Virtual University of Pakistan

Fall 2012 Semester Result Announced & Published

Published On: Monday, March 25, 2013

Fall 2012 semester result has been announced and published. The students may check their respective Grade Books on VULMS.
NOTE:

The Transcript of Record as well as other certificates of all graduating (whose degree requirements are completed) students will be dispatched to them in a single envelope within 7-10 working days of the publication of result except those who have RL cases, Outstanding VU dues, Pending Paper Rechecking requests.
A student who wants to get his/her paper(s) rechecked is advised to visit the Student Services section on VULMS.
The next exam i.e. Spring 2013 Mid Term will commence, according to VU Academic Calendar, during 4^th week of May, 2013. Please note that the Date Sheet interface will be made available approx. 25-30 days before the start of the examination.

In case of any result related query, you may contact us by sending email to result@vu.edu.pk

PRESTON ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGE 2013

Published On: Monday, March 25, 2013

To help encourage a more entrepreneurial spirit among young people, PRESTON UNIVERSITY is organizing an event named Preston Entrepreneurial Challenge (PEC13) for young entrepreneurs focusing on the theme of “CONSERVATION”

Preston University is pleased to invite you to this mega event that would provide an opportunity to interact with the sparkling youth all over Pakistan. The event will be a two day full of challenges, surprises and fun. The winners will get cash prizes as well as seed money and free office space for starting up their business.

PEC13 will be a two day event that embraces Business Plan Competition, Brand War, Ad-Gala, Elevator Pitch, Workshops, Surprise activities and recreational activities.

Competition Format

Stage 1
Team Registration and Submission of Concept Statement (Forms can be downloaded from the websitehttp://www.prestonentrepreneurialchallenge.com/. Last date for registration is 31st March, 2013. After successful registration, host team will send Team ID to all the participants whose teams are registered.

Stage 2Submission of Executive Summary and Elevator Pitch, Last date 3rd April, 2013

Stage 3Short listing of Teams for Finals on the basis of Executive Summary and Elevator Pitch by 7th April, 2013

Stage 4Submission of Business Plan and Draft Presentation by 25th April, 2013
Submission of Advertisements for Ad Gala Competition (TVC & Print Ad)

Stage 5 (Grand Finale)PEC13’ Finals on 26 – 27th April, 2013

Competition Rules and Regulations• Any student who is currently studying in any HEC recognized university will be eligible to participate;
• Team must consist of minimum THREE participants and maximum FIVE;
• The decision of the Judges would be final and cannot be challenged;
• Each participating University will send the particulars including one photograph / University ID / NIC of each participant and registration form duly countersigned by an authorized officer of the University.

Click Here for details.

1st International Conference on Sensing tor Industry, Control, Communications, and Security Technologies-

Published On: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Uploading of fee vouchers on VULMS

Published On: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
It has been observed that some students upload fake / irrelevant vouchers in their account books and campuses also mark them provisionally and unblock the LMS accounts. It is hereby directed to all the students to only upload the valid payment challan. It is also notified that strict disciplinary action will be taken against such students under university’s rules.

Sajjad Foundation Singapore 2013

Published On: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

27th AAOU Annual International Conference 2013 at AIOU, Pakistan

Published On: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S IV Gets Unveiled

The next big thing from Samsung is finally here as the Samsung Galaxy S IV has been announced in New York this morning. The phone is unarguably one of the very best in the smartphone industry ever with its ground-breaking specs.

Featuring a 4.99 Inch Full HD display, 13mp camera and an 8-core processor, this phone has enough power to thrash any phone in the market right now.

Here are the specs followed by details below:

OS: Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
CPU: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
Chipset: Exynos 5 Octa 5410
GPU: PowerVR SGX 544MP3
Design:
- Dimensions: 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in
- Weight: 130 g
Display:
- Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 4.99 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
- Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Memory:
- Card slot: microSD, up to 64 GB
- Internal: 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA: 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth, NFC, Infrared port, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host
Primary Camera: 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
- Features: Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR
Secondary Camera: 2 MP
Battery: Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery

Design

The design of the phone is similar to take of the Note II and the Galaxy S III. Its again made of polycarbonate plastic which some people don’t like a lot but it has its own advantages. It keeps the weight low and adds durability to the phone which isn’t that bad. A thin layer of metal surrounds the phone. It still is hardly a premium material though.

The whole body of the phone weighs just 130g and is razor thin at an astonishing 7.9mm. Height and width dimensions are 136.6 and 69.8 mm respectively.

Display

The display is one of the strongest points of the Galaxy S IV. It sports a 4.99 Inch screen and has a mind-blowing Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. That sums up to 441ppi which is a huge achievement indeed. Its also an AMOLED unit so the colors are extremely vibrant and viewing angles are great. It is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

Its actually a Pentile Matrix display but that won’t hurt the display much especially of this resolution. But you simply can’t deny that this is the new benchmark of the entire phone industry and all of the phone companies should develop their next flagships by keeping this display in mind.

Operating System

Just like other recent Samsung flagship phones, the Galaxy S IV also runs on the latest piece of software. It runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean which is the latest Android software to have come out of Google.

Its covered on top with Samsung’s Touchwiz UI which some people don’t like when compared to Vanilla Android but still it several unique and new features to the mix so that’s not necessarily a disadvantage.

