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Iranian Calendar with Holidays for iPhone 3.2 (Mobile)

Iranian Calendar with Holidays for iPhone application for iPhone and iPod Touch displays the dates of the Iranian calendar along with Islamic and Gregorian calendar dates. It also display a 24 hour clock showing the time in Iran. It operates in two modes. In potrait mode the application displays the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Iran, Ahmad Alavi, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Let's blame addictive oil

The blame game is getting grimmer as the global warming warnings get more strident. Now comes a book pointing to petroleum as "the devil's excrement." Damn, wish I thought of that epithet. This book is Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil. Says Knopf's marketing text,...

Tags: Oil, Iran, Consumption, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Facebook launches in Persian to support communications around events in Iran

Facebook tonight has released a test version of its site available in Persian. The social network claims that amidst this week's Twitter use for communication around events in Iran, its users were sharing content in Persian, however the site navigation was only available in English. This change will make it...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Iran, Language Translation, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Iran protests meet the social Web: What we've learned

The aftermath of the Iranian election has provided quite a case study of the intersection between social media, the increasing difficulty of censorship and government affairs. As most folks know Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reelected and the opposition has been protesting. Now there's talk about...

Tags: Social Media, Social Web, Twitter, Iran, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Iranian protesters take to the tweets

With Iranian authorities essentially locking foreign journalists in their hotels, shutting down websites and blocking text messaging, Iranian protesters have taken to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook with a passion -- both to get the word out about what's happening in the country and to communicate logistics, says a CBS/AP report....

Tags: Twitter, Iran, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Supply Chain, Internet, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites

Approximately 24 hours ago, the Iranian opposition coordinated an ongoing cyber attack that has successfully managed to disrupt access to major pro-Ahmadinejad Iranian web sites, including the President's homepage which continues returning a "The maximum number of user  reached, Server is too busy, please try again later..." message. ...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Web, Server, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Tool, Iran, Attack, Presstv.ir, SupportIran.php, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-15

US government sanctions hit Windows Live Messenger in embargoed countries

The news broke the other day of Microsoft disabling their instant messaging network, Windows Live Messenger, to a number of countries including Sudan, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Iran, due to a number of trade embargoes which the US government has against these countries. Long story short,...

Tags: Sanction, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, North Korea, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Government, Iran, Government, Vertical Industries, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Marine One details leaked from P2P net

Looks like someone at a defense contractor was running a filesharing network to download media content and wound up exposing details on the president's chopper. Oops. by Richard Koman

Tags: P2P, Iran, CEO, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-01

IT expert executed in Iran

Following Pakistan's recently introduced "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008” according to which potential cyberterrorists would face the death penalty, a neighboring country, Iran, has recently executed an IT expert who confessed of being an Israeli spy for at least three years. After being recruited by Mossad during a business...

Tags: Information Technology, Equipment, Iran, Government, Productivity, Real Estate, E-mail, Business Operations, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads

Update: Dancho Danchev informed that this actually relates back to his article on from last week. Apparently I reposted with less information than the original, so I apologize to Dancho for that. Guess that's what I get for poking my nose into the malware realm. Dancho informed...

Tags: Spammer, Video, Iran, Corporate Communications, Media Players, E-mail, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded Iran

Right after the U.S Independence Day fireworks, Storm Worm latest campaign launched a couple of hours ago, is back online this time attempting to once again exploit client-side vulnerabilities, this time serving iran_occupation.exe by spreading false rumors of U.S invasion in Iran.  The text reads : "Just...

Tags: Worm, Iran, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Corporate Communications, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Selecting the Best Spanning Tree in Metro Ethernet Networks Using Genetic Algorithm

IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol STP is a layer-2 protocol which ensures a loop free topology in Metro Ethernet networks. It is based on Minimum Spanning Tree solution that involves determining the links which can join all the nodes of a network together such that the sum of the costs of...

Tags: Algorithm, Network, Metro Ethernet, Iran, IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology

White papers 2008-06-01

Four cable 'cuts' in a week: Conspiracy nuts light up the phones

So what's going on with telecom cable interruptions in the Middle East? First a ship's anchor cut into two high-priority cables -- Flag Telecom’s Europe-Asia cable and the consortium-owned SEA-ME-WE 4 system. That pretty seriously damaged communications in the Middle East and choked - but didn't cut off - traffic...

Tags: Phone, Elephant, Wired Inc., Iran, Attack, Cable, Network Technology, Security, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Don't get excited over cable breaks. Yet.

This weekend there was a lot of hand wringing over some posts to Digg, reddit, and slash dot that pointed to this page at the Internet Traffic Report. There is one router in Iran that is not responding to pings so it shows up red. This led to the rapid...

Tags: Iran, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Photo: Is it a radar-resistant flying boat?

Iran military tests small propeller-driven aircraft that flies low over water surface at up to 100 knots.

Tags: knot, boat, photograph, Iran, aircraft

Image galleries 2006-04-04

Photo: Is it a radar-resistant flying boat?

Iran military tests small propeller-driven aircraft that flies low over water surface at up to 100 knots.

Tags: knot, boat, photograph, Iran, aircraft

Image galleries 2006-04-04

Additional Resources

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Net Neutrality: You own the Internet - make sure it becomes Law

how to get from there to herewhile net neutrality makes a lot of sense to most people, how can we make sure that it becomes law. Our open source government democracy is decidedly NOT neutral, and the same interests that would take away our rights on the internet, are the...

Tags: Net Neutrality, Internet, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Copenhagen countdown

"climate debt" is BS. It's wealth transfer.From countries that work, to countries that don't work.And Harry. This is a TECH SITE. Go somewhere else with your anxious alarmist nonsense.AMEN!THIS IS A TECH SITE!Well, I think going to Copenhagen is too political and he should skip it.Better to do some behind...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, sea surface temperature, wealth transfer, tax

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Radio Free Europe News Reader for iPhone 1.6.6 (Mobile)

Radio Free Europe News Reader for iPhone grabs the top stories from RFE and delivers them to your iPhone and iTouch. The news feeds covers all news, more news, Iran election diary, watchdog, on the front lines, the power vertical, Persian letters, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, journalists in trouble, and cultural capital.

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Radio, Splaysoft, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-21