Al-Sayer Toyota is asking owners of Avalon and Sequoia models manufactured in US between 2005 and 2010 with GCC specs to get their cars checked in Al-Sayer Toyota service center. The issue is of accelerator pedal getting stuck, and this problem has caused Toyota to make massive recalls in US. Read below for full notice.
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ALERT for Windows 2000,Xp and 2003 users; if you use Internet Explorer and get a prompt [dialog box] to press F1 key, just close the window / website or press cancel. A vulnerability has been identified that could run malicious code on your computer if you press F1.
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a [...]

Have been noticing degrading performance with Internet for last 24 hours..QualityNet has confirmed that the issue is due to another marine cable getting cut. The performance will be low for another 5-7 days till the issue is resolved.

Which Kuwait Airways flight is this? This video is of a purportedly Kuwait Airways aircraft, but I don’t see any interior resemblance. Is it Wataniya, Jazeera, or totally different flight? The damage caused inside is crazy including the injury to a passenger.

Seems some retailers are getting cloned phones from China and passing it off as originals in Kuwait. I saw one example in InfoConnect where one of the shops was openly advertising iPhone 3GS for KD 45 [ofcourse a fake one]. What planet do you think we come from…?! The entire mobile market was offloading iPhones [...]

Arab Times is reporting [click above to read the article] that a new law is being stipulated to monitor Kuwaits’ blogosphere and punish bloggers in case they cross the line.
Its yet to be seen what stipulated guidelines will be. Although looking at general press / publishing laws here is what I feel bloggers should be [...]

Rumors are abound that Jazeera Airways is getting acquired by Kuwait Airways…Now that would be a shame given the kind of doldrums Kuwait Airways service is in..

Rumours are doing rounds that much awaited Google phone is going to hit the markets on Jan 5th. The Nexus 1 model is expected to turn the mobile phone market upside-down. Priced at gravity defying US$ 199 and US$99 for long time Google users and that too UNLOCKED!!! Google phone will be available for purchase [...]

Got an email from Jazeera…seems they have dropped a bomb in the travellers bag to Indian sub-continent. Jazeera has effectively canceled all flights to and from Mumbai Intl airport effective January 3rd. No reasons given so far.  I did ask the rep over the phone if this is short-term or long-term, and the reply was [...]

Got the above email today [look above], and from first look it seemed like genuine NBK / Watani correspondence. The sender email is ‘webmaster [at] nbk.com’, so GMAIL failed to detect it as SPAM. But when you click on the links in the email it will take you to a ‘fake’ site where hackers have [...]

Well this is a pleasant surprise, US President Barack Obama has been announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Who would have thought that a ‘no one’ till few years back would have such a dream run in the Global arena by becoming the first colored person to win the US [...]

Well once in a lifetime opportunity is coming your way tomorrow. The lucky number 9 [for some] is gonna put you in a cosmic spin when the clock strikes 9:09:09 am/pm on 9th September, 2009. The numbers will all be 9’s. Take timeout to snap a pic with your loved ones, or alone, or with [...]

A proposal has been approved by Legal & Legislative Committee of National Assembly to mark the last 10 days of Ramadan as public holidays. So is this applicable to all or government/schools/universities only and which last 10 days of ramadan is being picked here?
Here is the calendar for September 2009 and the prospective Eid hoidays [...]

One of the most popular magazines in the World, and with the highest circulation figures, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy for its US operations. The mini-magazine which became popular due to its wide ranging topics and translated version in many languages has been hit by over US$ 1.6 billions of debts. The bankruptcy will [...]