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Working in IT … Is it good or bad?

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Now don’t think that being an IT Professional myself I am giving suggestion to the upcoming IT professional that do think again to work in the field of IT … That not the case for all of you . As being working in the IT field from past 10 years I have realized that it’s […]



WebTrend - StumbleUpon

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 15th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Stumble upon means to come across or to meet in general sense …. This idea has been brought into the World Wide Web first by four persons namely Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith, Justin LaFrance, and Eric Boyd in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They first established the company on test basis before finalizing the product “Stumble Upon” […]



What is the definition of Hero?

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 12th, 2008 • Category: Misc

According to the definition giving on yourdictionary.com, Hero is

Myth., Legend a man of great strength and courage, favored by the gods and in part descended from them, often regarded as a half-god and worshiped after his death
any person, esp. a man, admired for courage, nobility, […]



Independence Day —– Are we really Independent ?

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: Misc

As we all know Independence Day is near and Happy Independence Day to all of you in Advance. Yesterday I was going through the article “Putli Tamasha” of Mr. Farooq Qaiser on Jung (7-8-2008). Which was about Independence …………… the following questions comes to my mind after reading his article
Are we really independent …… ?
Do […]



Pakistan and Green IT

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Few days back I attended the event which was organized by Al-Futtaim Technologies Pakistan (formerly known as Alcatel-Lucent Pakistan) about “Green IT” and recently I have come to know about IBM’s event “Paint Your IT Green” organized in Lahore and Islamabad few days back. As being the World’s Leading IT Innovator and Business Solutions Provider […]



Beware of Fake Flash Player Downloads

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Misc

It is been confirmed that malicious hackers are now using the Fake Flash Players Downloads as Social Networking Decoy for malware . On the website of Abode , they have informed their users to validate installers before Downloading such type of softwares updates …….. Here is the whole warning thing which is issued on […]



The Power of Perception & IT

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Misc

IT still has a perception problem. In some organizations, we continue to be seen as geeks that play with expensive toys. Sure, these toys power the business, but their necessity is often not indicated in a way that’s “business friendly.”Reality and perception are very different animals. Well-chosen words and a positive demeanor […]



An outage: Lessons learned

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Misc

I was going through the series of articles on TechRepublic , I found this article which will be helpful for us in our current working environment too and we can adapt those some of tips which is giving in the article to prepare ourselves……………..

Westminster College does not currently have a backup generator protecting its data […]



The Cell Tolls for Thee

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Misc

i WAS GOING THROUGH THIS ARTICLE ON MSN AND WHICH I FOUND INTERESTED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU .
“The truth about the cell-phone–cancer link and what it means for you and your kids
By Julie A. Evans, Best Life”

When Vini Khurana, PhD, an Australian (and Mayo Clinic–trained) neurosurgeon, announced that the link between cell-phone use […]



MS vs. open source: Are Both of them SECURE

By Ausaf Ahmad • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Misc

I already know that you’re going to hate what I have to say. You’ll no doubt send me strongly worded e-mails and post critical comments which is fine by me . Everyone has its view point and I respect it.When you read about the security problems of some open-source applications and operating systems, some of […]