Microsoft shouldn’t be happy at this leak as the day marks as the Leak Day of Windows 8.  Microsoft Windows 8 Milestone 1 build 7850 is available at some private FTP’s as per thewindowscentre. The leaked version is not available on internet publicly.

Following  details from the above mentioned source are available at the moment:

• 6.1.7850.0.winmain_win8m1.100922-1508_x86fre_client-enterprise_en-us.iso – 32-bit
• STRING: 6.1.7850.0.winmain_win8m1.100922-1508
• FILE: 6.1.7850.0.winmain_win8m1.100922-1508_x86fre_client-enterprise_en-us.iso
• SIZE: 2,637,101,056 bytes (~2.5GB)
• SHA-1: DCA69DF6074BCA8B5DBA5C8D6D030D53CB6D82C8

The available versions of windows 8 at different torrent sites are somehow fake but this release may hit the internet soon. We will not be providing any detail regarding the source and download links but the expected sources will surely be torrents!

Update:

Windows has finally leaked and now available for download at torrent sites!

Signup and usage procedure is same as discussed earlier in the launch of this service by Mobilink and Zong.

We just signed up for the service and it works well, as you can send tweets, retweets and get updates for free by simply going to the profile of the user whose tweets you want to get on mobile and click the mobile updates icon.

It merits mentioning here that Ufone is currently deducting standard charges for the SMS (Rs. 1 plus tax) for each update and when asked Ufone about the charges, CSR claimed that they are unaware of this update and twitter may be showing Ufone in the list on its own but there is no update like ufone getting partened with twitter.

Though one can easily recon that Twitter only shows registered networks and now Ufone is there. Staff may be unaware of the this update yet but the matter of concern is, Ufone is deducting Rs. 1 plus tax for each tweet while it is now confirmed that Zong is offering this service as per you package plan, like if you have subscribed to SMS bucket, each message for tweet will be deducted from that package instead of your credit.

UPDATE:

After contacting ufone many a times and registering a suggestion to make it official, Ufone has finally taken step to launch this service officially. As we previously covered that all the staff was unaware of this add-on but now Ufone’s website shows this service with details as discussed above.

http://www.ufone.com/mobPro_TwitterOnSMS.aspx

And yes, Ufone is deducting Rs. 1 plus tax for each tweet, now let’s see to keep the competeion with Zong, Ufone reduces the charges or it opt for the loss of customers, though small in number, to shift to Zong!

Earlier Mobilink offered this service back in the past and now Zong takes the step to offer this handy yet affordable service for those mobile users who are on non-edge/gprs handsets.

Price:

• SMS charges are as per your package plan.

How to Activate and Use?

To activate this service, log on to twitter.com and in Edit Profile, go for Mobile tab, enter your number and start with the guide.

Twitter commands for mobile:

Send these commands to Twitter:

• FOLLOW username -   Start following a user

• UNFOLLOW username   – Stop following a user

• ON/OFF   – Turn all Tweet notifications on or off

• ON/OFF username –    Set Tweet notifications for a user on or off (you’ll still be following them even if you set it to off)

• GET username   – Shows you the latest tweet from any user

• RT username   – Retweet a user’s latest tweet

• FAV username   – Favorite a user’s latest tweet

• D username your-message   –   Send a direct message to a user

UPDATE:

There is a misconception on the internet that Zong offered this service free of cost, as we already mentioned this is not free and costs a single SMS as per your package plan. Following is the exact message you receive after subscribing:

Your device is verified! You will get notifications from Twitter. Tweet from your phone: Just send it to this number. Std message charges apply. Reply w/STOP to quit

credits: Hamza Tariq

Ufone stands 2nd runner up in Pakistan Web Awards thereby winning the gold award from the following categories:

Awards:

• Diamond Award for the best website in Pakistan.

• Platinum Award for the 1st Runner-up

• Gold Award for 2nd Runner-up

• Silver Award for each category winner

• Public Choice Award for highest voted through polling

• Website of the year Award for the highest evaluation amongst all winners

Mr. Asif Saeed Malik Head of Brands Ufone said:

this award is another feather in the cap for Ufone, the web award adds to the list of high achievements Ufone has made over the last few years. Ufone believes in innovation at every level, our advertising has given our viewers a reason to smile and we strive to make each of the communication mediums easy and fun for our customers to comprehend. It is this desire to do the best for the customers that has led to Ufone winning this award

I am not going to discuss the moral ethics related with April Fool. The thing which forced me to pen this down is The Google. My love for google has been increasing since the first term i googled, though i don’t actually remember now what it was.

