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Warid supports breast cancer awareness campaign 18Ufone spreads smiles! Distributes Eid gifts in SOS Village 20

Move up the corporate ladder 22Classic car prices make world record 35Saudi plan lands in deserts 38Artificial leaves to generate renewable energy 44Make your house the home of your dreams 47

National News 52International News 62

National Mosaic 48International Mosaic 61

Jazz Malamaal reshapes lives across Pakistan 13Warid gets rid of plunder Synergy 21Handset safety becomes hot issue for tech industry 23HTC beats Apple on its home ground 34ITU World Telecom 2011 sets new paradigm 37Has 4G moved beyond 4G world? 40Research finds no link in cell phones, cancer 41Samsung topples Apples as top smartphone maker 42 3G failure in India 51

Survey questions PTA credibilitySMS perception survey lacks authenticity 26

First indigenously made satellite PAKSAT-1R 10Online Bakra attracts people but fails to bag buyers 11Drone technology, its impact on IT 12Branchless banking accounts up by 51.23 pc 14Re-birth of Wateen Telecom 15Beware of online identity theft 29Social media's powerful effects 30Dummy surveys show women dominate men at social sites 31HP determines to keep its PC division 36Half of world's spam now out of Asia 45Beijing's free Wi-Fi will be safe 46Google Street View indoors another threat 50

Mobile Review 70Current Mobiles 72Upcoming Mobiles 76High Range Mobiles 78Low Range Mobiles 79Computers 80Laptops 81Accessories 82Gaming Zone 84

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Supplying mobile security has become a

red-hot sector of the tech industry as

more people make cell phones an integral

part of their daily lives. Morgan Stanley's

principal analyst Mary Meeker predicted the mo-

bile Internet era is coming. The number of mo-

bile devices will grow explosively in the next

decade. Smartphones sales will exceed PC sales

in 2012, the investment bank said.

"Mobile users want to use their devices in any

location and to get access to any application,"

said Scott Stevens, vice-president of the technol-

ogy department at US-based company Juniper

Networks Inc. However, threats to mobile devices

are now a reality. The Android platform - a pop-

ular but very open mobile operating system de-

veloped by Google Inc for smartphones - has

suffered several attacks from hostile software in

the form of viruses, worms and Trojan horses.

The number of Android-targeted malware has

quadrupled since summer 2010, according to a

report issued by Juniper Networks Inc.

About 72 percent of respondents had shared

or accessed sensitive information such as bank-

ing, credit card and medical records through their

mobile devices. That raised the seriousness of

losing information-packed mobile devices or get-

ting them hacked, the report said.

"Waiting and reacting after-the-fact can be

costly," said Stevens. Hackers, or network at-

tackers, used to target governments and large

companies in order to attract attention. However,

they are now more interested in making profits

from stealing critical personal information, he

added.

Juniper's survey found that more than half of

users are very concerned about loss, theft and

identity theft resulting from their mobile usage,

which has created business opportunities for

worldwide mobile security companies.

"Asia-Pacific will experience stronger growth

(in the security software market) because of the

pace of technological advances in the region and

the growing level of security awareness," said

Graham Titterington, principal analyst at Ovum,

an independent technology research company.

The Asia-Pacific security software market will

reach revenues of $4 billion in 2015, a compound

annual growth rate of 10 per cent from the $2.49

billion it hit in 2010, predicts Ovum. Revenues

from the global security software market will

reach $23.3 billion at the end of 2015.

Global spending on mobile security is ex-

pected to be $1.9 billion by 2015, up from $407

million in 2010, according to research firm IDC.

"China could be one of the markets that pres-

ent the biggest growth chance, since the country

has the largest mobile population and more peo-

ple intend to choose a smartphone," said Stevens

at Juniper.

Henry Lin, chief executive officer of Beijing-

based NetQin Mobile Inc, China's biggest mobile

security company by market share, said the much

richer mobile applications and functions require

increased security on portable devices.

