Digital Life - Spider Magazine, Dawn

DIGITAL LIFE

By Waqas Hassan Sharif

Published in

SPIDER Magazine - The Dawn Group Of Newspapers

DATED: [ November 2008 Issue]

"Suicide Virus attack on C drive,

2 system files deleted, 8 damaged".

If Pakistan was a computer, what would be some

of the functioning software on the system?

Read on to find out

JUDGE ZIP 60 to 5:

JudgeZip 60 is the original and most popular of all ZIP judge utility. Wizard/Classic interfaces accommodate both first-time and experienced politicians. With JudgeZip you can quickly and easily compress and decompress non PCO judges and also existing PCO judges, lawyers and even the entire institute of Judiciary. You can easily encrypt and decrypt your cases. Features include tight integration with Windows Zardari and support for other prominent partners. Just one-click zipping can eliminate all your cases. JudgeZip adds new features for compression of the Lawyers’ Movement; the ability to ZIP cases directly from police stations and it comes with customizable penal codes, more encryption, corruption and compression. JudgeZip is patched up with NRO and is a must to ensure smooth running of your government. Encryption and corruption features get more than a new coat of paint in this version, with customizable judges, requirements can be fulfilled and all bugs of Atizaz and Kurd types can be compressed and depressed and eventually removed.

AIVG:

American Invasion Guard:

AIVG Free Edition is the well-known American Invasion protection tool. AIVG is available for free, just like the American Invasions on the North West Frontier borders and is extremely compatible with Windows Zardari if installed. AIVG protects your sovereignty like never before and provides high level American troop detection capability that millions of people across Pakistan should trust, to protect their territorial sovereignty. AIVG Free is easy to use and will slow your economy down (high system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AIVG Missile Shield, which provides real-time protections as the Taliban are free to move in and out of the frontier borders. AIVG also provides the bare necessities, including a real-time shield to prevent American infections and American malware and American spy ware. The programme does tax your system when monitoring or when it is pretending to be monitoring in the background and has always proved ineffective in our tests. It provides fast, responsive defence against all types of malicious activities including drones, Predators, spy planes and other threats if they exist.

Anti Bomber 2.0:

(With Money Back Guarantee)

After the amazing and huge failure of Anti Bomber 1.0 it's high time to try out your luck again with our exclusive Anti Bomber 2.0 - Anti Bomb Attacks software.

It is a comprehensive, easy to use anti bomber programme, designed to offer reliable, free of charge bombing protection to embassies, higher government officials, foreign franchises and diplomats.

The AB 2.0 offers extensive recognition and detection of suicide bombers, killer dumper trucks, backdoor terrorist organizations, etc. Automatic incremental updates of terrorist signatures, banned organizations and terror plots.

Salient features include:

1. Protection against known and unknown threats using an advanced intelligence network.

2. Scheduler where you can set the scanner to make automatic scans or updates on your cities and towns.

3. Forum and phone support knowledge base with bombers’ descriptions available on the web site.

4. Special version for Five Star hotels coming soon.

5. Permanent bombing protection with real time monitoring of suicide bombers.

Z-IRC:

z-IRC is a full featured One to One Relay Chat client for Windows Zardari that can be used to communicate, share, play or flirt with local, foreign diplomats and American Vice Presidential candidates, either in front of the whole world media or in one-to-one private discussions. When released it was supposed to have a clean, practical interface that was highly respectable and decent but after installation the expectedly expected happened. It supports features such as love lists, hug transfers, forced connections and not to be spoken messages.

Sherry's Media Player:

Sherry's Media Player is especially designed for Windows Zardari that offers great new ways to control and master all your private channels and re-master the already under state control and owned media. The latest version has the ability to appoint anchors-turned-doctors from private to state owned media. Once installed, it gives you full control over the media and every thing goes Zardari ke Mutabiq. The new version offers great control over talkative news anchors. Sherry's Media Player plays it like never before.

Search Express:

Frustrated that finding things on your wanted list is so difficult? Search Express offers search capabilities like never before. Missing persons, Atta, Electricity, Sugar, Gas, Water, corruption free politicians, independent judiciary, wanted terrorist, criminals and Al-Qaeda number 1, 2, till 420, - it searches all, if installed. The most interactive feature Search Express offers is that it can provide search of your missing persons without involving the intelligence agencies. It offers great help to human rights organizations in achieving their goals. Easy to set-up and quick to configure, Search Express enables you to deliver search to your organization quickly and easily.

Desi Wire:

Desi Wire is Pakistan's fastest P2P (party to party) ministry sharing application for all types of ministries, including finance, railways, information, interior and many more. Other features include dynamic ministers querying and ministry previews before allotment of portfolios.

