The company commander saw the results of Private Gibbson's Firing exercise and his face fell. The private exclaimed plaintively: "Sir, I think I am going to commit suicide by shooting myself." "By shooting?" reasked the company commander, "Not a bad...
Tobias Buck in BrusselsMicrosoft faces the threat of fresh antitrust probes and escalating financial penalties after a top European Union court upheld Brussels' landmark 2004 competition ruling that found the world's biggest software group guilty of abusing its dominant market...
Jim Puzzanghera, Microsoft Corp.'s defeat in a European courtroom Monday hurt the giant software maker -- and other U.S. companies that dominate their markets could feel the sting too.Europe's second-highest court slapped Microsoft for abusing its dominance in computer operating...
Rachel Rosmarin,Spreadsheets, calendars and presentations might feel like drudge work to the cubicle-bound, but they pay Microsoft's bills--Office accounted for around 75% of the company's fiscal 2007 net income. Half a billion desk jockeys use Microsoft's Office software suite to...
Keyboard that features a handwriting identity feature available to consumersWhen it comes to handwriting recognition, there are a number of hardware solution son the market. Graphics tablets like those from Wacom have been around for years and customers don't have...
Alisher SidikovA 21-year-old Swedish hacker has confounded some governments with his revelation that a flaw allows easy access to more than 100 sensitive e-mail accounts at embassies and private companies.Dan Egerstad says he accidentally stumbled onto the problem and made...
FE reportThe Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) has announced opening of ThinkQuest International 2008, inviting students and teachers from around the globe to take part in one of the most well-known project learning competitions in the world. ThinkQuest is open to...
Janaki KrishnanIndia's nascent $30-million gaming industry is set to grow to $700 million in the next five years, driven by global companies that are pushing new generation gaming consoles in the Indian market, industry watchers said.Microsoft Corp launched its XBox...
FE Report Several hundred garment workers went on rampage at the city's Tejgaon industrial area, ransacking a dozen of apparel factories and damaging a good number of motor vehicles. The unrest spread to the vicinity of the industrial hub and...
Siddique Islam Chief adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed wrote a letter to the Bangladesh Bank Governor Salehuddin Ahmed recently suggesting measures to reduce excess liquidity in the banking sector through increasing lending to new sectors with low capital requirements and to...
The 80 expatriate Bangladeshi workers who failed to get jobs and facilities in Malaysia being cheated by a Malaysian recruiting company will get the expenses to return home and all their money deposited with the agency.An inter-ministerial probe team, which...
Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder and Advocate Shamsul Alam Shimul Biswas who separately met detained ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said they would likely to move in a day or two to the High Court to seek her bail, reports UNB.Talking to...
Awami League (AL) presidium member Tofail Ahmed Saturday said talks between the AL-led 14-party alliance members would take place ahead of any meeting with the Election Commission (EC), reports bdnews24.com. The presidium member added that the critical discussions would be...
FE ReportThe leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in an emergency meeting Saturday welcomed the central bank's initiative to keep the industrial units and business houses owned by detained and absconding businessmen operational.The meeting...
FE Report Kazi Humayun Azad, a former acting chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission, died following a massive heart attack at his apartment residence at North Road in the city's Bhutergoli area Saturday morning. Upon his retirement, Azad joined the Financial...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is considering a joint move with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to check VAT evasion while paying for mobile-phone bills through electronic recharge system (ERS).The NBR's VAT wing at its recent review...
Ralph Atkins, FT Syndication ServiceFRANKFURT: The eurozone economy has this month suffered its biggest jolt since the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks, with global financial turmoil hitting the services sector particularly hard, according to a closely watched survey.The...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed left for New York Saturday night to attend the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in the UN headquarters. A VVIP flight of the Emirates Airlines, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, took...
Unloading of goods from ships in Chittagong Port was disrupted Saturday following a restriction on the movement of lighter vessels due to bad weather. The Port Authority suspended the movement of lighter vessels following a depression over the north-west Bay...
FE ReportThe government will import 50,000 tonnes of rice from the international market in order to meet any possible crisis arising out of the recent floods that washed away the country's Aus and Aman plantations, official sources said.The ministry of...
M Azizur RahmanThe Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) will appoint a consultant to prepare documents for the planned international bidding for a fresh round of hydrocarbon exploration in the Bay of Bengal."The consultant will prepare documents in line with...
Shakhawat HossainThe central bank has suggested the government to provide additional assistance to the country's informal sector in order to overcome the financial challenges currently being faced by the national economy, said a Bangladesh Bank (BB) review report.Identifying high rate...
Over 100 fishermen were feared drowned as 12 trawlers capsized in the surging Bay Friday night as a monsoon depression turned the sea rough, reports UNB.Meantime, the depression intensified into a deep depression over the northwest Bay and adjoining areas,...
FE Report The World Bank (WB) is set to invest in Bangladesh's higher education sector to help develop the capacity of both public and private universities, which lack modern day education system. The global development lender has fielded a mission...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Saturday arrested six persons, including former Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), in connection with a corruption case filed with Tejgaon police station September 2, reports UNB. The arrested are : former CPA Chairman ASM Shahadat Hossain,...
Bernard Simon, FT Syndication ServiceTORANTO: A US government department has been forced to eat humble pie for apparently advising its 67,000 employees to buy Japanese or South Korean cars.The climbdown by the US Department of Health and Human Services demonstrated...
New BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Saturday played down his expelled predecessor Mannan Bhuiyan's current role, as he said the dissident is no threat to his party, reports UNB.Likening Bhuiyan's meeting with some BNP leaders in Singapore to romance...
The deadline for submission of Expression of Interest (EoI) to buy the problem-ridden Oriental Bank expires today (Sunday) with a number of local and foreign investors showing interest to have its shares, reports UNB."A number of local and foreign investors...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Saturday arrested six persons, including former Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), in connection with a corruption case filed with Tejgaon police station September 2, reports UNB. The arrested are : former CPA Chairman ASM Shahadat Hossain,...
New Zealand's least-favourite claim to fame is their status as cricket's most reliable semi-finalists. In five of the nine World Cups they have reached that stage of the tournament and gone no further, and that pattern was repeated in the...
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