It was about 2 and a half years ago that Pakistan's only major link to the rest of the world, the SMW3 cable, was cut just off of Pakistan's coast. We suffered cripplingly slow Internet connectivity for over 2 weeks and it was a major setback to the growing call center market and the young hi-tech industry of the ..... Read more
About a year back, I gave up the never-ending game of upgrading to the latest and greatest mobile and besides being a waste of money, one of the reasons was that all mobile phones suck. You may get used to one and might even start to make use of all its functions, but there will always be something missing. This is..... Read more
Saw this a couple of days ago. Scientists have created the darkest material ever seen (or unseen) out of carbon nanotubes. This material is the closest thing so far to "perfect black" which would absorb all types of light, at every angle.
On the left is the previous measurement of blackness. And on the right, is..... Read more
Thank you Arsalan for forwarding this great piece about Pakistan. From the article:
When you watch television or pick up a newspaper everything is blood and gore,.... When you go to the country and you do your homework, you see that it's a fantastic economy, growing 6.5 to seven percent
The best thing is that it ..... Read more
Via BoingBoing. The History Channel, one of my favorites, will be airing their 
Life After People show, starting this Monday. The website offers a glimpse of the show's contents and discusses a number of issues that could arise in case civilization as we know it, ceases to exist. Should really be worth watching. ..... Read more
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