"The smartphone is likely to be the most im-

portant device in people's daily lives. It entertains

us, assists us at work, takes care of our financial

portfolios, not to mention the basic functions

such as helping us to communicate," Lin said.

Mobile versatility enables multiple channels

for mobile attacks. Handsets are "uniquely more

sensitive than computers" since "the device is

with you all the time," said Sun Peilin, analyst at

Beijing-based research firm Analysys Interna-

tional.

Founded in 2005, NetQin was the first Chi-

nese mobile Internet company to list overseas. It

began to trade on the New York Stock Exchange

in the United States in May 2011 and had more

than 100 million registered users worldwide by

June.

"The growth rate of NetQin went beyond ex-

pectations. However, I expect even greater devel-

opment opportunities will appear over the next

few years," Lin said at the 2011 World Economic

Forum in Dalian in September.

Traditional computer anti-virus companies

are moving to cash in. In addition to global big

names such as Symantec and McAfee, Chinese

companies have also stepped up efforts to pro-

vide mobile security services.

Beijing Rising Technology Co Ltd, a leading

computer security software company in China,

launched its first mobile security software for An-

droid and Symbian phones in mid-September.

"Our software is free for customers because it

is more important to set up our brand in the new

mobile field," said Zhang Yumu, vice-president of

Beijing Rising. He said moving into mobile In-

ternet is a critical strategy for Rising. The com-

pany will offer more mobile software in the

future. n

Global spending on mobile security is expected to be $1.9 billion by 2015, up from

$407 million in 2010, according to research firm IDC

Handset safety becomes hotissue for tech industry

About 72 percent ofrespondents had shared or

accessed sensitive informationsuch as banking, credit cardand medical records through

their mobile devices. Thatraised the seriousness oflosing information-packed

mobile devices or getting themhacked

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Irfan Khan Telepedia

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Good news for mobile phone enthusiastsand users that in the recent report pub-lished in UK journal that there is no riskusing of mobile phone. Thanks to scien-

tists for no find cell phone cancer link in the lateststudy. The mobile phone users worldwide to sur-pass 6 billion by year-end where Pakistan ranks intop 10. The number of mobile phone users in Pak-istan has reached 131 million. The use of mobilephone has brought changes in the living standardsof common man that’s why its demand is increas-ing day by day in the country. Obviously this re-port will encourage handsets makers, operatorsand users.

It is estimated that the 6 billion milestone willbe reached in late November and that total globalconnections will end the year at 6.07 billion. Thelargest study of its kind found no link betweenlong-term use of mobile phones and increased riskof brain tumours, the British Medical Journal(BMJ) reported. Danish researchers found no ev-idence of enhanced risk among more than350,000 mobile-phone subscribers whose healthwas monitored over 18 years.

Earlier research on the possible link betweencell phone use and cancerous tumours has been in-conclusive, partly due to lack of long-term data. InJune, the World Health Organisation's Interna-tional Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) clas-sified the radio-frequency electromagnetic fieldsemitted by mobile phones as "possibly carcino-genic to humans."

The new study follows up an earlier investiga-

tion that compared the cancer risk faced by all mo-bile phone subscribers in Denmark -- some420,000 people -- with the rest of the adult popu-lation. Patrizia Frei, a postdoctoral research fellowat the Danish Cancer Society, and colleagues ex-amined health records from 1990 to 2007 for358,403 cell phone subscribers. Overall, 10,729 tu-mours of the central nervous system were diag-nosed. But among people with the longest mobilephone use -- 13 years or more -- cancer rates werenearly the same as for non-subscribers.

"The extended follow-up allowed us to investi-gate effects in people who had used mobile phonesfor 10 years or more, and this long-term use wasnot associated with higher risks of cancer," thestudy concluded. The findings, however, could notrule out the possibility of a "small to moderate in-

crease in risk" for very heavy users, or people whohave used cell phones for longer than 15 years.

