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Egypt shuts off cell anonymity

As protests continue to mount over rising food prices, Egypt is moving to keep close tabs on cellphone users. The government wants cellphone companies to close down anonymous subscribers, Reuters reports. "Everyone who uses the telephone must be known," Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid told a news...

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Egypt, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Luxor 2 (Mac) (zip)

Luxor 2 takes you on a beautiful voyage through the land of ancient Egypt. Play 88 all-new, gorgeously rendered levels of brilliantly displayed crisp and stunning graphics set amongst the pyramids and temples of ancient Egypt. Use your mystical winged scarab to shoot and destroy the approaching magical spheres before...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Pyramid, Egypt, GreenAppleGames, Luxor 2, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-03-25

Middle East Internet outage: Do you have backups for your offshore ops?

Countries across the Middle East are sans Internet connections due to a cable break on Wednesday. Two lessons: The Internet in some areas lack redundancy and telecommunications infrastructure is weak. And companies that outsource customer service operations offshore need to plan ahead. Egypt's Minister of Communications and...

Tags: Offshore, Customer Service, Call-center, Backup, Outage, Egypt, Internet, Outsourcing, Cable, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacturing, Call Centers, Product Marketing, Network Technology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Egypt Establishes E-Government Infrastructure

With roughly 76 million citizens, the Arab Republic of Egypt is one of the most populated countries in Africa. The services once offered by the Egyptian government were largely manual, which made completing routine procedures difficult and time consuming for everyone involved. The country needed a faster, more efficient service...

Tags: Citizen, Microsoft Corp., Egypt, E-government, Government

Case studies 2007-08-01

Egypt's goal: To be the land of offshoring

Egypt's goal: To be the land of offshoringHigh Ambitionswell, I wish good luck to the country, but I have some concerns about security. Lest us forget that there might be extreme islamists in that country and many people are not tolerant to western cultures.Many would hope that does things go...

Tags: Social Security, Telecom Egypt, Egypt, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2006-02-10

Gary McKinnon: Scapegoat or public enemy?

Gary McKinnon: Scapegoat or public enemy?Our Gov.'s IT is full of idiots knowing NOTHINGabout IT. They got what they deserved. He should be given an award for showing how weak the US IT infrastructure really is.Our Gov. and the IT personnel should be prosecuted for negligence!!!!LOL!Unemployed? After he...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Gary McKinnon, security, McKinnon, Egypt

Discussion threads 2005-07-15

Additional Resources

MB Egyptian Astrology Compatibility (exe)

MB Egyptian Astrology Compatibility is a freeware that finds your compatibility with your partner on the basis of Egyptian astrology. Egyptian zodiac is based on the Gods / Goddesses of Egypt who are looked up to with great reverence. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Compatibility, MysticBoard

Software downloads 2008-07-21

iPhone has a year to make its open source play

iPhone has a year to make its open source playWhat crapWindows Mobile grew 90% YoY 2007 to 2008. If they repeat that they would sell around 40 million 2008-2009. Would that be enough for your so-called 'wide distribution'?Also, unlike your pathetic theory, in practice open source advocates are targeting...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, TheTruthGiver, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., open source, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Linux's dirty little secret

Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, package manager

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Empire of the Gods (exe)

Empire of the Gods is an original puzzle game with absorbing gameplay set in mystical Ancient Egypt. Enjoy beautiful graphics and an amazing score which whisks you back several centuries to the times when people built huge, unbelievable monuments. Work your way up from a small tribe to a flourishing...

Tags: Empire, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-06-05

SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makers

SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makersThis is all very positive! Now, ANY vendor can mix and matchthe Sugar and other parts of the OLPC hardware design. This will breath new life into one-to-one computing, and make it so that it does not all depend on one organization. And the...

Tags: Sugar, One Laptop Per Child project, SugarLabs

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

iPhone's international rollout continues; 10 million units not a stretch

Apple's iPhone will be headed to a few more countries courtesy of a new deal with French telecom carrier Orange. In a statement, Orange said: Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic,...

Tags: Orange PCS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?

Obviously, Microsoft has a significant interest in making sure that users of the new breed of netbooks and MIDs hitting the market don't get too comfortable using Linux. Many manufacturers have taken to installing various flavors of Linux on these devices to minimize footprint, improve performance, and reduce costs...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Corp., ULPC, Negroponte, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-11

News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Egypt shuts off cell anonymity

Egypt shuts off cell anonymityHmmm...I have connections to high levels of the Egyptian government, and I can assure you, this is simply due to security needs. Where there is a more volatile situation, it is more necessary to have counter-terror measures in place. Not that hungry citizens are...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, cell anonymity

Discussion threads 2008-05-07

On being detained in Cairo

I've brought up Twitter before. Twitter is a micro-blogging service. You use it to "tweet" messages of no more than 140 characters. Your friends, colleagues and the general public can follow your Twitter stream and keep up with such urgent intelligence as, "Feeling bored," or "Currently surrounded by idiots." Or,...

Tags: Twitter, James Karl Buck, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Apple's iPhone lands in 10 countries via Vodafone pact

Vodafone said Tuesday that it will bring the iPhone to 10 more countries as Apple methodically rolls out its device across the globe. In a short statement, Vodafone said: Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vodafone Group Plc., Apple Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Are Twitterers Tworons?

Are Twitterers Tworons?So what is that twitter anyway?Checked website once but did not understand what it is about :)A couple more...(For the record, not pleased with "twittard". Any thing that comes close to using the name "retard" or associates with the term "mentally retarded" should be banished.) With...

Tags: Twitterers Tworons, Twitter

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Through Enemy Eyes (exe)

In this game you play Steven McCoy - dauntless adventurer, whom fate has brought from England to a camp of the French Foreign Legion in Egypt. Since you have had the good luck to find a magic amulet, you are able to see the world through the eyes of your...

Tags: England, ArabellaGames, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-04-28

Engineering Firm Leads the Way in Egypt With Messaging Infrastructure Upgrade

Dar Al-Handasah, an engineering and architecture consultancy based in Egypt, wanted to improve its communication and collaboration system to match growth in the business. Its engineers and architectures depend heavily on e-mail messaging in their daily work with computer-aided design documents, project information, drafting, and calculations. The firm upgraded its...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, CAD, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-04-21