Cyber Persia

The most misrepresented and misunderstood country of the world.

by Reza Hashemi, Iran

Samsung B690 LCD TV vs. Panasonic G10 plasma TV

Nov 8, 2009 03:21

Samsung 40B690 and Panasonic P42G10 are among the top LCD and plasma HDTVs sold in Iran for budgets of around US$1,600 in 40- to 42-inch sizes. I've briefly compared these models with a focus on the requirements and tastes of typical Iranian buyers.
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Iran invests in PC game market

Oct 31, 2009 07:18

Iranian game developers are trying to create games without a high level of controversy in order to enter the European PC game market. The Iran national foundation for computer games is supporting Iranian game studios in developing games for both the local and international markets.
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Iran telecom company sold

Sep 29, 2009 07:23

In an US$8 billion deal, the majority shares of Iran state-owned telecommunicatons company sold to a private consortium yesterday. It has been the largest transaction in the history of Tehran stock exchange and bidding just took half an hour.
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Iran's mobile phone market shrinks

Aug 10, 2009 09:20

The worldwide mobile phone market recorded another quarter of year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09) and current trends in Iran show a similar situation. Mobile phone prices have been decreasing since some months ago, and people are still looking for lower prices. Read more »

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Facebook says no to banning Iran

Apr 25, 2009 22:08

"We have allowed, and plan to continue to allow, users to set up accounts from embargoed countries and communicate, as long as they are not engaging in commercial activities on the site," explains Facebook spokeman Barry Schnitt.
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About Reza Hashemi

Reza Hashemi is a Web entrepreneur.He has an engineering degree in computer hardware and a Master in computer systems and networks architecture. He has experienced a condensed history of computers, operating systems and dot com generations. In his younger days, he mastered the art of playing computer games and programming for Commodore 64 then IBM 370 mainframes with card readers in university and hooked up to the Internet via a 19.6Kbps shared connection in 1993. He is also a university instructor, IT consultant and founder/CEO/board member of a couple of e-businesses since Y2K.