"Further studies with large study populationswhere the potential for misclassification of expo-sure and selection bias is minimised are war-ranted," the researchers said.

In a commentary, Anders Ahlbom and MariaFeychting from Sweden's Karolinska Institute saidthe new evidence was reassuring but called forcontinued monitoring of health registers. Thereare about five billion mobile phones registered inthe world, a figure that continues to rise sharplyalong with the average amount of time spent usingthem.

The IARC does not issue formal recommenda-tions, but its experts pointed in June to a numberof ways consumers can reduce possible risk.

Texting and using hands-free sets for voicecalls lower exposure to potentially harmful radia-tion, compared to device-to-ear voice calls, by atleast 10-fold, they said. In another study con-ducted in January 2011 by scientists at the Uni-versity of Manchester looked at data from theOffice of National Statistics on rates of newly di-agnosed brain cancers in England between 1998and 2007.

It found no statistically significant change inthe incidence of brain cancers in men or womenduring the nine-year period. The study, publishedin the journal Bioelectromagnetics, suggests radiofrequency exposure from mobile phone use hasnot led to a 'noticeable increase' in the risk of de-veloping brain cancers.

Lead researcher Dr Frank de Vocht, an expertin occupational and environmental health in theUniversity of Manchester’s School of Community-Based Medicine, said it was 'unlikely we are at theforefront of a cancer epidemic'.

He said 'Mobile phone use in the United King-

dom and other countries has risen steeply sincethe early 1990s when the first digital mobilephones were introduced.

'There is an ongoing controversy aboutwhether radio frequency exposure from mobilephones increases the risk of brain cancer.

'Our findings indicate that a causal link be-tween mobile phone use and cancer is unlikely be-cause there is no evidence of any significantincrease in the disease since their introduction andrapid proliferation.'

The study says there is no 'plausible biologicalmechanism' for radio waves to directly damagegenes, resulting in cells becoming cancerous.

If they are related to cancer, they are morelikely to promote growth in an existing brain tu-mour. n

Research finds no linkin cell phone, cancer

Some 420,000 people, therest of the adult population.

Danish Cancer Societyexamined health records from1990 to 2007; Overall, 10,729tumours of the central nervoussystem were diagnosed. Butcancer rates were nearly thesame as for non-subscribers

Researchers found no evidence of enhanced risk among more than 350,000mobile-phone subscribers whose health was monitored over 18 years

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You know, back in the early days of mobile phones, we did not need to worry about a software update at all. All we looked forward to was a new phone, and back then, giants like Motorola and Nokia rolled out their phones in a rather sparing manner perhaps a couple of phones each quarter here and there, and there will only be a massive “update” so to speak from time to

time, perhaps once a year. I still remember the stir that the Nokia 8250 caused when it was released, asking us to “walk on the blue side” after that, there were plenty of third party mods for different Nokia handsets that featured colored LEDs inside the display to emulate the blue shade of the Nokia 8250.

LG delivers Android 2.3 Gingerbread Hercules Dualpix HD720p for Notebooks

Aww, Hercules! Hercules! Yes, the company has given us this Dualpix HD 720p webcam for notebooks. So if you are an owner of an laptop that doesn't have an integrated webcam, this might be your thing. According to the company site, this is the first 720p high definition (1280 x 800 pixels) webcam fro the PC, and it comes with a wide-angle autofocus lens. It can shoot at up to 30 frames per second, with a photo resolution of 5 Megapixels.

I found that it has a wide viewing angle, which means it can allow the user to be seen from head to toe. That is different from other webcams that can get a little too close to the face. It also has a terrific built-in

microphone. The Dualpix is probably named for the two rotation axes that can work on the side or on top of the laptop's screen. The image an be adjusted automatically just by twisting it ninety degrees.

