Thursday, 16 May, 2024

Tech

ULAB seminar on IT career Friday

DHAKA: Student’s Forum ULAB Chapter, ULAB Department of CSE and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) is set to organize a panel discussion session at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on May 29.The discussion session titled ‘IT Career

SCSL achieves CMMI level-3

DHAKA: Star Computer Systems Limited’s (SCSL) software department announced that it has been appraised at Level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). The appraisal was performed by QAI India Limited, said a press release.CMMI is a capability

Bitdefender launches NewGravityZone

DHAKA: Bitdefender has launched the New GravityZone, bringing an unprecedented level of versatility, efficiency and support to the world’s most effective enterprise security solution.The agility of the New GravityZone has its root in the original GravityZone, which was proven in April

Opportunity in ICT advances country: PM

DHAKA:  Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina on Monday said country’s 99 percent area has come under the coverage of 3rd generation mobile network (3G mobile network).The premier hopped that 4th generation network will be launched soon and the more opportunities in using information and

PeopleNtech scholarship on oracle, mobile apps

DHAKA: The US-based international organization ‘PeopleNTech’ is offering scholarship for professional IT course to build successful careers of Bangladeshi youths and to make them enable in becoming a part of the country’s development.The organization will provide scholarship to 50

EFDN seeks tax-free internet for newsportals

DHAKA: Editors' Forum on Digital Newsportal (EFDN) has demanded a tax-free access to internet for the country’s digital newsportals. The organization pressed the demand sending letter to Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday. EFDN wanted to see its reflection in the upcoming

Chinese hackers force US university computers to go offline

DHAKA: Penn State University, which develops sensitive technology for the US Navy, disclosed Friday that Chinese hackers have been sifting through the computers of its engineering school for more than two years, reports Bloomberg.The hackers are so deeply embedded that the engineering

Laptop fair rolls into last day

DHAKA: The 15th Dhaka Laptop Fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in city has rolled into the last day on Saturday amid special offers and price discounts to the buyers.Several internationally acclaimed brands are conceding from Tk 1,500 to Tk 10,000 on the price of laptops

Crowd gathers at Laptop Fair on holiday

DHAKA: Visitors and buyers were seen gathering on Friday, the weekly holiday, on the second day of the 3-day laptop fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in city.Several internationally acclaimed brands are conceding from Tk 1,500 to 10,000 on the price of laptops for the

Banglanews24.com’s email under hacking effort

DHAKA: Hackers tried to obtain access to an official email address of country’s leading news portal Banglanews24.com Thursday evening.One or more people made repeated efforts to log in the email from IP address 103.55.144.1 somewhere in Kamrangirchar area of the city at 7:26am.After

Laptop fair begins, proceeds for Nepal victims

DHAKA: With the slogan of ‘Laptop for Everyone’, a 3-day laptop fair displaying the latest models of laptops and tabs of popular world famed brands has begun in city.Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu inaugurated the fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on

BTRC can monitor int’l call traffic

DHAKA: The High Court, in its order, said there is no barrier for Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to monitor international call traffic.The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Mostafa Jaman Islam on Thursday rejected the writ petition filed by three

Skype Translator now available for everyone

DHAKA: Microsoft-owned Skype has cleared the way for anyone to use a new feature that translates video chats or instant messages in real time.People no longer need to sign-up to use a preview version of Skype Translator, which handles spoken English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin, reports

Zuckerberg remarks on Bangladesh internet

DHAKA: Social networking website Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg updated his Facbook account on Tuesday posting a status with a picture on recently launched free internet services across Bangladesh.Zuckerberg said “We just launched Internet.org in Bangladesh on the Robi network!

Free internet services launched

DHAKA: Robi subscribers of the country started getting free internet services under the facebook project titled internet.org.Government’s information and communication technology (ICT) department, Facbook and Robi Axiata jointly launched the services at a city hotel on Sunday.Customers

Shunno joins Bitdefender

DHAKA: Bitdefender, world’s no. 1 ranked antivirus technology, appointed popular music band of Bangladesh ‘Shunno’ as its Brand Ambassador in the country.An announcement was made at a press meet regarding the appointment in a city hotel on Saturday, says a press release issued by

Free internet services from Sunday

DHAKA: Under the project of internet.org, the government is going to introduce free internet services from Sunday in the country.Government’s information and communication technology (ICT) department, Facbook and Robi Axiata joined hands to provide the facilities.Officers of ICT

Walton launches Windows 8.1 powered Walpad Pro

DHAKA: Walton, country’s one of the popular brands, launched its multifunctional tab ‘Walpad Pro’, featured with an 8.9-inch display and powered by Windows 8.1 operating system.The Walpad Pro is equipped with an Intel Atom 1.3 GHz Quad Core processor with 2GB RAM, 64GB storage which

Now hi-tech park at Keraniganj

DHAKA: The government has decided to establish the high-tech park at Keraniganj, outskirts of the capital, aimed at the development of human resources in the country. Software and hardware industry will be built at the park, said sources concerned.The work is already in progress to build

Google launches security feature for Chrome

DHAKA: Google Inc on Wednesday announced a free extension for its Chrome web browser that better protects Google accounts, including email, against online attackers trying to steal passwords and other personal information.The extension, called Password Alert, can be downloaded on Google