And yes Google you did it again!

Google introduces Gmail Motion – with which you can control Gmail using your body gestures, just like google says, it is a new way to communicate:

The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. Why then do we continue to use outdated technology? Introducing Gmail Motion — now you can control Gmail with your body.

How it works:

Gmail Motion uses your computer’s built-in webcam and Google’s patented spatial tracking technology to detect your movements and translate them into meaningful characters and commands. Movements are designed to be simple and intuitive for people of all skill levels.

Motion Guide:

Familiarize yourself with some of the basic functionality of Gmail Motion using this printable guide of sample gestures. With it, you’ll be able to start writing and responding to emails – with your body – in no time.

Safety precautions:

Using Gmail Motion is not only safe but also healthy and fun. As with any physical activity, certain precautions are recommended. First, make sure to clear the area around you. Second, try to take short breaks every 30-40 minutes, just as you would if you were typing. And finally, take time to stretch after each session to give the muscles you’ll be using some relief.

What Experts Say about GMail Motion?

“No longer will people be required bend to the will of technology. Instead, technology will now bend to our will.”

Lorraine Klayman, Environmental Movement Specialist, Nevada Polytechnic College

“It is commonly known that 80% of communication is non-verbal. Gmail Motion not only accepts this fact – it embraces it.”

Dennis Tooley, Ph.D, California Center for Kinesis and Paralanguage

“Kudos to the Gmail team for bridging the divide. I’m eagerly awaiting the next version with ASL turbo boost!”

Ken Harrenstien, Software Engineer, Google Accessibility Team

After Gmail Motion, Google looks forward to bring this motion sensing technology to Google Docs, thereby increasing the productivity and to let you get the best out of Gmail products along with your body movement.

With motion in Google Docs, you cam create:

• Documents
• Spreadsheets
• Presentations
• Drawings
• Document Lists

Documents:

Collaborate in real time using Google Docs Motion BETA. Building on the technology developed for Gmail Motion BETA, multiple computers can triangulate position to track each collaborator’s inputs. Every feature will be supported, from brand new discussions to formatting, tables and translation.

Spreadsheets:

What do you get when you combine motion and Google spreadsheets? An incredible new way to create charts, add data, filter and work together. Docs Motion now makes it easy to adjust the look and feel of your charts. Pie charts are easy to make.

Presentations:

Body movements recognized by Docs Motion BETA allow you to easily add new slides, change themes and align presentation elements.

Drawings:

Removing the constraints of the keyboard and mouse will have a noticeable improvement on your drawings, wireframes and flow charts. Whether you are a world-class break dancer or just starting out, you’ll be creating works of art with ease.

Document list:

Upload your most important files to the cloud. Transform file management with simple gestures, like upload. Docs Motion is even integrated with our OCR backend removing the need to scan in your docs ever again.

To enjoy this exciting feature simply logon to http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

And Yes, What actually it is? OHHHHH!!!!

Now this differentiates Google from its competitors. Creativity, Novelty, Accessibility, Ease and Constructive Humor, what else? Yes this time Google again makes its mark by introducing this new concept, to make us Fools at this April but the way they do it, it is really Google’s Way!

What Actually Google Summer of Code Program is?

• Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects.
• Google has worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together over 4,500 students and more than more than 4,000 mentors & co-mentors from over 85 countries worldwide, all for the love of code.
• Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits.
• In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.

Google Summer of Code 2011

• At this time selection of participant organisations is complete, student applications are opening after 4 days on 28th of March 2011.
• Along with working with the best organisations of the world to sharpen and learn new skills the program offers US $5,000 stipend.
• The deadline to apply for students is 8th of April 2011
• More help can be find out by joining Internet Relay Chat (IRC) #gsoc on freenode.net

A few of the Pakistani students have been selected in the past in Google Summer of Code program including Mr. Muhammad Adnan from Virtual university of Pakistan with his project http://www.imblog.info/export-relations-schema-project-google-summer-of-code-2010

For those of you who would like to participate in the program, there are many resources available for you to learn more.

Check out the information pages from the instances of the program to get a better sense of which projects have participated as mentoring organizations in Google Summer of Code each year.

• GSoC 2005
• GSoC 2006
• GSoC 2007
• GSoC 2008
• GSoC 2009
• GSoC 2010

Official website for Google Summer of Code Program is

• http://www.google-melange.com

and the frequently asked question regarding the program can be found here

• http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs

Hamza Tariq first reported us about the blogawards.pk showing Plesk’s Default page.