I guess you can r o l e p l a y a s Batman with this $499.95 20MPH M o t o r i z e d Wheelrider it does look like a Batcycle at first glance, and those w i t h a m o r e enterprising mind and active pair of h a n d s w i l l definitely be able to do it up with

various decals and physical mods to turn it into one lean, mean, riding machine. Whisking you along at a maximum speed of just 20mph, this is not the ride to own if you want to zip down the freeway, but rather, it is good enough to go around the neighborhood and perhaps to be the coolest paperboy in town where your ride is concerned.

Side-to-side motion of the front foot will steer the front wheel, and as your rear foot remains firmly into the driving rear wheel, the 2-horsepower, two-stroke engine will propel you along.

Facial Muscle Toner

I remember those old school Wrigleys chewing gum ads on the TV back when I was a wee lad, and I somehow wondered whether jogging vigorously with a wad of chewing gum inside might end up choking oneself. Well, I guess the models in there didn't, and neither did Sir Alex Ferguson in his 25 years of management, sending instructions to his players while chewing his gum. Surely all the grinding done has toned up his facial muscles, but if you prefer to take on a more passive approach, the $219.95 Facial Muscle Toner might come in handy.

It works by emitting a harmless, mild electrical stimulation which will help tone facial muscles while reduce age lines. All these are just claimed side effects, and I guess you will need to purchase to try it out to know whether it really works as advertised or not.

Nyko's Zoom makes the Kinect better for smaller rooms

One of the things that is required of the Microsoft K i n e c t i s t h a t i t r e q u i r e s some room between the user and the unit itself. I

can honestly say that in my current living room space, the Kinect wouldn't function at top capacity.

Nyko, makers of some quality video game merchandise, have figured out the problem and created the Zoom. The Zoom is “ideal for small rooms and confined spaces”, and allows the user to “play up to 40 percent closer”. I realize that I am just quoting the company, but I had a chance to see it work at E3 last June. Not only can it allow for a player for less space, but two people can play in space where once only one could before.

20MPH Motorized Wheelrider Pico-Projector phone, to use or not to use?

I always try and keep my eye out for the latest in mobile t e c h n o l o g y . Considering that we c o m m u n i c a t e through email and texting, technologies that we didn't even really conceive two decades ago, I can't help but wonder how we will communicate by the year 2031. How about ce l l phones with pico-

projectors? They already exist, so why not make it so you can communicate via projected screen? This comes in handy for when you need to swap photos or drag other files from one place to the next. Of course, you will need the recipient's permission. Check out the video after the jump for more information.

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When it comes to audio devices, you know for sure (your ears probably won't be able to fool you) when you see the logo “JBL” emblazoned across, that quality will be there. I guess that is the case for most, as I am quite sure that there will be a group of you out there who will disagree. Well, one of JBL's latest releases would be the JBL OnBeat Air a device that is said to deliver incredible sound over the wireless technology from Apple known as Airplay, letting you stream your favorite tunes via your laptop, iPhone or iPad.

Needless to say, being wireless does not mean it will work

throughout your home, unless you live in a small one-bedroom studio. There will definitely be blind spots around, but generally speaking, a room by itself would do just fine, and that is where most folks would confine the use of the OnBeat Air to anyways.

iPod/iPhone docks are dime a dozen for the longest time ever since Steve Job's idea took off in an explosive way, and most of the time, they come in the form of a built-in alarm clock, some with bigger speakers than the rest. Well, what M&C Lighting has in store is something totally different taking the road less traveled, so to speak, by coming in the form of a lamp. Yes sir, not only can you dock your portable media player cum phone from Apple in here to juice it up and play your favorite tunes, you will also be able to use the artistically named t'Light S to provide enough light while you read the latest book on poets.

Having a heart for the environment, the t'Light S will boast eco-friendly illumination from a 5W LED in addition

to audio output and a charging function. Why LED, you ask? For starters, it not only has a superior life, but will also consume far less juice compared to other light sources without having any detrimental impact on light quality.

