Archive for February, 2010
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February 26th, 2010
US to spend $50 million on media in Pakistan
The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $50 million on Pakistani media this year to reverse anti-American sentiments and raise awareness of projects aimed at improving quality of life, confirms a Washington insider. After the Kerry-Lugar Bill debacle, the Obama administration had struggled with the idea of ‘branding’ aid and many within the State department [...]
February 25th, 2010
Synergy Advertising Receives 4 APNS Award for Creative Excellence
The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), a premier body of newspapers publishers, bestowed its Awards for Creative Excellence to Synergy Advertising in recognition of the agency’s exceptional work in different categories. APNS announced the winners of its 19th & 20tth Advertising Awards in Karachi. These awards recognize ad agencies for developing campaigns for marketing and [...]
February 25th, 2010
Tendulkar Servers
Sachin Tendulkar is not only breaking records on the field of cricket, but also doing so online as well. 24 February, the day when Sachin Tendulkar made history by scoring the first ever double century in ODI history, atleast two of cricinfo servers were crashed due to heavy traffic. It was recorded that 45 million [...]
February 24th, 2010
Rawalpindi NA-55 Election Coverage
National Assembly’s seat no 55; has become one of the most heated and looked forth seat ever in any by-polls elections. The current election’s is all about changing loyalties. National Assembly (NA) – 55; comprises of half of the Rawalpindi city. These elections have become more or less like a fierce battle between Pakistan Muslim [...]
February 23rd, 2010
National Academy of Young Scientists
Every developed country in the world has societies and organizations dedicated to promote S&T among young scholars. In Pakistan there exist many student organizations since last 50-60 years, but unfortunately, none of them has the above mentioned objective. Recently, some PhD scholars and PostDoc. scientists/academicians from many universities in Pakistan have started a platform (NAYS- National Academy [...]
February 23rd, 2010
Intel and Nokia Merge Softwares to Create MeeGo
Technology heavyweights Intel Corporation and Nokia merge their softwares Moblin and Maemo to create new upcoming software called MeeGo. The world’s largest chip maker and the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer’s software merger has brought up a new dimension in mobile phones and other such devices. MeeGo is a Linux-based software platform that will support [...]
February 22nd, 2010
How Wars Are Made
by Mark Weisbrot In a visit to Qatar and Saudi Arabia this week, Hillary Clinton said that Iran “is moving toward a military dictatorship,” and continued the administration’s campaign for tougher sanctions against that country. What could America’s top diplomat hope to accomplish with this kind of inflammatory rhetoric? It seems unlikely that the goal [...]