Plesk – which is a management panel for web services allows you to control your VPS or dedicated server. And the default page is shown only when the domain is added to the server but the main directory has no files or pages to show. Infact the domain name servers are configured and is added on the server but has no contents.

Domain whois information shows that it is registered to Rabia Garib – who is a renowned blogger at CIOPakistan and works on other projects as well.

http://whois.domaintools.com/blogawards.pk

A little research shows that following websites are also hosted on the same server same as blogawards.pk:

• bandwidthpk.tv
• bitsandbytes.com.pk
• talha.com (was previously hosted on the same server)
• ciopakistan.com

It merits mentioning here that all of the above websites except ciopakistan.com show the same page so the issue seems to be deeper and one may opine that the data got lost (inc ase server got corrupted) but still there is another chance of server and data migration but the issue is there for a month now since we have been observing if it comes back online.

Now the response from Rabia Garib will clear the scenario that either they experienced some issue or it is taken down purposefully and will it come back online or no more blogwards!

In case if you were hoping to get selected in any of the blog awards category this year, do not lose hope. There is still another platform for you Pakistan Web Awards. But this is not free and to get yourself registered, you need to pay charges as follows:

UPDATE:

Here Comes The Official Answer From Rabia Garib

The game, “Cricket Power” (www.cricketpower.com), is set to be the most advanced 3D browser cricket game developed to date.

It will feature all 14 official teams along with official players, stadiums and kits. The game will be powered by a superior cricket engine at its core, coupled with a pick-up-and-play interface to appeal to casual and core gamers alike.

“We are extremely excited about developing the official game for ICC’s Cricket World Cup 2011″ said Babar Ahmed, CEO Mindstorm Studios. “Cricket has long been a subject closely linked to our organization and we are thrilled to take it to the next level.”

The game will be published by ADMC (Abu Dhabi Media Company) and is set to launch in January, 2011 and will be available at www.cricketpower.com

The screenshot taken below is at 11:42PM

It merits mentioning here that 12 Rabi ul awal is close but still 2 days to go. But power of tweets showing how people are concerned about this, made this to twitter trends two days before the date.

This may not be a big achievement as per religious point of view but considering the public using Pakistan and surely some other countries with Muslims, as this was not done alone by Pakistanis, this clearly shows the  increasing and dominating trend of Muslims on the internet which was once used to be taken as a reign of the English.

A teamfrom Pakistan has already done best of it getting recognition there not only for themselves but for thwir country too. The app was named as Kick Now.

Keeping up the tradition, same happens agains and as the microaoft announced the rezults of round 2 another team from the same institute i.e FAST Karachi has done it.

Team consisting of Imab Asghar, Musa Ali, Saad Zaman and Asad Memon have won second round of the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Challenge

Now this App SkyCanvas is SMS/Messaging, Drawing, Playing app described in the following video

And the previous Kick Now aap was

Following is a list of amazing information collected over the internet and surely many of us are unaware are we really the inhabitant of such planet.

Facts About China

• If you are one in a million in China, there are 13,000 like you.
• China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world.

USA vs Other Countries:

• The 25% of India’s population with highest IQ is greater than the total population of USA.
• India has more honor kids than America has kids.

Facts about Jobs:

• Top 10 most demanding jobs in 2010 never existed in 2004.
• Children are being prepared for the jobs that don’t even exist yet.
• US department of labor estimates, today’s learner will have 10 to 14 jobs by the age of 38.
• One in a four worker has been with their current employer for less than a year.
• One in a two has been there for less than five years.

Facts about Social Networking:

• 1 out  of 8 couples married in the USA, last year, met online.
• There are more than 200 million users on myspace
• More than 600 million on Facebook

Facts about The Internet:

• The country ranked number 1 in broadband internet penetration is Bermuda.
• There are 31 billion searches on Google, every month.
• In 2006, this number was 2.6 billion.

Facts about messaging:

• The first commercial text was sent in December, 1992.
• Today, the total number of sent and received text messages everyday exceeds the total population of the earth.

