December 2008

The US FDA has approved Allergan’s Latisse (0.03% bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) for the treatment of hypotrichosis of the eyelashes, making it the first licensed medicine to be indicated for enhancingeyelash prominence (as measured by increases in length, thickness and darkness). It will be available on prescription in the US during the first quarter of 2009. [...]

Nokia Takeback Campaign

by Farhan on December 31, 2008

Nokia India has launched their Take Back Campaign in which they are encouraging consumers to drop their surplus , outdated , obsolete chargers , phones and batteries into Nokia Bins situated  in their Nokia Care Center. As part of their global initiative to reduce eWaste Nokia is taking these steps worldwide and encouraging consumers to [...]

Times Square Ball goes ECO

by Farhan on December 31, 2008

With only hours to go for the new year in my part of the world and half a day in USA , times Square will debute a new energy conserving New Year Bal dropping featuring 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs, the 12-foot wide energy-efficient orb weighs in at 11,875 pounds, making it twice the size [...]

China , land of over one billion consumers isthe dream market for all and people had been working Chinese centric for goods to be sold in China .  Nokia not to be left far behind is also introducing Chine centric Nokia 6208c with touch screen input and support for Chinese characters. As an added perk [...]

Queen Mum Goes Green

by Farhan on December 31, 2008

Queen Elizabeth of  England is going Green not with envy ( although I am ) but running her bespoke $ 28 million worth of Bentleys ( 2 in nos ) on biofuel . Bentley will replace the 400 HP twin-turbo 6.75 liter V8 engines on the unique cars  by way of promoting the new range [...]

Cursed SMS

by Farhan on December 31, 2008

And when we thought all is good in the the Symbian world came the Cursed SMS Presented at 25th Chaos Communication Congress (25C3). The exploit is effective against a wide range of Symbian S60 smartphones and will effectively prohibit victims from receiving SMS messages Known as Curse of Silence , this virus makes use of [...]

Giant Apple Touch on the Horizon

by Farhan on December 31, 2008

According to Tech Crunch , Apple is working on a Giant Touch with a 7 inch or 9 inch screen , featuring  App Store which is a major advantage it will have over conventional Apples. Apple had been [previously working on large format Tablet type Touches devices but due to fear of user rejection   didn’t [...]

For Long I’d been seeing American planned maps for Pakistan breaking the country in 4 pieces as if , we do have conflicts but we are Pakistani first dumbasses . Now a Russian Professor Igor Panarin had been presicting collapse of America by 2010  according to him mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will [...]

Fat Facts

by Farhan on December 30, 2008

Discover Magazine has published these Fat Facts in their Jan 2009 issue You’re more likely to inherit obesity than schizophrenia, high blood pressure and alcoholism. Regularly eat breakfast or dinner in restaurants? Watch out — you’re doubling your risk of becoming obese. Cutting saturated fat intake to the recommended 10 percent of your calories will [...]

the Bye Bye Bush Shoe are Flying

by Farhan on December 30, 2008

Orders for Ducati Model 271 aka the Bye bye Bush Shoe , the same model hurled at Prez Bush in Iraq had been in great demand and the cobbler Mr Ramazan Baydan of Istanbul – Turkey has been unable to meet the demand , even hiring help of a 100 people . One man’s hurl [...]