“Shake it l ike a Polaroid picture” has proved to be one of the more enduring lines from OutKast's early hit, “Hey Ya!, and as we all know, the name Polaroid is synonymous w i t h i n s t a n t photographs back in the days when items

like digital cameras were virtually unheard of. I guess it is only fitting for a legendary company like Polaroid to roll out theZ340 instant digital camera, bringing a modern take to an old school product, how cool is that?

The Polaroid Z340 is said to boast of a full-function 14-megapixel digital camera as well as a built-in ZINK printer, delivering a whole new twist on the instant experience. This camera enables you to customize each individual photo between the snap and share process, turning it into a portable digital photo booth, now how about that? You will be able to deliver such images from a file to print in under a minute. Something tells me that the Polaroid Z340 is going to be very, very popular at weddings in the near future assuming the price is right.

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JBL OnBeat Air grooves to Airplay technology

Polaroid Z340 instant digital camera

Stereoscopic 3D is the way to go where the future is concerned, but it will still take a fair bit of time before it catches up with the masses. After all, not everyone is lining up and rushing to purchase a 3D HDTV, and you don't see a mad craze for all movies to be shown in 3D glory although you might say that film executives think otherwise. If you

have a 3D-capable HDTV sitting at home (preferably part of the Panasonic ecosystem for obvious reasons with this post), then why don't you take full advantage of it with the newly announced Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1?

Yes sir, just like all other 3D cameras out there in the market, this particular model will also come with a twin-lens design so that it can shoot not only 3D images but stereoscopic 3D videos as well.

Panasonic does the 3D gig with Lumix DMC-3D1

I always like to know what Kensington Technologies is up to, and I got a chance to try out their KeyFolio P r o U n i v e r s a l Removable Bleutooth Keyboard for ten inch tablets. After all, why should the iPad and iPad get their own Folio keyboards while there are some pretty d e c e n t 1 0 - i n c h Android tablets out there. It is designed to pair with just about any Bluetooth device,

really.

It uses sets of StrongFit corners that can provide a custom and secure fit for large and small tablets, and they will Velcro in place. Think of it as a picture frame with adjustable edges, just designed for a tablet or phone. You have to see it to believe it.

Kensington KeyFolio Bluetooth Keyboard for 10-inch Tablets

With the advent of the iPhone 4SSiri, there are probably going to be more people talking to their phone than ever before. You might as well get yourself a good Bluetooth headset like the Sound ID SIX. The SIX seems to take a cue from the Jawbone with its clear carbon design. The one button to activate the Voice Menu is located on the top, and it allows the user access to VoiceDial, BING 411, Google Voice, and other services. It also has three microphones which is helpful to block out

background noise.

Like other Bluetooth headsets, it comes with an application. The user can access EarPrint 3.0 via iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android, and it allows you to access the features listed above. it also supports a variety of third-party applications like Bing411, Google Voice, and other Facebook-friendly applications like Voice-on-the-Go, Vlingo, and Jott.

Sound ID SIX Bluetooth Headset

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84The War of the Worlds famously scared a large audience when Orson Welles adapted it into a radio drama in 1938. Today, H.G. Wells' classic tale frightens susceptible players for a completely different reason, with a game that is incredibly hard and disappointingly stale. It combines an interesting premise, appealing visuals, and 2D gameplay influenced by some of the greatest classic and modern platformers, yet it misses much of what made those other games special.

But the controls don't easily allow for the speed and precision that the game quickly starts to demand. For the context of the story, the necessity of speed is great. Death is almost always looming in The War of the Worlds, giving a great sense of urgency and a feeling of hopelessness. Martian tripods, drones, and black smoke are hunting for you. You can't fight; you can only run, which fits the source material. But the way the game controls and the things it wants you to do don't mesh well, and the result is frustrating. It's not that your obstacles become challenging in such a way that you can only blame yourself when you fail; rather, you will start cursing the game's mechanics for asking you to line up pixels just right to allow you to grab onto a ledge. If you're smart enough to recognize that an inconspicuous switch on a wall is usable, you still need to stop in the right spot to use it, which can mean death when poisonous black smoke is a split second behind you and you can't get lined up correctly. You spend more time fighting to make your character do what you want him to do than making grand escapes.

