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Is it true ?

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Pakistani court orders ban on Google, YouTube Islamabad: A Pakistani court has reportedly ordered a ban on nine leading websites, including Google and Hotmail, for allegedly posting blasphemous material though officials on Wednesday said they had not received any instruction to block the sites. Media reports said the Bahawalpur bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to immediately block nine websites, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, YouTube, Bing and Amazon, for publishing and promoting sacrilegious and blasphemous material. Justice Mazher Iqbal Sidhu issued the order while hearing a petition filed by a man named Muhammad Sidiq who claimed these websites were publishing sacrilegious material. The judge also ordered the PTA chairman to appear in court on June 28 with relevant materials. Sidiq, in his petition, sought a ban on the websites for publishing blasphemous materials and twisting facts about the Quran. Aslam...

10 fun facts you didnt know about Google

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10 fun facts you didnt know about Google “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” So began the “letter from the founders” penned by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in the company’s securities registration form in 2004. Despite ever-increasing commercial success since that date, Brin and Page have kept to their word. Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake in our online lives. It is a source of fascination for many, including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex? And what cool factoids and stats exist from the company’s relatively short past? Here we bring you 10 fun facts about Google to quench our own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life. 1. The First Google Doodle Google’s famous homepage “Doodles” (the changing Google logo graphics) are well known and enjoyed by millions around the world as a way to mark an event or anniversary. But did you know that the very...

after facebook bangladesh govt. ban popular daily of the country the Daily amar desh

after facebook bangladesh govt. baned one of the most popular daily newspaper of the country "the Daily amar desh" which was continuously raising it's voice against the govt. & the ruling party "awami league". they had published lots of news of illegal activities & businesses of Joy, the son of the prime minister shake hasina. The government of Bangladesh has shut down the publication of The Amar Desh, one of the largest circulated bengali dailies in Bangladesh. One of the government intelligence agency National Security Intelligence (NSI) picked up Mr Alhaj Md. Hasmat Ali, the publisher of the newspaper and made him sign complaints to the police and Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka claiming that his name as publisher as being illegally used by the present owner of the company Amar Desh Publications Ltd., that he is not in anyway responsible for the reports and comments criticizing the government and ruling party leaders. We understand that in the complain...

Microsoft Office 2010-Microsoft recently unveiled the latest version

Microsoft Office 2010-Microsoft recently unveiled the latest version After the roaring success of Windows 7, Microsoft recently unveiled the latest version of its productivity suit, Microsoft Office 2010. Boasting of a host of collaborative features and an all-new interface, Office 2010 aims to bring back the glory Microsoft lost with Office 2007. Not only this, the software giant also plans to take on the Web's Big Daddy Google which offers free Web-based Google Docs. In fact, Microsoft has completely overhauled its most-popular software offering Word which now offers improved features for search, editing and pictures. Here is a look at 10 new features in Microsoft Word 2010. Improved search With the new and improved Find experience, you can now view a summary of search results in a single pane, and click to access any individual result. The improved Navigation Pane provides you a visual outline of your document so you can browse, sort and find what you need. Co-auth...

6 Reasons why you should quit facebook

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6 Reasons why you should quit facebook Unless you’re new to the internet (and/or using a Hotmail e-mail address), you’re more than likely aware of the ongoing battle between Facebook and its users over privacy issues. Specifically, Facebook’s continually resetting privacy settings are pissing users off as they see their names and details strewn all over the internet. Here are five reasons to join the other 12,000 sensible people who are quitting Facebook. 1. One day, you’ll be hauled into court for something stupid (should’ve used lime, man). Suddenly, the opposition throws up a projection screen, plugs in a laptop, and pulls up your Facebook account. Six hundred drunken photos and foot-in-mouth status updates later, you find yourself in a cement square as prison’s freshest hunk of meat. 2. Even if you figure out your privacy settings, what’s stopping Facebook from throwing a wrench in the works? Every time the code monkeys insert a new string of code, users find all of their s...