Saturday, 26 Apr, 2025

Tech

Windows 10 to debut in late July

DHAKA: Windows 10, Microsoft's new operating system, will release sometime late July, according to AMD president and CEO Lisa Su."With the Windows 10 launch at the end of July, we are watching sort of the impact of that on the back-to-school season, and expect that it might have a bit of

Google search to help mobile users

DHAKA: Google search on Tuesday will start factoring in how easy websites are to read on smartphones or tablet computers, underlining the changing way people surf the internet.The web titan said that the ‘mobile-friendliness’ of websites will be a factor in ranking results to online

Microsoft unveils universal Office apps

DHAKA: Those shiny new Microsoft Office apps are finally coming to Windows smartphones and tablets.Microsoft revealed its new universal Office apps for Windows Phones and tablets Friday. When the apps become available later this month, it will be the first time Windows Phone users have

‘Bangladesh engaged in cyber diplomacy’

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali reaffirmed Bangladesh’s growing stakes and interest in engaging in cyber diplomacy as a foreign policy.The minister made the remark while speaking at the Plenary Session of the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) 2015 at The Hague on

Microsoft devices and Grameenphone sign MoU

DHAKA: Microsoft Mobile Devices & Services (MMDS) Bangladesh and Grameenphone Limited have entered into a strategic alliance in a bid to provide consumers with integrated telecommunication solutions. The alliance is expected to offer complete telecommunications solution for individuals

Russia is preferred for readiness to share knowledge

DHAKA: Russia is preferred in the global market for its willingness to share knowledge in nuclear power technology, cheaper price and safety, says World Nuclear Association (WNA) in one of its research report, published recently. The report further says that Russia is now world leader in

Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM launched

DHAKA: Microsoft has announced yet another low-end smartphone, this time it's the Lumia 540 Dual SIM crowning the 5XX series. This is a 5-inch HD screened smartphone which offers an 8MP main camera with LED flash, a 5MP selfie cam and a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 quad core processor,

EU charges Google over shopping searches

DHAKA: The European Union accused Google Inc on Wednesday of cheating competitors by distorting Internet search results in favor of its Google Shopping service and also launched an antitrust probe into its Android mobile operating system.In a statement, Competition Commissioner Margrethe

Nokia in talks to buy rival Alcatel-Lucent

DHAKA: Nokia is in talks to buy Alcatel-Lucent, a deal that could create a European telecoms equipment group worth over 40 billion euros, and cut costs at two of the industry’s weaker players.In a joint announcement, the Finnish and French companies said there could be ‘no certainty

Bangladeshi hackers hack Google Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Google Malaysia was hacked on Tuesday and visitors were taken to a defaced landing page.In what seems to be case of DNS hijacking, hackers hijacked the Google Malaysia page and redirected the visitors of Google Malaysia’s website to black page proclaiming that it has been

Google celebrates Pahela Baishakh

DHAKA: Search engine Google came up with a doodle on its cover page with colors portraying the essence of Pahela Baishakh.Google is celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla year.Welcoming the Bangla New Year 1422, Google has outlaid its cover page with colours and

Apple in talks with musicians for exclusive streaming deals

DHAKA: Apple has approached more than a dozen musicians, including British band Florence and the Machine, in an effort to sign exclusive deals for some of their music to be streamed on Beats, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The company is in talks with Florence

Xiaomi flash sale sets Guinness World Record

DHAKA: Booming Chinese handset maker Xiaomi recently held a flash sale to celebrate its fifth anniversary. To say the sale was a success would be a gross understatement as the company managed to sell 2.11 million phones en route to setting a new Guinness World Record.A Guinness official

India software boss jailed for fraud

DHAKA: An Indian court has sentenced the former head of Satyam Computers and nine others to seven years in prison in one of the country’s biggest ever corporate scandals.B Ramalinga Raju, who founded the software services giant, denied charges of conspiracy, cheating and forgery but

Facebook faces privacy class action

DHAKA: Facebook is being sued by some 25,000 users for alleged violations of European privacy laws in a class action suit due in a Vienna court later.The claim, led by Austrian data protection campaigner Max Schrems, focuses on the way Facebook collects and forwards data.It has been

Samsung Q1 profit falls less than expected

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics reported preliminary revenues of KRW 47 trillion for the first quarter, down from KRW 54 trillion a year earlier.Operating profit fell to KRW 5.9 trillion from KRW 8.5 trillion a year ago.While the company continued to post lower results, the drop in profit was

6 held for ‘cyber crime’ in city

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained six persons from city’s Mohammadpur area on Saturday for their alleged involvement in cyber crime. Acting on tip off, a team of RAB-2 conducted drive at a residence in the area this morning and picked up them.Major Maksudul Alam,

Mobile ad market to surpass $100b in 2016

DHAKA: The mobile advertising market is set to expand to over $100 billion in 2016.According to a new report from research firm eMarketer, advertisers will spend $101.37 billion placing ads on mobile phones and tablets globally in 2016.Mobile ads will account for more than 50 percent of

Intel CEO’s compensation up 17pc

DHAKA: World's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers Intel Corporation’s chief executive Brian Krzanich received $11.2 million in compensation in 2014, up about 17 percent from $9.6 million the year before.Krzanich saw his base salary rise to $1 million in 2014 from

Google says Android malware cut in half

DHAKA: Google said that malware infections on Android devices have been cut in half in the past year following security upgrades for the mobile platform.In a security review for 2014, Google said it made significant strides for the platform long seen as weak on security.Android security