Comparison of the Products Reaching Market:

• It took 50 years for Radio to reach to a market audience of 50 million.
• It took 13 years for TV to reach to a market audience of 50 million.
• It took 4 years for Internet to reach to a market audience of 50 million.
• It took 3 years for iPod to reach to a market audience of 50 million.
• It took 2 years for Facebook to reach to a market audience of 50 million.
• The number of internet devices in 1984 was 1,000
• The number of internet devices in 1992 was 1000,000
• The number of internet devices in 2008 was 1,000,000,000

Facts about English:

• There are about 540,000 words in English lanugae
• Which are about 5 times more as compared to Shakespearian Time

Facts About Information and Data:

• It is estimated that about 4 exabyte (4×10^18) information will be generated this year.
• This will be more than previous 5,000 years.
• Amount of new technical information is doubling every year.
• For a student starting a 4 year technical degree program, half of what they study in first year of their study will be out-dated in 3rd year.
• NTT Japan has successfully tested a fiber optic cable that pushed 14 trillion bits per second.
• That equals 2660 CDs or 210 million phone calls.
• This tripling every six month and is expected to continue for the next 20 years.

Facts About Computers:

• By 2013, a super computer will be built that will exceed computation capabilities of human brain.
• By 2049, a super computer cost $1000 will exceed computation capabilities of entire human specie.

In an Average of 5 Minutes:

• 67 babies born in USA
• 274 in China
• 395 in India
• And about 694,000 songs are downloaded illegally.

And the most important thing is, most of the above mentioned things have already been achieved and stats are increased and may vary as given above as race is on its way.

There has been many a cases in past too where the official websites went down for days and nobody was there to take care of them, as for instance, Qmobile’s website went down likely because of over usage or non-payment but though they really came up with a handsome style and responded well to the notification.

This time we see Express News seems to be least interesting about their website. And yes it’s not a day or two – the site was reported as down through a tweet 3 days back.

As you open the website (http://expressnews.tv) it shows the default PLESK Page which appears when the domain has been parked to the server but the files or directory has not been configured to show the original content.

Talking to the concerned guys, a mail was sent to webmaster of Express News, given at their website  (admin@cs6.cyber.net.pk) but still no response from their end.

There has been done alot but still we need to take keen care of, at least, the official websites of renowned groups/departments which really depict how concerned they are in each aspect.

The moves follow Pakistan’s temporary ban imposed on Facebook in May that drew both praise and condemnation in a country that has long struggled to figure out how strict a version of Islam it should follow.

Both the Facebook ban and the move announced Friday were in response to court orders. The sites to be monitored include Yahoo, Google, MSN, Hotmail, YouTube, Amazon and Bing, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority spokesman Khurram Mehran.

“If any particular link with offensive content appears on these websites, the (link) shall be blocked immediately without disturbing the main website,” Mehran said.

An example of one of the 17 sites being blocked include islamexposed.blogspot.com, Mehran said. That site features postings with headlines such as “Islam: The Ultimate Hypocrisy” and links to anti-Islam online petitions.

Mehran said that, under instructions from the Ministry of Information Technology, the authority had begun the process of barring and monitoring the various sites.

(Source: MSNBC)

This is the first time that any court of Pakistan has ordered such a large number of search engines to be banned.

An officer of Federal Ministry of Information Technology told BBC that that they have received the judicial orders to implement ban on search engines and web sites. He also said that a special committee has been called on Friday in which the several aspects and monitoring of websites will be discussed to reach the final decision.

Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) to ban more than half a dozen search engines across the Pakistan.

It merits mentioning here that  the Lahore High Court, ruling Pakistan government, had previously ordered to ban FaceBook – a  social interaction website.

Lahore High Court order was made at the request of a company which said that Facebook was making sketches of the Prophet Muhammad being competitive, so this website should be banned.

Whatsoever was the scenario after the ban on FaceBook but this time the ban on 9 big websites will result in big push back for the internet community as well as e-economy of Pakistan.

The participating blogs were scrutinized and judged by 14 experts from different fields. The main categories were technology, politics, education, humor, business, science, health care, Urdu blogs, celebrities, automobiles, literature, sports, photo blogs, music blogs, video blogs, food blogs and many others.

The competition was hard-hitting among blogs of different categories; one blog in each field was chosen among them and awarded as the best blog. More than 300 people, including bloggers, technology experts and industry specialists participated in the awards distribution ceremony and enlightened the evening.

Head of Marketing for CSMB at Dell Pakistan, Nubla Iftikhar stated, “Dell is happy to have pioneered the concept of recognizing talent in Pakistani blogs; there’s a lot of enthusiasm, skill and the urge to create interesting content.”
Nubla Iftikhar was also one of the judges from the panel of the blog awards.