friday that a Long March 3B rocket will be used to put the satellite …

disturbing children
Three out of four children have seen images on the internet that disturbed them, an NSPCC poll suggests.
The charity is renewing its call for computer manufacturers and retailers to install security to stop children finding viol…

Ovex Technologies, one of Pakistan’s leading companies in providing business process outsourcing and IT solutions, is participating in GITEX Dubai 2008, the world’s foremost technology event held annually in the UAE capital city.
GITEX Duba…

Ufone Song Catcher
 
The Ufone lets its valued customers identify songs they like through the amazing ‘Ufone Song Catcher’ service. For the first time in Pakistan, now mobile users can instantly find out name of the artist and the title/…

Mars
By next fall, NASA plans to launch its biggest Red Planet rover yet, the $1.8-billion, SUV-size Mars Research Laboratory. Even though the MRL will be able to haul five times as much equipment as the Spirit and Opportunity rovers that are already…

When David Teater’s 12-year-old son, Joe, was killed in 2004 by a driver who was talking on a cell phone, he tried to cut back on his own habit of driving and talking. It turned out to be very difficult.
Software
“You have to remember to tu…

Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday.

MP3
The scientists’ study, requested by th…

Music pirates can be deterred by warnings from their internet service provider (ISP), suggests a survey.
Almost 75% of music pirates would stop if told to by their ISP, the survey of 1,500 UK consumers found.
The research looked at the digital habits o…