DHAKA: It may be safe now to use Microsoft’s Web browser Internet Explorer, earlier reported to have a serious security hole, after the software giant released a patch on Thursday. Microsoft has released a fix for its newer Windows 7 and 8 operating systems, as well as for the older

DHAKA: Samsung has been ordered to pay $119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents.   A jury in California delivered its verdict in a federal court in San Jose on Friday in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants.   During the month-long trial,

DHAKA: Mentioning ‘Cyber Attack-- the biggest threat for internet’ country’s IT experts and professional said that awareness can save anyone from being affected by cyber criminal. They came to this assertion on a discursion arranged by CTO Forum at the Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon

DHAKA: Microsoft will later this year start offering its Xbox One game console with a local partner in China, where such devices were banned for more than a decade. ‘Today marks a monumental day for Xbox, as together with our partner BesTV New Media Co, we announced we will bring Xbox

DHAKA: Nokia reported first-quarter sales from continuing operations down 15 percent from a year earlier to EUR 2.664 billion. Adjusted operating profit rose 20 percent to EUR 304 million, and the net result improved to a profit of EUR 0.03 per share from a loss of 3 cents a share a year

DHAKA: Samsung reported first-quarter revenues of KRW 53.68 trillion, up slightly from KRW 52.87 trillion a year earlier. The company’s operating profit dipped to KRW 8.49 trillion from KRW 8.78 trillion, while net profit rose to KRW 7.57 trillion from KRW 7.15 trillion a year ago.

DHAKA: LG Electronics announced a sharp improvement in first-quarter net profit, to KRW 93 billion from KRW 22 billion a year earlier. Operating profit rose to KRW 999 billion from KRW 806 billion, and the Korean company’s sales were up 1.2 percent year-on-year to KRW 14.3 trillion.

DHAKA: Microsoft in June will begin airing original television shows on Xbox consoles as it continues a quest to anchor the boxes at the heart of home entertainment. Xbox Originals programs ranging from dramas and comedies to documentaries and live events will air with interactive

JOYPURHAT:  Grameenphone, one of the leading mobile phone operators of the country, brought 3G internet service to provide maximum internet speed to the users of the district.   Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Yeasin officially inaugurated the service as chief guest at Grameenphone

DHAKA: Kaspersky Internet Security for Android earned top marks in the independent testing of mobile security products conducted by AV-Test in March 2014.   Kaspersky Lab’s solution successfully blocked all threats and its performance received the highest rating from the test lab.

DHAKA: Two courses of training programme on ‘Web and Data Security’ and ‘Software Design and Architecture’ organized by Basis Institute of Technology and Management (BITM) ended Sunday.      Bangladesh High Tech Park supervised the programme, says a press release.      

DHAKA: Google is reportedly planning to dismantle its social network, Google+. The Times of India publishes this report on Sunday. It said that Google will turn Google+ into a platform instead of a product, TechCrunch reports citing "multiple sources”. This means that it will no

DHAKA: The website of the cabinet division, (http://www.cabinet.gov.bd), which was hacked by ‘Bl@Ck Dr@GoN’ on Saturday, has been recovered.Bangladeshi hacker group Cyber71 recovered the site.Cyber71 informed the matter in their fan page.Earlier in the day, the homepage of the cabinet

DHAKA: The website of the cabinet division, (http://www.cabinet.gov.bd), has been hacked by ‘Bl@Ck Dr@GoN’ on Saturday.The homepage of the site is showing ‘Hacked BY Bl@Ck Dr@GoN’ while opening it.The site is showing Indian flag.It also warned Bangladeshi hackers saying, “It is

DHAKA: Bangladesh is at the second position in the world in piracy. Copyright holders in the country are facing serious economic crisis as a large number of dishonest businessmen are copying thousands of products and services without paying any royalty to them.The experts came up with

DHAKA: Microsoft has completed its purchase of Nokia’s mobile phone business for 5.44bn euros.The deal between the two firms should have been completed earlier this year but it was delayed by a hold-up in regulatory approvals.The sale will see the end of production of mobile phones by

DHAKA: Bad news for credit card hackers. Here comes a ‘remote control’ app that can help you turn your credit cards on and off with the click of a button, and control when, where, and how they are used.Run by two Indian American entrepreneurs, a San Jose-based start-up OnDot Systems

DHAKA: Internet subscribers in the country had reached to 36.86 million at the end of March, compared to 36.12 million at the end of the previous month. The mobile internet base reached 35.33 million, up from 34.60 million in February, according to figures from the Bangladesh

DHAKA: Microsoft Corp`s (MSFT.O) new chief executive got off to a winning start with Wall Street on Thursday as the world`s largest software company eased past analysts` profit estimates despite the pressure of falling computer sales.Its shares rose almost 3 percent in after-hours trading

DHAKA: Amazon.com Inc`s revenue grew more than expected for the first quarter, largely offset by a sharp increase in spending on technology, content and new warehouses as the e-commerce company branches into new businesses.Amazon`s international unit, which accounts for 40 percent of