Usman Khalid
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Articles By Usman Khalid

Standard & Poor (S&P) released its updated ratings of the European countries last month, which were disappointing. Now Moody’s has unleashed its ratings that are even more hurting. The reason rating agencies believe is the incipient recession and the slow response of the European leaders to erode the solvency due to the public debt in […]
Feb 14 2012 | Posted in
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World |
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In January, China imported 413,964 tons of copper, up 13.6% from the same month in 2011. The increase is even more impressive when you correct for the Lunar New Year. Due to the holiday, there were four fewer working days in China last month as compared to January 2011. Copper imports, in any event, exceeded […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
Business |
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Beijing racked up the outsized surplus because imports plummeted in January. They were off 15.3% year-to-year and 22.4% month-to-month. The size of these declines especially surprised China watchers. The official Xinhua News Agency said trade “slumped” in January. Obviously, the early Lunar New Year had some adverse effect on the numbers, and analysts are continuing […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
Business |
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Acer has launched a new tablet, the Iconia A200 that comes with Android Honeycomb operating system. However, the company said that the new tablet will embrace the Ice Cream Sandwich within the next few weeks. In the stockpile of tablets that have gotten processors from dual-core to quad-core technology, the Iconia does not bring anything […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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The new iPad launch is expected to fall somewhere in March, speculated on the basis of the history of launches of Apple’s signature tablet. Over the last two years, the tablet has gained a serious reputation in the market from the public, which does not want a laptop to read books and browse web on […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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If you are thinking to buy a new tablet and the one thing stuck in your mind is Apple then what my advice to you will be to have patience. The new iPad 2, the latest edition of the Apple tablet to date, is available for $499, 16 GB and refurbished is $50 cheaper, give […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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The FBI today released a report on Steve Jobs’ work back in 1991, when the employer was nominated for a position in the government of former President George HW Bush. The founder of Apple, who presided NeXT back then, had become an international trade adviser to the president and, like any other candidate, became subject […]
Feb 11 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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The report also included family history, the identity of his adopted parents, his first daughter born out of wedlock and work experience to date. In one section of the report, the FBI came to detailing the difficulties faced by a special agent to arrange an interview with Jobs. It was February 21, 1991, Jobs presided […]
Feb 11 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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A U.S. company has forced the father of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, to appear before a Texas court to defend an “interactive website” without any ownership and reject the claims of the company that stated to be in possession of a patent on the website that allowed them to collect remittance from any company that […]
Feb 11 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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A group of activists, called Swagg Security, has assaulted the computer network of Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that supplies Apple and other brands. The attackers have managed to penetrate the corporate intranet and spy on messages, emails and customer and employees management data of the company. The group has posted a file with passwords of […]
Feb 11 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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For readers, the experience should be simple: buy a digital book and read it on any device and even give it to friends and family members, as it can be done with a paper book. However, it is not always the case. Different file formats and encryptions (DRM) to prevent copy infringements complicate the purchase […]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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“We have more than seven million unique users per month. We did a survey on how best is the scanning solution. Customers told us they need a format that can be read on on different devices and has an extensive catalogue. We have over 60,000 items, so that readers can see digital books on any […]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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