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Veqar-ul-Islam to Receive Award in Sydney Australia
Veqar ul Islam previously Country Manager Pakistan, Afgha-nistan & Bangladesh of NCR and presently Managing Director, Nokia Pakistan, has been selected to receive the IT Professional of the year of Pakistan Award during SEARCC conference being held from September 28 to 30, 2005 in Sydney, Australia.
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IBM hosts Software Magic Event in Pakistan
IBM Pakistan gathered more than 500 customers and business partners from across the country for a two-day event to brief them on the latest software solutions that make up an on-demand business model. The Software Magic event, started with the welcoming speech by Humayun Bashir, Country G.M., IBM Pakistan, followed by the keynote address by Mr. Syed Mustafa Kamal, IT Minister Sindh.
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HP Completes Consolidation Services Offering
(By China Martens)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) believes it now has a complete consolidation strategy in place to offer customers, according to a company executive. HP has just unveiled the final piece in that strategy, a networking component.
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PROFIT CENTER
Technology doesnt have to be a money pit. Here are some IT groups that bring in the bucks.
(By Mary K. Pratt)
DSC Logistics Inc. has a line item in its budget that few companies share: IT department revenue. Its not a huge amount of money, says CIO Jon Fieldman, but its something; its measurable.
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LOCKING DOWN IM
Before you embrace instant messaging, be sure to address the risks.
(By David Greer)
Instant messaging has fought the battle for business turf and won. The use of IM in the corporate sector has reached mainstream status, and its a welcome productivity boost.
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Technology |
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Smart Talk
Companies are using speech-enabled applications to cut average call times, decrease staff requirements and enable new features.
(By Robert L. Mitchell)
When TV Guide subscribers want to notify the magazine about a change of address, they simply call customer service. But the friendly voice on the other end of the line isnt a human call center representative. Its a virtual agent - a speech-enabled application that can understand and respond to requests from the customer.
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Apple Intros Smaller iPod, Partners with Motorola
(By Tom Krazit)
After months of frenzied speculation, Apple Computer Inc. unveiled an ultra-thin iPod about half the size of its iPod mini as well as a mobile phone built by Motorola Inc. that features the iTunes music player software.
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Logitechs Latest Mouse Doesnt Just Point and Click
(By Peter Sayer)
If anxiety about missing an important e-mail or instant message is keeping you glued to your keyboard, Logitech Inc. has an answer that could set you free: a cordless mouse.
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Offshoring Helps, Not Hinders, Europe, Minister Says
(By John Ribeiro)
European companies are benefiting from offshoring to India and other emerging eco-nomies, but India must reciprocate by opening its economy to services from the European Union, said Alan Johnson, the British Minister for Trade and Industry, at the opening session of an E.U.-India Business Summit in Delhi on Wednesday.
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HP Readying Smart Wireless TVs for 2006
(By Tom Krazit)
Hewlett-Packard Co.s (HPs) early efforts in developing digital entertainment devices will enter a new chapter next year when the company introduces a 37-inch television that will allow users to connect directly to their PCs or the Internet over a home network, according to an HP executive.
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Lenovo Finds Success in Cheap PCs for the Home
(By Sumner Lemon)
One year after Lenovo Group introduced its Yuanmeng line of PCs, demand for cheap desktop systems in Chinas smaller cities and rural townships has never been stronger.
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Fun, Form and Function Combined:
Nokia 1110 And Nokia 1600 Launched in Pakistan
Nokia, the global leader in mobile communication, announced the launch of the Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600 in Pakistan. The two new mobile phones are aimed at first time users and consumers.
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Kingstons New Facility Opens in China
Will Support Growing Market as Kingston Unit Volume Increases
Kingston Technology Company, announced that its manufacturing subsidiary, Kingston Technology Electronics Cos., expansion increases Kingstons China operations from producing 1.5 million memory modules to five million modules per month.
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Telenor Celebrates 150 Years
Telenor, one of Europes largest telecommunications companies, is celebrating its 150 years. This event is also being cele- brated in Pakistan, where Telenor started its operations on 15 March 2005.
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Mozilla Offers Workaround for Firefox Flaw
(By Robert McMillan)
The Mozilla Foundation has released a workaround for a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Firefox browser that was first made public.
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Saturday Declared Software Freedom Day
(By James Niccolai)
Advocates of free and open-source software have designated Saturday as Software Freedom Day and are planning events around the world to educate the public about the benefits and availability of open-source software.
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How to Lose $2 Million Fast
Company politics can bring down a major software project
I spent my first seven years in the IT sector as a midrange consultant, doing custom programming for IBM AS/400s. Years of successful projects left me confident in my skills; I did everything from warehouse management systems to accounting. I guess you could think of it as custom ERP, but long before ERP became a buzzword.
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US CIOs See Increasing Demand for IT Skills, Says Study
(By Nancy Gohring)
Unemployed IT workers on the West Coast of the U.S. stand the best chance of finding jobs this year, though IT professionals across the U.S. are expected to be increasingly in demand, according to the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report.
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Samsung CEO Predicts Death of Hard Drives
(By Chris Mellor)
Hard drives are living on borrowed time and will be replaced with solid-state Flash memory, according to Samsungs semi-conductor CEO Dr Chang Gyu Hwang.
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HAL 9000 Deleted 1 Million UK Tax Records
(By James Niccolai)
The U.K.s Inland Revenue department accidentally deleted almost 1 million taxpayer records from the years 1997 to 2000 because of an error in the way it maintained its databases, according to a report published.
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CA Releases Software Patents to Open-Source Developers
In move to support open-source software development, Computer Associates International Inc. announced that technologies covered by 14 of its U.S. patents are being made available to individuals and groups working on open-source projects.
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