John Arquilla, writing for Wired magazine in its November 2009 issue, argues for a US cyber attack on Pakistan and India in the event that the US determines the two countries are heading towards a confrontation. The method of attack outlined by Mr. Arquilla involves US cyber warfare units ‘taking out’ command and control networks on both [...]
Archive for the ‘Living in Pakistan’ Category
25 Oct
Pakistan to host regional IT and Telecom show in November
I just got back from GITEX Dubai a few days ago and still have to share my views on that show with you. I saw plenty of interesting stuff, so I do intend to do a couple of posts on that topic…
But, to tide us over in the meanwhile, here’s some good news about Lahore [...]
3 Oct
PASHA’s Jehanara doing a great job by developing video resources on entrepreneurship in Pakistan
Jehanara is not unknown to anyone familiar with the Pakistani IT scene. She has laboured and toiled for years to promote IT in Pakistan, in both her official capacity as the President of the Pakistan Association of Software Houses (P@SHA) as well as in her individual capacity as blogger, journalist and interviewer.
One of her most [...]
30 Aug
Pakistan develops new cruise missile – NYT can’t bring themselves to believing it
This really got my goat! A friend just pointed out that the NYT has published a highly accusatory article about Pakistan’s latest ship launched cruise missile tests. The basic thrust of the story is that Pakistan has developed a new missile which was recently tested, but not officially announced. US officials ”leaked” the news to the [...]
26 Aug
The KSE is making a rapid recovery – what does the future hold?
The Karachi Stock Exchange took a beating late last year and early this year, as did most of the other international bourses. Over the last six months, though, it has staged a rally that has exceeded the much talked about bull run on Wall St. While the crisis that the global economy has been in [...]
7 Aug
Lahore’s Rachna power plant to produce up to 25MW of energy from… crap!
Here’s some positive news on the power generation front. On the heels of the 75MW wind based energy project recently commissioned in Sindh, Lahore is now entering the alternate energy race. (I still want to do a post about the wind power project in Sindh, so I guess I shouldn’t steal much of my thunder [...]
7 Jun
Pakistan jumps 10 places on A.T. Kearney’s list – BusinessWeek recognizes Pakistan as one of the world’s leading IT destinations
BusinessWeek just published an article about Pakistan’s rapidly rising stature as an international information technology outsourcing destination. The article cites A.T. Kearney’s May 2009 report which places Pakistan at number 20, up 10 places from the 2007 ranking of 30. This is despite all the rhetoric and nonsense in the media that doesn’t deserve much [...]
30 May
Pakistani users outdo all others in contributing data to Google MapMaker
Here at TechLahore, we’ve covered GIS in Pakistan a few times in the past. We’ve even reviewed indigenous Pakistan mapping services, such as Naqsha.net. Google is obviously still the undisputed champion of open source GIS/mapping and satellite imagery. But where they have been found lacking in the past is the paucity of street maps and [...]
25 Apr
The amazing awesomeness of PTCL’s EV-DO wireless broadband
The communication infrastructure in Pakistan, both wired and wireless, is quite incredible. There’s one pet pieve I’d had for a while though, and that’s the lack of inexpensive, true mobile broadband in Lahore. WiMAX is available, but I haven’t come across a USB dongle from Wateen so far. Their rates are also a bit on [...]
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