Just like the previous year, the Galaxy S IV this year comes with really cool software tricks too. There’s S-Voice which in short is the Siri of Android. Smart Pause stops the video playback when you look away from the screen. Smart Scroll scrolls webpages downwards when you tilt the device and look at it at the same time. There’s S-Health and S-Translator too. Air gestures is another amazing trick which let you do stuff simply by waving in front of the screen. Finally there’s hover-touch which lets you do stuff just by hovering your finger above the display. Video/Audio codec support is pretty rich too.

Hardware

There lives a beast inside every Galaxy S IV. It has got two 4-core processors. The first one is a 1.6Ghz quad-core Cortex A15 processor. The second is a less capable 4-core 1.2Ghz quad-core Cortex A7. No need to get worried though as you won’t be frying eggs on it anyway. The chipset used is Exynos 5 Octa and the GPU is PowerVR SGX 544MP3.

The amount of RAM is set at 2GB. It will be available in 3 storage options: 16, 32 and 64 GB. You can expand that even further by 64 more GBs via a microSD card slot.

In short, the Galaxy S IV has got more power than a lot of PCs on earth. Enough said.

Cameras

Samsung’s obsession with 8mp camera units in flagships has finally come to an end. The Galaxy S IV features a 13mp camera with Full HD video recording, along with a 2.1mp front Full HD camera.

That’s not all though. The camera is full of additional features. There’s HDR mode. There’s a mode which takes video from the front and back camera simultaneously. A Drama Shot mode takes 9 photos and merges them into a single image. One mode even lets you throw an object out of the image you’ve taken.

There’s also a CInema Photo which lets you create GIF images by shooting a video and deciding which part should look moving and which stopped.

Connectivity

The phone shines in the connectivity department too. It features Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, card slot, microUSB 2.0, USB-on-the-go, GPS, dual-band Wifi and Wifi-Hotspot. There’s also IR Blaster which can turn this phone into you most expensive remote control. GPRS and EDGE are there too (for Pakistani telecom companies, just kidding).

It supports micro-sim card slots and connections up to 4G LTE are supported.

Others

A lot of other great features are part of the pack too. First of all, there’s a huge 2600mAh battery which will guarantee long battery life. It will be available in White Frost and Black Mist colors. A lot of social networking services are available. The usual list of sensors including Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and others are built right into the phone.

Pricing and Availability

The phone will be available in April this year. Pricing details are unknown but considering the fact that the Galaxy S III was the first phone which was more expensive than the iPhone when it first came out, you shouldn’t be placing too many bets on the Galaxy S IV’s lower price tag either.

But whether you like it or hate it, you simply can’t ignore this phone. Featuring great features, a lot of cool tricks, top-of-the-class display and a similarly capable camera, the Galaxy S IV is one of the best smartphones ever.

If you don’t care about the cons, i.e. the big size and the build materials much, I don’t think anything other than the Galaxy S IV can suit you better. All hail the new king of the Android kingdom.

Samsung Galaxy S IV Vs. Other Flagships

The Samsung Galaxy S 4 has only been around for a very few days now but has found itself in the middle of a fierce competition. Here is a comparison chart of the shiny new Samsung Galaxy IV against smartphones from other manufacturers which will be just as willing to tear their new rival apart as ever.

	Samsung Galaxy S 4	HTC One	Xperia Z	Nokia Lumia 920
Status	Announced	Announced	Available	Available
Weight	130g	143g	146g	185g
Thickness	7.9mm	9.3mm	7.96mm	10.7mm
Sim	Micro-Sim	Micro-Sim	Micro-Sim	Micro-Sim
Operating System	Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean	Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean	Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean	Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Display	5 inches	4.7 inches	5 inches	4.5 inches
Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels	1080 x 1920 pixels	1080 x 1920 pixels	768 x 1280 pixels
Processor	1.6Ghz quad-core Cortex A15 and 1.2Ghz quad-core Cortex A7	Quad-core 1.7 Ghz Krait	Quad-core 1.5 Ghz Krait	Dual-core 1.5 Ghz Krait
GPU	PowerVR SGX 544MP3	Adreno 320	Adreno 320	Adreno 225
RAM	2GB	2GB	2GB	1GB
Memory	16/32/64GB	32/64GB	16GB	32GB
Expandable	Yes	No	Yes	No
Camera (Rear)	13mp, Full HD 1080p video	4 mp Ultrapixel, Full HD 1080p video	13.1mp, Full HD 1080p video	8mp PureView camera, Full HD 1080p video with stabilization
Camera (Front)	2mp Full HD	2.1mp Full HD	2.2mp Full HD	1.3mp HD
Connectivity	Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, microUSB 2.0, USB OTG, Infrared, Wifi Hotspot,	Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, Wifi Hotspot, optional NFC, Infrared,	Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, Wifi Hotspot, NFC,	Bluetooth 3.1, microUSB 2.0, NFC, Wifi Hotspot,
Battery	2600 mAh	2300 mAh	2330 mAh	2000 mAh

The new Galaxy S 4 might not be equipped with any ground-breaking feature to get the top rank but still thanks to its great mix of software and hardware, the phone manages to stand out from the competition, and right at the top shelf.

Its touchwiz interface and Hyperglaze finish might not be everyone’s favourite but for people who can live with shortcomings, this will be the best phone they can get right now.