Ismail Dhorat

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Tag archive for ‘UAE’

Why is shaunokes.com banned in the UAE?


So, I innocently followed the top most link on muti hot and i get thrown this:

“The page you are trying to access may contain content that is not consistent with the moral, social and cultural values of the UAE” Does the site contain pr0n? Hate speech? Hacking? What? If you know respond in the comments!

Access Denied in the UAE, Dubai


Somethings seriously wrong with internet access in the UAE, majority of the sites that i click through throw up the following error.
Publish Post

“Access Denied (license_expired)

A license has expired on the Proxy, and your request is not permitted: “The SGOS license has expired”

A new license must be obtained.”

It [...]

Get the 3G Iphone without a 2 year contract, Cheaply


So, you waited up, sat at your computer and eagerly awaited the news on the 3G IPhone. You have drunk the cool aid:

You cant wait to get your hands on your iPrecious….
But the launch date is only the 11 July. You have to wait a month more if you are in one of the [...]

The reason behind Apple Iphone shortages & the business model


There have been numerous reports of iphone shortages in Apple stores in the US. Check out news24 for the latest article on this or this article which speculated the shortages were due the launch of a 3G version. The main reason seems to be unexpected demand from the grey market (Imported via improper channels) and [...]

Twitter banned in Dubai?


I was pretty surprised to find waiting in transit had a post on twitter being blocked in Dubai. He basically questions the authenticity of a post at techtree.
I personally just logged on to twitter this morning and as you can see i have been posting tweets regularly. However my internet is provided by Du and [...]

Free zones now face censored proxy


The run of uncensored internet enjoyed in UAE free zones is over. Today being the first day that the du proxy was switched on i wondered how long would it be before i received the dreaded error message for visiting a ‘Questionable site’.
After a ton of frantic sms this morning from friends with ‘Is (insert [...]