Nokia has upgraded Nokia Browser for its series 40 devices, says a press release. This newly upgraded version 1.0.3 enables quick and easy access to relevant contents such as social networking sites, news readers, image search, videos and more. According to the development team at Nokia Beta Labs, the browser is equipped with Nokia’s latest
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Apple, Samsung overtake Nokia in smartphone market
Apple and Samsung both sold more smartphones than Nokia in the second quarter, although Nokia still sold most phones overall, market researcher Strategy Analytics said Friday. Nokia’s smartphone sales have plunged since its February announcement that its future smartphones will run Microsoft’s Windows Phone instead of its own Symbian OS: In the second quarter, it
Facebook, Twitter & generation obsessed
Facebook and Twitter have created a generation obsessed with themselves, who have short attention spans and a childlike desire for constant feedback on their lives, a top scientist believes, reports Daily Mail. Repeated exposure to social networking sites leaves users with an ‘identity crisis’, wanting attention in the manner of a toddler saying: ‘Look at ... Read more
Wireless internet becoming popular
Modem based Broadband Internet Service [BIS] is becoming increasingly popular in Bangladesh, while Banglalion brand is gradually turning into dominant player with Qubee at the second position. Another Service name Zoom, which is offered by Bangladesh’s only CDMA mobile phone operators Citicel is loosing market because of its extremely poor service and the company fails ... Read more
Internet use affects memory, study finds
The widespread use of search engines and online databases has affected the way people remember information, researchers are reporting. The scientists, led by Betsy Sparrow, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia, wondered whether people were more likely to remember information that could be easily retrieved from a computer, just as students are more likely ... Read more
Acer launches ICONIA series
Acer, the second largest PC vendor in the world, has launched its new range of five tablets under the brand ICONIA series in local market. User’s can navigate seamlessly using all their fingers with the new tablets, a new concept device set to add a brand new experience for highly intuitive all-point multi-touch
LinkedIn passes Myspace as No. 2 U.S. social network
Despite new ownership and an injection of Justin Timberlake celebrity cachet, the bad news just keeps coming for Myspace. LinkedIn, the online network geared to professionals, has surpassed slumping Myspace as the second-most popular online social network in the U.S. in terms of Web traffic, behind
Joe Biden joins Twitter
As the 2012 election season heats up, Vice President Joe Biden has officially jumped on the social media bandwagon. US Vice President Joe Biden now has his own Twitter account, reports Leena Rao at TechCrunch. The second-in-command will now be tweeting under the account @VP. “VP & Dr. B hope you take time to think ... Read more
Fox News hacker tweets Obama dead
Hackers have taken over a Twitter account belonging to US broadcaster Fox News and declared President Obama dead. The @foxnewspolitics feed stated: “BREAKING NEWS: @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too
Online poker site is shut down
One of the world’s largest online poker sites has been suspended. Full Tilt Poker, an American-run site registered on the Channel Island of Alderney, has been closed down by the authorities there. A US investigation into money laundering, illegal gambling and bank fraud was launched
Acer ICONIA
A personal approach to personal computing Executive Technologies Ltd. will be introduces acer ICONIA for Bangladeshi ICT Market shortly. Not so long ago mobile computing devices with touch screens were only found in science fiction. Now Acer presents ICONIA, a new concept device set to add a brand new tablet experience, combining the versatility of ... Read more
Kaspersky launches 2012 consumer AV solution versions
Kaspersky Lab has introduced its latest 2012 editions of Anti-Virus and Internet Security software in the Bangladesh market. The launch is highly notable as this was the first official launch of the 2012 editions in the Asia-Pacific region for Kaspersky Lab. It is also the first time that a globally reputed software company makes its ... Read more
Facebook elbows past Microsoft in UK
More visitors than everyone except Google Facebook has overtaken Microsoft as the UK’s second most popular web site behind Google, according to figures revealed on Monday by online measurement body UKOM/Nielsen. The social networking site recorded 26.8 million visits last month from people in the UK, many of them over the age of 50
Lunar robot readied for Nasa contest
Brac University students make the WiFi-controlled device Brac University students have made the nation’s first lunar robot which will compete with robots made by famous universities across the world for Nasa’s Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition, 2011. The students are giving the final touches to BRACU Chondrobot, a lunar excavation robot made of recycled car parts, ... Read more
Social networking sites: Small place, big impact
Views & analysis Social networking sites: Small place, big impact Mohammad Ruhul Kader With the passage of time communication process has changed significantly. Unlike previous post office and “Late Latif manner”, now we can communicate instantly and easily with anyone, from anywhere of the world. Most of these are the sole contribution of Social Networking ... Read more
Kiss Transmitter Lets You Make Out Over the Internet
Used to be, when inexperienced teenagers and lonely misanthropes wanted to practice kissing, they puckered-up and smooched the back of their hand. Leave it to Japan to come to the rescue. Considering the popularity of silicon Dutch Wives in the Land of the Rising Sun, this next
Royal wedding drives record traffic to Yahoo!
Yahoo! on Monday said that online interest in the royal wedding led to record high traffic at its websites. Preliminary figures released by the California-based Internet pioneer indicated that it handled a record-setting 50,000 requests per second for wedding-related content. Requests-per-second peaked at 33,000 after the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan
Sony to resume some PlayStation gaming services
Sony has said it will resume some services on its PlayStation Network, which was shut after the theft of personal details of about 77m users. Sony officials said they had boosted the security of their computer systems after user names, email addresses and log-in details were stolen
What is next breakthrough in technology?
Before I dwell on the subject- latest developments in technology- I wish to touch upon a few scientific truths to guide the readers to better appreciate my points of view. Progress of science happens exponentially, not linearly, meaning that exponential curve starts slowly and then skyrockets towards infinity. Accumulation of knowledge is like an inverted ... Read more
Hackers are using three families of malware in exploiting user trust in supposedly safe websites
By Tom Brewster Some savvy cyber criminals have used just three families of malware to infect around five million systems, in what one security firm has labelled the “trust phenomenon.” Rather than using more shady areas of the internet, such as pornography or download sites, to spread infection, the hackers tracked by avast! have sought ... Read more