Sunday, 24 Nov, 2024

Tech

4m UK phone users’ personal data hacked

DHAKA: The personal data of four million customers may have been stolen in a "significant and sustained cyberattack" targeting one of Britain's leading phone providers.U.K. telecom TalkTalk has admitted that its website was hacked earlier this week, and that information including the date

Facebook warns users of ‘state-sponsored' hackin’

DHAKA: Facebook has announced a new system for alerting users when their accounts have been compromised by ‘state-sponsored actors’, the latest measure taken by the social network to convince users that it is a partner against unlawful government surveillance and espionage.Alex

Guidelines for 4G ready

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulation Commission (BTRC) chairman Sunil Kanti Bose on Wednesday said they have completed composing the guidelines for fourth generation (4G) mobile telecommunications technology.“The announcement for spectrum allocation will come in 2016,” he

HTC One A9 iPhone-like design launched

DHAKA: HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets, on Tuesday unveiled the HTC One A9, the latest addition to the company's family of One smartphone that looks similar to Apple's iPhone. The HTC One A9 will go on sale starting November and has been priced at

CTO Forum seminar on preventing cyber attacks

DHAKA: CTO Forum Bangladesh and Palo Alto Networks will organize a seminar on prevention of cyber attacks on October 26 in city.The seminar titled “Crack the Code – Prevent Advanced Threats” will begin at 7:00pm at Dhanmondi Club in city.The forum will arrange a press conference at

Apple TV to ship next week

DHAKA: Apple TV will be shipped to people by the end of next week.That's according to CEO Tim Cook, who said that the TV will be available for purchase starting Monday, October 26.He made the announcement during the Wall Street Journal tech conference in Laguna Beach, Calif. on Monday

Trial Biometric SIM registration inaugurated

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated the trial run of biometric registrations for SIM of cell phones.He opened the pilot project through buying a SIM and giving his fingerprint on the biometric device at secretariat in city around

Apple Music signs up 6.5mln paying subscribers

DHAKA: Apple said it has 15 million users on its streaming-music service launched this summer.Speaking at the WSJDLive conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company had 6.5 million paying customers for Apple Music and 8.5 million customers on free, three-month trials.After the trial

Ollo 4G LTE network in Gopalganj

DHAKA: Country’s one of the pioneers in 4G world BIEL, currently working under Ollo brand name (Ollo wireless internet), will introduce fourth generation internet service - 4G LTE network in Gopalganj soon.It will also be introduced in Sylhet and other regions, said Bangladesh Internet

CCOAB threats ‘digital hartal’

DHAKA: Cyber Café Owners Association of Bangladesh (CCOAB) has threatened to impose ‘digital hartal’ by stopping their internet services across the country.CCOAB president SM Zulfiqar Haidar made this threat at a press conference at National Press Club in city on Monday.The hartal

Bangladesh eyes $1b from IT outsourcing

DHAKA: The South Asian country offers huge potential for the ICT sector as it gears up the digital transformation with Digital Bangladesh platform.Bangladesh seeks $1 billion export earnings from IT outsourcing as it makes its mark at Gitex Technology Week 2015, reports the Khaleej

Apple ordered to pay huge damages

DHAKA: A US jury has ordered technology giant Apple to pay more than $234m in damages for patent infringement.The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the patent licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the verdict was important to guard its inventions from unauthorized

Grameenphone to bring 6s, 6s+

DHAKA: Country’s largest cell phone operator Grameenphone (GP) will bring 6s and 6s+, the latest models of iphone.These iphone models will be available in Bangladesh market fro November 5, said a GP press release on Saturday.Interested persons can register their names online for iphone

Security bugs in mobile networks exposed

DHAKA: Mobile networks around the world have been penetrated by criminals and governments via bugs in the code that keeps them running, research suggests.The bugs could be abused to carry out large-scale fraud and unlawful surveillance, security company Adaptive Mobile said, the BBC

Twitter to reduce workforce by 8%

DHAKA: Twitter announced plans to cut 336 jobs, equal to around 8 percent of its total workforce.Twitter said in a SEC filing that the restructuring is part of an overall plan to focus on its top product priorities and drive efficiencies throughout the company.The cost savings from the

Intel revenues unchanged in Q3

DHAKA: Intel reported third quarter revenues flat from the year before at USD 14.5 billion, with the operating profit down 8 percent to USD 4.2 billion and the net profit sliding 6 percent lower to USD 3.1 billion.Earnings per share went to USD 0.64 from 0.66 the year earlier. The gross

Xiaomi Launches Mi USB Fan in India

DHAKA: Xiaomi India has launched the Mi USB Fan at Rs. 249 (Tk 297.45). The new Xiaomi accessory will go on sale starting Tuesday at 2pm IST via company's online store (mi.com/in). The company announced the launch of the Mi USB Fan in a tweet, NDTV reported.The new Mi USB Fan from Xiaomi

6 HTC smartphones penetrate Bangladesh market

DHAKA: Taiwan's HTC Corp. has entered the Bangladesh market for the first time, launching a flagship smartphone and five mid-tier Desire models in a country where local brands hold the biggest market share.The six HTC phones, namely the One M8 Eye, Desire 820s, Desire 626G+, Desire 620G,

Pepsi might be making a smartphone

DHAKA: Drinks company Pepsi is apparently making a smartphone for sale in the Chinese market.The leaked images show, reports independent.co.uk.The phone, named the Pepsi P1, could apparently have a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, a 13 megapixel camera and 2GB of RAM, according to a leaked picture

Dell agrees $67bn EMC takeover

DHAKA: US computer giant Dell has agreed a deal to buy data storage company EMC for $67bn.EMC shareholders will receive $33.15 per share, $24.05 of which will be in cash, reports the BBC.If approved by regulators, the deal would be the biggest in history between two technology