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Usman Khalid
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Articles By Usman Khalid

Sony will acquire Ericsson’s shares in Sony Ericsson by mid-2012

Japanese electronic manufacturers Sony Corporation announced this week that their intentions of purchasing Ericsson’s stake in the joint venture ‘Sony Ericsson’ is final. The company made public their plans in October this year that Sony Ericsson will be made a sole proprietary of the Japanese company. The initial announcement line-out a schedule that will complete […]

Federal Reserve loaned only $1.5 Trillion in loans: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke

The US Senate and Congress took notice of Federal Reserve’s easy lending late in 2010 and first quarter of this year. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was sent a memo to make public detailed reports on the aid provided to the US financial institutions. Bernanke, in reply to the leaders of the House and Senate, said […]

A tablet or e-reader: What is the best choice?

A tablet or e-reader: What is the best choice? Since the dawn of tablets after the advent of iPad from Apple, Inc., it has seriously overshadowed the e-reader market, pioneered by Amazon with their original Kindle. However, with time the importance of e-readers is beefing up as the deficiencies to the tablets are emerging in […]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Full hands-ong review – Part 2

The Face Unlock is not a revolutionary technology, many laptops have incorporated it in the past, but Nexus is the first handset to carry such function. However, the new tech is not what the Galaxy fans would call “eye-catching”. The company stated that the phone identifies the face with a smile but it would be […]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Full hands-ong review – Part 1

Google Inc. launched the much craved Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) mobile operating system on October 18 inside a Samsung Mobiles’ smartphone body. The new offspring of the strategic marriage between Samsung and Google is known to the world as Nexus family, Galaxy Nexus. Galaxy Nexus carries the legacy of Nexus series and the Android ICS […]

Nokia Lumia 800: Full Hands-on review – Part 2

There are Nokia Music Store, video sharing and 3G services available with the new phone. Among several features, the phone provides built-in Facebook app however; the Twitter application has to be manually downloaded but it costs nothing. The best feature inside the OS is the Bluetooth contact transfer. Nokia has incorporated this addition for the […]

Nokia Lumia 800: Full Hands-on review – Part-1

Nokia announced its new smartphone Nokia Lumia 800 on October 27 and was made available to the public in a week’s time in Europe, Asia and Australia with a price tag of $585 on its forehead. The amazing thing about the phone is that it is dual-band GSM phone which is unlocked to be used […]

Port Grand: A sight of sore eyes in Karachi

Port Grand Food and Entertainment Complex’s majestic opening in May was thought to be an overstatement as to catering to Karachi public, which were going through an aggravated ordeal in the region. The political and sectarian violence was in its worst shape in the City of Lights’ history. But the bold step taken by the […]

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: First hands-on review of the quad-core slate – Part 2

The Performance The Prime passed various performance tests with flying colours but in some cases it still remained an ordinary tablet whereas, given its components and other specifications, it should have worked wonders. Start off with the camera. The front-facing camera is 1.2 mega-pixels and is available for video chatting. The rear camera is 8 […]

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: First hands-on review of the quad-core slate – Part 1

AsusTek, Inc. launched its newest tablet, Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime earlier in November. The slate was made available to technology experts for hands-on reviews this week. The new instalment to the Transformer series, with Prime affixed at the end, brings a lot to the table. However, this host of highest technology showed fluctuating performances […]

Microsoft unlikely to buy out Research In Motion (RIM)

Microsoft Corporation has been linked to Research In Motion’s (RIM) purchase of late but according to a research conducted by Nomura software analyst, Rick Sherlund, the acquisition is unlikely to happen. RIM, famous for their smartphone Blackberry, are out for a bid on their stocks enlisted at New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. It was […]

Carrier IQ rootkit is true and can be deactivated with new apps and steps

Trevor Eckhart, a Connecticut systems administrator, disclosed earlier this week that smartphones like Nokia’s Symbian-based handsets and Android OS phones along with Apple’s iPhones have been found with malicious software. According to Eckhart, Carrier IQ is a mobile device intelligence services company that develops namesake software which is used to send their customers, major cell […]

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