Author Archives: Asim Imtiaz

Hilarious – Windows Update Message (actual screenshot).

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Asim Imtiaz

I dont know if its me or this is actually very hilarious. I thought to update my windows vista and here is what it has to say: “To check for updates, you must first install an update for Windows update.” … Continue reading →

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Running Mac OSX on Windows XP / Vista

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Asim Imtiaz

Recently I have been trying to setup Mac OS X on Vista using a Virtual Machine. Thought to share the process for those of you curious minds out there. 1. Setting up VM – PearPC Download and extract PearPC from … Continue reading →

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News Break: Visualize Pakistan’s news

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Asim Imtiaz

“Humans can quickly understand the relative position of the different entities and their relationships in a picture. Interface designers can capitalize on this by shifting some of the cognitive load of information retrieval to the perceptual system. By appropriately coding … Continue reading →

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C# Windows Service for sending text messages (SMS) from a cell phone

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Asim Imtiaz

Last year we (the TeaBreak team) thought of holding a Hi-Tea event for bloggers in Pakistan. We agreed that it would a nice idea to ask bloggers RSVP online so that we can keep things in order. The event went … Continue reading →

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Complexity classes for algorithmic computation

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Asim Imtiaz

In computer science, algorithmic computation ranges in a wide array of application including Databases, Query evaluation, Tree algorithms, mathematical computations, Sorting and searching algorithms and so on. The base of the theory is the limited space-time resource available to execute … Continue reading →

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TeaBreak Server Blues…

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Asim Imtiaz

TeaBreak.PK website and server is the busiest I have ever managed after the FAST-NU Karachi one. Ayaz, in both cases has been the go-to-guy and the server Admin. He is one Server / Linux guru and is an expert in … Continue reading →

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