The megastars in the IT industry over the past four decades are easy to name. The accomplishments of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Scott McNealy, Larry Ellison, Linus Torvalds and others are well known. But clearly there have been many more...
Mitch BettsIt was 1967. Students were protesting an unpopular war. Beatle John Lennon was on the cover of the first issue of Rolling Stone. And Patrick J. McGovern started Computerworld, a newsweekly for "the computer community," to tell computer buyers...
A large-scale, coordinated campaign to steer users toward malware- spewing Web sites from Google and other Internet search engines is under way, security researchers said Tuesday. Users searching Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live Search and other engines with any of hundreds...
A promotion in which a customer, buying a $188 computer in the U.S. and Canada, automatically donates a second one to a child in a developing country was extended until year's end, organisers said last week.The "Give One, Get One"...
If the experience of the world's largest software vendor is any guide, the industry's best hope for reducing piracy rests with anti-copying technologies rather than in policing the legalistic user agreements that restrict how software can be used.While a copyright...
Tired of irritating smudges, dust and fingerprints on laptop computer screens? LG.Philips LCD has come up with a dirt-resistant, easy-to-clean panel.A special coating on screens used to reduce glare also had a tendency to retain dirt and oil, the company...
Some Facebook users, upset by a new feature on the US site that makes their online shopping habits public, are organising online against it.Founders of Facebook: Stop Invading My Privacy claim they get 1,000 new electronic signatures every few minutes,...
FE ReportFederation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Mir Nasir Hossain lauded the government decision to set up a 'Truth Commission' to bring about a change in procedure of trial of corrupt businessmen.He also appreciated the formation...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 1 (BSS): Acute shortage of timber for making furniture has been hampering the production of the Fidco Furniture Complex (FFC) in the port city's Kalurghat industrial area. The FFC, one of the three full-fledged furniture manufacturing enterprises owned...
Sarwar Zahan The US dollar was steady against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market last week although the demand for the greenback was higher, fund managers said. The exchange rate of the greenback moved between Tk...
FE ReportSocial Investment Bank Limited (SIBL) and Dhaka Commerce College forged a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the college auditorium in the city recently.Under the MoU, Mirpur branch of SIBL will collect tuition fees of the students of Dhaka Commerce...
FE ReportEntrepreneurs and media stressed the need for exploring the huge potential of the foundry industry in Bogra and urged the government to take immediate measures for promoting the industry.They were speaking at a view-exchange meeting on 'foundry industry in...
FE ReportThe IFC advisory services for South Asia -- South Asia Enterprise Dev Facility -- is committed to assisting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the light engineering sector of Bangladesh to achieve growth and competitiveness.One key obstacle the SMEs...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 01: The customs authority has sent letters to importers advising them to refrain from making any illegal transaction of money including bribes in the name of speed money at Chittagong Customs House (CCH).In a letter signed by...
FE ReportPremier Bank Limited has participated in Japan Trade Fair-2007 being held in the city from November 29 to December 1, 2007. Premier Bank offered various products to customers in the fair.The products included fixed deposits, short-term deposits, saving scheme,...
FE ReportSocial Investment Bank Limited (SIBL) and Dhaka Commerce College forged a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the college auditorium in the city recently.Under the MoU, Mirpur branch of SIBL will collect tuition fees of the students of Dhaka Commerce...
FE ReportThe country needs to import more 3.9 million tonnes of food grains in the current fiscal year to meet its higher level of food deficit, caused by a series of natural calamities, including the recent cyclone.Of the total quality,...
FE Report The country's overall balance of payments (BoP) continued to maintain a surplus position despite a deficit in the current account balance during the first two months of the current fiscal, official sources said. The overall balance showed a...
Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called on Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and conveyed his government's decision to waive the ban on export of rice to Bangladesh, partially, and willingness to rebuild 10 severely cyclone-hit villages, reports...
FE ReportThe government could not launch its announced 'special' VGF (vulnerable group feeding) programme in the cyclone-hit coastal districts from December 1, 2007 due to lack of necessary preparations."The VGF could not be launched according to the plan mainly due...
A Z M AnasThe World Bank (WB) is moving ahead with a plan to extend US$75 million in budgetary support early next year to shore up the government's ability to avoid macro-economic risks in the aftermath of cyclone Sidr, finance...
By Demetri Sevastopulo, FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: China blocked another US warship and a military cargo aircraft from gaining access to Hong Kong in the latest in a string of refusals that threatens to jeopardise the recent improvement in military relations...
FBCCI president Mir Nasir Hossain Saturday assured the apex trade body's AGM that the present executive committee would not continue office any longer after the extended tenure that expires on December 6 (Thursday).He made the announcement amid widespread criticism that...
The deadline for submission of the tax return for the assessment year 2007-08 will expire today (Sunday). The National Board of Revenue (NBR) had extended the deadline by two days to December 2 considering the weekly holidays, as it was...
BARGUNA, Dec 1 : Decomposed bodies of six more Sidr victims were recovered from different areas of Sadar upazila today (Saturday), 16 days after the devastating cyclone. With the recovery, the death toll in the district rose to 1,277 by...
The police arrested a sacked army officer along with 44 bottles of Indian Phensidyl and cash in the city's Azimpur area Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Lalbagh police stopped sacked captain Arif Khan as he was approaching...
Shakhawat Hossain The caretaker government (CG) has started preparing a list of Bangladeshi nationals who availed the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme by investing large sums of money, sources said.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has already taken an...
FE Report Bangladesh Bank Governor Salehuddin Ahmed will be visiting the cyclone-hit southern and southwestern districts from today (Sunday) to help intensify disbursement of fresh credit among the local people. Besides, the central bank chief will request the local banks,...
Michael Mackenzie in London and Geoff Dyer in Shanghai, FT Syndication ServiceGrowing expectations of a US interest rate cut within the next two weeks on Friday delivered a much needed respite to stock markets - but not enough to stem...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday called for spreading book-reading habit to every nook and corner of society as a movement to march on the path of progress, reports UNB.The head of caretaker government (CG) also requested people to buy...
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