It provides equal distribution of ministries according to party seats in the assembly. Desi Wire's new ministry blocker gets rid of junk parties and ministers, and automatic updates will enable sharing faster than ever with the latest version.

Italian Bites - YOU! Magazine, The News International

Rendezvous

Italian Bites

By Waqas Hassan Sharif

DATED:[4th -November-2008]

Let’s start with Italy which is known for its rich culture and love and passion for cooking. Cuisine is definitely a very important aspect of Italian culture. Italian food is highly famed; greatly loved and tirelessly imitated the world over; it has been a source of pleasure and joie-de-vivre in countries far and wide. The exposure that has come with television and the internet has led to a raise in the awareness about Italian cuisine. Whereas previously people were restricted to thinking Italian cuisine was just about pizza and spaghetti, today you have all the opportunity in the world to get your hands on loads of Italian delicacies specially in the shape of food festivals.

Recently, PC, Karachi, organised an Italian Food Festival at Marco Polo in a bid to give Karachiites a taste of authentic Italian food. Mr. Junaid Ashraf, the General Manager of the hotel, at the inauguration ceremony briefed the guests about the specifications of the 3-day festival. "Our chefs have specially prepared Italian dishes that will add colour and excitement to your dinner," claimed Mr. Junaid. Whereas hotel’s Executive Chef Mr. Mohammed Iqbal gave a detailed brief about the food and ingredients used to make these delicious cuisines.

It was a delightful sight to see people relishing good food in a friendly atmosphere. Italian cooking is exceptionally varied, nutritious and healthy. As most dishes are cooked in olive oil weight conscious people were enjoying the delectable cuisine without worrying about the extra calories.

There was an array of Italian dainties to choose from whether it’s pasta, ravioli, fettucini or pizza. The appetisers were mouth watering and the soups were just right. The typical Italian bread gave an extra tang to the taste buds. We simply loved the salads which consisted of fresh tomatoes and olives, vegetable salsa, panzanella salad with tuna etc. For our main course menu we opted for Italian lasagne, pizza and pasta. The pizza with its thin crest gave a crispy flavour. We also tasted baked potatoes which were simply divine.

Italian desserts are perfect to end a meal, as they are neither heavy nor filling. These delights range in flavour from faintly bitter to sweet. Tuscan Meringue is one of the most popular Italian desserts. Some of the other popular scrumptious sweet dishes include Tiramisu with whipped cream chocolates and hazelnuts. We really enjoyed the scrumptious desserts decorated tastefully at one corner.

All in all it was a real treat for us to savour Italian food in a cool ambiance.

For You Eyes Only - YOU! Magazine , The News International

For Your Eyes Only

By Waqas Hassan Sharif

DATED:[4th-November-2008]

A lively and fully geared up venue was filled with sparkling celebrities from the media, corporate, fashion and the journalism fraternity at the Pool Marquee, Marriott, Karachi. The whole event was dressed in the classic black and white colour theme that represents Nokia N Series devices. The massive stage was well-lit with colourful disco lights that enhanced the ‘entertainment’ feel of the event.

The event kicked off at around 7:00pm by the glamorous host of the evening, Nyla Hazratjee who also happens to be a popular RJ on FM91 and a TV host. It was a pleasant surprise to see an evening event in Karachi start on time. The energetic Nyla gave a warm welcome to the distinguished guests. This was followed by an interesting video on the transformation of media that depicted how mobile phones have become the fourth screen of today’s life; cinema screen being the first, TV second and the computer as third. The video made me realise how true it actually is. Considering the fact that we go berserk if our cell phone is out of our sight for five minutes, it is true that a mobile phone has not only become something that’s very personal but at the same time it has become the personal gateway to entertainment, particularly after the advent of smart phones in the market.

After the video, Mr. Imran Mahmood, Country General Manager, Nokia Pakistan, was invited on the stage to educate the audience about the concept of convergence.

To the audience’s surprise, suddenly the lights turned dim, and a spot light was thrown on stage to highlight the six boxes placed on the stage; each one depicting a specific device icon: games, maps, TV and video, internet, photos, and music. Dancers came out of the box one by one and gave a special performance customised to the particular icon. It was a great idea an shows that Pakistan too is moving forward in full strides when it comes to stage entertainment. It was great to see the technology-inspired, matrix-like dance moves. The amazing features, like games, maps, TV and video, internet, photos, and music were brilliantly represented by each dancer and delighted the audience through and through.Just as the dance performance came to an end, the beautiful and sassy Iraj Mansoor appeared on the stage and did a ramp to showcase the new device. She was wearing an exquisite black evening gown that went well with the occasion. This marked the official launch of the particular mobile set in Pakistan.

The event ended on a happy note as the guests were served sumptuous dinner which delightfully brightened their moods. It is good to see that big companies are finally taking an interest in Pakistan and we too are doing things the right and bright way!