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Cyber Persia

The most misrepresented and misunderstood country of the world.

by Reza Hashemi, Iran


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Facebook says no to banning Iran

"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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Norouz Pirouz! Happy Nowruz!

Saturday, March 21, was Norouz. Norouz, which means a new day or day of renewal and rebirth in Persian, marks the first day of Spring and the Persian new year in the Iranian calendar. So let's wish everyone a very happy Norouz and New Year!
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3G mobile services coming to Iran

By the end of 2009, a 3G mobile service provider should have made an appearance in the Iran market. Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (Etisalat) has apparently won a tender for Iran's mobile operator license. Etisalat will be Iran's third mobile license holder.
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Chistmas traveling without a laptop

I wish you and your loved ones a happy and relaxing holiday season and Merry Christmas! Christmas is a time for family, spending time with the loved ones and putting family first. So, are you going to carry that laptop with yourself everywhere you go? Read more »



 

Web-surfing zombies

In my previous post titled "The change we need", I inspected some restrictions enforced by industrial countries like the US on a typical Internet user in Iran. Now, I'm going to let you know the other side of the story.
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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.

 

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JohnLeM: Concerning this question of Human Digital Rights, you may be interested by Mnemosine (www.mnemosine.org) initiative: this Non Profit Organization ... more »
MaryamTalakoob: Addendum: After much rethinking, I believe the following may explain why FB has chosen to adopt section 4.3 in ... more »
MaryamTalakoob: I was one of the people who brought the banning and filtering to the attention of some of community ... more »
montbkk: Iran, Cuba, North Korea....I have no embargo on them or any other place where humans are found! more »
danielmleong: Well like the case in Iran, the same is in China where the government has paid Yahoo China to ... more »
retha: hi iam indonesian, and my bf iranian in the fact or counication just only with internet connection and phone. but now ... more »
 

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