The War of the Worlds is disappointing because it had so much potential. Many elements of the presentation are begging to be in a better game, but it feels like a product that was ushered out the door before it could be properly balanced and tweaked. If you're the kind of person who fondly remembers the demanding, brutally difficult moments in old games likeKarateka, the first few hours of The War of the Worlds might stimulate some nostalgic reminiscing. But you're better off replaying those classics and letting the aliens win this particular war.

Every item on the laundry list of things that Assassin's Creed does correctly ends up being vastly outweighed by some major failing. The big one is the grand promise that the game makes to you in its very title. Watching the concept video that was originally shown for this game, the hook is revealed: In this game you get to play an assassin. You sneak through a crowd to a place where a corrupt official is making some kind of public appearance. Before he realizes anything, you leap out of the crowd and a hidden blade shoots from your sleeve, through the hole in your fist where your ring finger used to be, and plunges swiftly into his neck, all in one unbroken smooth motion. Guards pursue you, but you quickly outwit them by disappearing into a group of monks, who not coincidentally are wearing the same clothes you happened to pick out today.

Investigate targets, carefully plan, then pull off the ultimate stealth kill? This is heavy stuff, and the concept and trailer had me incredibly excited for such a game. I still am excited at the possibility of maybe getting to play such a game in my lifetime. Sadly, Assassin's Creed was not it. Assassin's Creed, when you remove all the presenta t ional t rappings , was an unfulfilling, generic collection of boring mini-games and barely passable sword combat.

Before you can kill your target, you have to complete a few "investigation" missions around the city to gather information. There are only four different types. They start out incredibly easy, and get a tiny bit more difficult as the game goes on, becoming just "easy" without the "incredibly" modifier.

I want to absolutely stress to you that besides the running around from place to place to get to these missions, and the assassination segments that follow, the four improbably basic missions above are the only things you actually need to do in this game. There are some entirely optional "Save Citizen" moments where you can help a citizen by fighting off the guards that surround them, but there isn't a whole lot of reason to do so saved citizens help when you're attempting an escape, but you don't really need them.

Believe me, I know how you must feel. The gag that kept me from extolling the virtues (and lamenting the missteps) in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been removed, and yet I don't have a full critique ready to go, complete with numerical ranking. The review embargo was lifted earlier today, and I had planned to have my analysis up by now, but there's still more ground for me to cover in this lengthy adventure before I can offer up my last word. I'm sure you're just as disappointed as I am with this development, and possibly much more so, given many individuals' insatiable love for prerelease information, but it's a situation that cannot be avoided.

I've been playing Zelda games for almost 24 years, but I don't remember ever laughing quite so hard in any of my previous experiences. There's some deceptively good writing in Skyward Sword, with subtle jokes often layered into dialogue that hits me a minute or two after the fact. My favorite of these is as much of a visual gag as it is a written one and is quite juvenile, but that doesn't diminish its comedic value one bit. I won't spoil too much of the surprise; just know there is more than one use for a love letter, and some of it can be rather foul.

As good as the writing is, no one plays Zelda games solely for their stories. It's the sense of adventure that is the biggest draw, and it's the secret-filled world that is primarily to blame for my not having finished the game just yet. There is always a new distraction luring me away from the main plot in Skyward Sword, and it's that urge to discover every hidden aspect that makes it so difficult to resist. During my exploits yesterday, I spent a good half hour trying to make my way into an oversized bird's nest to procure a baby's rattle. It may sound like a fool's errand, but I was nicely rewarded for my derring-do.

I fear I'm getting a little too specific for my own good now. I don't want to commit to an overly strong position before I wrap up this game, so I must cut off this blog post and get back to adventuring. Look for a full review sometime next week, complete with a breakdown on how well the controls function, the complexity of the dungeons, and whether the bosses are giant pushovers or worthy foes. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.84