http://wiredpakistan.com all things tech in pakistan Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:16:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Step one is to start out with a clean version of Windows XP. The install CD should say something like "Windows XP SP3". The SP3 part is very important - that means service pack 3 is already installed. SP3 is a good thing, so make sure the CD says it's ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2009/02/18/howto-do-a-clean-install-of-windows-xp/ I have a home pc, which used to run Windows XP. So, to continue the story of this pc running windows, the PC had WinXP SP3, Antivirus, Anti Spyware and what not running, but thanks to a guest with a USB stick got infected with a virus/malware/rootkit which not only disabled ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/12/25/switched-over-to-ubuntu-linux-from-windows/ After years of decreasing prices, this month marked a turning point for the Pakistan mobile industry. Virtually all the big players have increased prices, by slapping on a 5% service charge on pre-paid celluar connections. Here is the notice from Mobilink's website: Dear Jazz Customer, from now onwards 5% service charges ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/09/28/cell-phone-blues/ I visited the much hyped ITCN Asia 2008, the biggest IT exhibition in Pakistan this year so far - some observations: The many cellphone companies took up too much space with nothing to sell. Even their employees manning their stalls were lounging about bored as the masses gawked at a few ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/08/16/itcn-2008/ One more Wimax competitor enters the market. Hopefully they'll function better than Wateen. Their press release is below, more later once details emerge. On the negative side, I was promised a trial Mobilink Wimax broadband connection sometime back in Jan, and a couple of months ago someone from Mobilink got ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/07/02/mobilink-launches-wimax/ I get asked this question frequently - What is the best ISP in Karachi? My recommendation to everyone these days is Maxcom. It's a Karachi only ISP at the time being, but has great service and prices. I've switched to Maxcom, was happy with CyberDSL, but Maxcom is much cheaper now, ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/04/22/internet-recommendation-for-karachi-april-2008/ A few days ago PKNIC, the registrar for .pk domains, terminated the domain name djuice.pk without informing it's owner, and transferred it to Telenor, who has a trademark by the same name. In another country they would have to contact you first, and would have probably bought it from you for ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/04/17/one-more-reason-to-avoid-pk-domains/ The cellphone is dead, long live the smartphone! In all fairness, despite the advent of the iphone and the many Windows mobile devices, the smartphone is not quite there yet. My old smartphone - a Nokia 6120 is taking a hike to greener pastures, so a new ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/04/03/what-smartphone-jan-march-2008-edition/ After three years of running pretty uneventfully, this has been a pretty bad month for the website! First, wiredpakistan got banned by the PTA, then a few hours back today it got hacked! Whoever it was, wiped out the entire database, and then... left. Didn't even bother to say anything. It ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/02/28/forums-hacked/ Numerous websites around the world reported earlier this week that Pakistan had blocked Youtube. This in itself is not news, as Pakistan regularly blocks websites, but what is interesting is the manner in which they blocked it - managing to take down Youtube for the entire world! <blockquote>The BBC News website's ... http://wiredpakistan.com/2008/02/25/pakistan-removed-youtube-from-the-entire-internet/