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Punjab Laptop Scheme Launched, Free Internet to be Offered Soon

Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, has inaugurated the laptop distribution scheme under the government’s youth program in Punjab University, Lahore. According to the scheme, the Punjab government will be giving away 110,000 Dell laptops to bright students of the province. The distribution of laptops will start from 2 February 2012 in Rahim Yar Khan and is scheduled to be completed by end of March 2012. The CM Punjab also revealed his plan of giving away 300,000 more laptops, worth PKR 12 billion to top students in 2013 also. He further added that free Wi-Fi internet will soon be installed for students in the Punjab University. The Provincial Government has expressed its plan of distributing free laptops to deserving students in other provinces of the country also.

 

Register on Ufone Self Care & Get 10 Free Minutes

Ufone launched its Self Care portal in June 2010 but apparently failed to promote it the right way. However, Ufone has now decided to actively promote the portal that will help Ufone customers maintain their accounts. Via personal accounts on the portal, customers will now be able to select from Ufone’s wide range of services. They will be able to view transaction details, change tariff plans, VAS subscription and select friends and family numbers and change address etc. The portal will also let them block/unblocking numbers and restore PIN & PUK details. As per their new promotion, Ufone is offering 10 on-net free minutes to all customers who create an account with Ufone’s Self Care Portal.

 

Just one in ten Facebook users support ‘timeline’ feature

It has recently emerged that Facebook’s Timeline, which is expected to expose users’ entire history on the website, will become mandatory for all. However, just one in 10 Facebook users actually seem to support the idea of making the biographical ‘timeline’ feature compulsory. The feature will group together all publicly viewable messages, photographs and comments by date. The idea of the new feature was to “let people know the whole story of your life in a single page.” The changes are proving controversial though, and some critics claim it could erode users’ privacy. A survey conducted in this regard said only 8% of users said they liked the change while nearly 51% were worried by the format.

 

NA body’s meeting 3G Policy: Shaikh grilled for not allowing IT Sect to give presentation

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecom has show concern over Federal Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh’s reaction to 3G Technology. The NA committee asked the Finance Minister to provide justification for not allowing the Secretary IT to give a presentation over 3G. All members of the committee said that the 3G policy is an important issue and wished to know if their recommendations have been included in the policy. The committee is worried in this matter because they believe that Abdul Hafeez Shaikh made a poor decision of privatizing PTCL and may also be making a poor decision related to the 3G Policy. The chairman of the committee has asked the Secretary IT to provide a detailed presentation over 3G on or after February 8, 2012. The IT Secretary has assured that the copy of the presentation will be provided to the committee in advance.

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