Tag: Technology
Dar backs use of technology
Aleem Dar, voted the best umpire of the year by the ICC, has backed the use of Decision Review System in all the international...
Turkish experts to help Pakistan varsities set up technology parks
To help the crumbling economy of the country, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), in collaboration with Middle East Technical University (METU), will set up...
‘Tacit’ gives blind a helping hand
It started out as a new video game concept but quickly morphed into a prototype with a far more practical vision; a haptic device...
Bluetooth security crisis
Bluetooth radio technology is widely used to link cellphones to their accessories, and its security has not been considered a major problem.
Codenomicon, however,...
‘Pakistan has made no headway in acquisition of drone technology’
Pakistan could not make any headway in acquisition of drone technology, as no country was willing to share the sophisticated technology with developing countries,...
China’s technology to help food security in Asia
China is currently setting up 20 agricultural technology demonstration centers in the developing world and plans to double the number of Chinese agricultural experts...
PAC asks govt to close Ministry of Science and Technology
Expressing disappointment over the performance of the Ministry of Science and Technology and its subsidiaries particularly the Pakistan Agriculture and Research Council (PARC), the...
Technology useful in cricket: Misbah
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has backed ICC's decision to enforce the Decision Review System in Tests and ODIs. The 37-year-old batsman said the DRS, if...
HP fields new technology
HP today extended its Hybrid Delivery solutions portfolio so enterprises can improve their agility and quickly respond to changing customer and citizen needs.
Hybrid delivery...
Technology can help eliminate crime: CCPO
of crime through use of latest technology is the need of the hour, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ahmed Raza Tahir said...
Iran denies missile technology exchange with North Korea
Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied on Tuesday a UN report that Tehran had exchanged missile technology with North Korea, a move which could be a...
Technology can’t replace God, says Pope Benedict
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict led Roman Catholics into Holy Week celebrations, telling a Palm Sunday crowd that man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God. Under a splendid Roman sun, the German pope presided at a colourful celebration where tens of thousands of people waved palm and olive branches to commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem the week before he was crucified.
The pope, who turned 84 on Saturday, wove his sermon
The pope, who turned 84 on Saturday, wove his sermon
‘CDGK computer training centre to be equipped with latest technology’
KARACHI - The computer training centre (CTC) in the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) would soon be equipped with the latest technology and infrastructure, a pres release issued on Sunday quoted Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed as saying.
Addressing a certificate distribution ceremony held recently at the CTC of the Information Technology Department (IT), the DCO said that CDGK employees would be provided with even better computer and IT
Addressing a certificate distribution ceremony held recently at the CTC of the Information Technology Department (IT), the DCO said that CDGK employees would be provided with even better computer and IT
Intel launches fastest data connection technology
KARACHI - Intel Corporation, today, announced availability of Thunderbolt technology, a new high-speed PC connection technology that brings together high-speed data transfer and high-definition (HD) display on to a single cable. Running at 10Gbps, Thunderbolt technology can transfer a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds. This Intel-developed technology is coming to market through a technical collaboration with Apple, and is available first on Apple's new line of MacBook Pro
Pakistan needs nuclear technology: Zardari
TOKYO - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that since Japan is negotiating a deal with India to cooperate on peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the similar cooperation should be extended to his country. "If Japan is willing to cooperate with India in nuclear technology and (is) giving nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, I do not see any reason why we should not deserve the same," Zardari said in an interview with the Japanese media in Islamabad ahead of his departure for a
MCB to utilise EMC technology
ISLAMABAD - EMC, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MCB Bank, one of the leading banks of Pakistan with a deposit base of over Rs 422 Billion and total assets over Rs.539 Billion, to market technology solutions to the bank ranging from storage, enterprise content management.
PTA looking at 3G technology through rose-tinted glasses
LAHORE - The telecom watchdog, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), and federal government are perhaps overly optimistic about the launch of 3G (third generation) telecommunication services in Pakistan by the end of 2011. Telecom sector experts believe that 3G telecommunication services are not economically viable in a country like Pakistan where the majority of telecom revenues are derived from voice traffic.
Speaking to Pakistan Today, a senior official in a leading
Speaking to Pakistan Today, a senior official in a leading