Predictable Stupidities

Hello iPad

Salman Munir — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:46:19 +0000

The product has been a joy so far. Apples usual details in everything from packaging to how start up the device is marvelous. And I know all of you have read a zillion reviews already and I’m in no way going to outdo astounding reviews done by Gruber and Arstechnica. I’ll share with you my [...]

State of Socialness

Salman Munir — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:35:40 +0000

2009 will be considered the year when Social Networks exploded and became The topic of almost every new venture coming out in the Internet space. With economic gloom everywhere, people flocked to social networks like Linkedin to find new opportunities. Having ample time with them meant playing around social utility sites such as Facebook to [...]

Why I will buy an iPad?

Salman Munir — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:35:24 +0000

Apple released its latest invention the “iPad“, which could easily be counted as one of the most hyped up and most anticipated launch since 10 years of speculation. Indeed, its a game changer and besides the many (as usual) missing features in release 1 & some other including the PMS’d name, it continues to grab [...]

So what its going to be – Android or Iphone?

Salman Munir — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:46:34 +0000

I know this is not the best time to right time to ask this question, due to 27th Jan Apple’s event and rumored iphone 4.0 release. But the question is much broader in nature and new releases, which will come one after another will continue to gain advantage over the other platform, at least for [...]

The Slate Wars

Salman Munir — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:46:37 +0000

Its not possible for anyone remotely interested in tech world to come across the word “Slate” recently. The mighty CES was the place where the word Slate resounded in the halls from many “Me Too” computer gear manufacturers. The credit goes to Steve Jobs & Co., who not only have revived the idea but have [...]

iSlate, iTablet – whats in the name?

Salman Munir — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:20:57 +0000

The web is all deja vu again with the rumored release of the Apple latest gizmo, just like 3 years ago with the iphone launch. Now and then, a new insight comes in about the size; 7″, 9″, 10″ or about 11″ and then there is are long debates on benefits of having +/- an [...]

Avatar – Simply Awesome

Salman Munir — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:58:00 +0000

Avatar – The long awaited sci-fi flick from the legendary film director James Cameron is out and is making a lot of noise in the Box office. The film will be screened locally in Jan ’10, but thanks to Torrents I was able to see a viewable print yesterday. When Michael Arrington writes “Avatar Is [...]

The Power of the Social Internet!

Salman Munir — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:47:24 +0000

Facebook and other social platforms are abuzz over the news of death of a 3 year old little angel at Doctors Hospital, Lahore. There are causes, groups and what not out there on Facebook. Traditional media has also covered the story but then its old news there already. Whereas, on Facebook the news gets rebirth [...]

Social Status

Salman Munir — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:52:31 +0000

I intend to start blogging again, frquently. I thought it would be a good idea to check how is my Social Status on different Networks are doing. LinkedIn is still my favorite professional network where at the time of writing I have 4085 direct 1st degree connection. Further, LinkedIn informs me that I have about [...]

MS Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0) – Issues & Solutions

Salman Munir — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:49:50 +0000

I’m reporting this almost 2 weeks after the mega update was announced. You can download it from here if you have already not auto updated it (I like to download my updates rather then updating them on the fly, predictable stupidities can happen) The Issue: Yes, once you have updated your mac with the service [...]