DHAKA: Mashed, boiled, baked or fried? You probably have a preference for your potatoes. Haim Rabinowitch, however, likes his spuds “hacked”. For the past few years, researcher from Hebrew University of Jerusalem Rabinowitch and colleagues have been pushing the idea of “potato

DHAKA: When you think about robots and Japan, you're likely to imagine large, incredibly life-like androids that emulate humans in every way, or shiny metallic mechanical butlers that fulfils your every whim. But what if robots were instead made from plastic, fitted into your pocket or

DHAKA: Robi Axiata Limited, the country’s fastest growing mobile operator, has partnered with a number of leading smartphone makers in the world to take quality internet service to the masses. Robi has identified the lack of affordable smartphone as the key barrier to spreading

DHAKA: Snapsaved.com, a website which allows users to save images sent via Snapchat, claimed that hackers had breached its servers and made off with some 500 megabytes of photographs. The claim by the little-known website sheds some light on reports in past days that hackers were

DHAKA: India Andhra Pradesh government's move to leverage the power of technology and involve citizens in disaster management works post 'Hudhud' devastation seems to be yielding dividends as scores of people have uploaded pictures of affected areas from their smartphones.The Indian

DHAKA: We're fully expecting to see the iPad Air 2 at Apple's event on Thursday but there was some doubt as to whether we'd also see the iPad mini 3.There have been comparatively few rumours about the slate and some of them have pointed to a release in 2015. But a new report from Mac

DHAKA: Today, we have Windows 8.1. The next version of Windows is on its way: Windows 10. So, what happened to Windows 9?"It came and it went," said new Microsoft Windows boss Tony Prophet on stage at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. He was quoting Microsoft CEO Satya

DHAKA: Grameenphone, one of the leading mobile-phone operator in the country, has made a target to create 50 million internet users in Bangladesh within the next five years.The company, however, also became the first-ever mobile telecom operator to cross the 50 million subscribers

DHAKA: Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said the firm’s biggest rival in online search is e-commerce giant Amazon. Schmidt fought back at claims that Google enjoyed unrivalled dominance of the online search market. ‘Many people think our main competition is Bing or Yahoo. But,

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics said it has developed a wi-fi technology that can increase data transmission speeds by five times the maximum rate possible with existing consumer electronics devices. The 60GHz wi-fi technology will enable a 1GB movie to be transferred between devices in less

DHAKA: Google may unveil its next tablet on October 15, just one day before Apple is expected to introduce its next iPad. A new report from blog ‘Bright Side Of News’ via 9to5Google, said. The site also claims the tablet, presumably called the Nexus 9, will cost $399 when it hits

DHAKA: There are only "around 100" cybercriminal kingpins behind global cybercrime, according to the head of Europol's Cybercrime Centre.Speaking to the BBC's Tech Tent radio show, Troels Oerting said that law enforcers needed to target the "rather limited group of good

DHAKA: Ahead of the expected unveiling of Android L, Google has started rolling out a new version of the Play Store that features Material Design elements, part of the new version of its mobile operating system.Google Play Store version 5.0.31 comes with a flatter design but features

DHAKA: Many of the youths want to add a DJ (disc jockey) flavor in music during party time. It often cannot be place because of many barriers or lack of a DJ.But, from now on you can also be a DJ if you have the digital tools.Here are the superb free software that will help you manage

DHAKA: Not only for working with a computer but also monitors are being widely used as television nowadays.However, before buying a monitor, you need to consider display type, response time, connectivity options, and wide viewing angles as well as your budget.A monitor's response time

DHAKA: People, who care about their privacy, should stay away from popular consumer Internet services like Dropbox, Facebook, and Google -- said Edward Snowden.Snowden conducted a remote interview on Sunday as part of the New Yorker Festival, where he was asked a couple of variants on

DHAKA: Unique Business System Ltd has recently introduced LEXIN Branded JP-630C Paper shredder in Bangladesh.The paper shredder, with LED displayer & excellent features, is Suitable for busy offices and corporate houses. It is easy to operate.The device is offering high performance

DHAKA: A three-day long International IT-BPM Summit began at Manila of Philippines on Sunday.Information and Communication Technology Division, Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) have participated in the summit in a

DHAKA: OPPO’s tale is very different. This is a tale of a mobile phone. Not one, this is a tale of eight different types of mobile phone sets and of course those are different from each other. They are different in features, users’ satisfaction level and mode of presentations.

DHAKA: GITEX Technology Week 2014, the biggest information technology exposition of Middle East & Africa will be started from Sunday.  Dubai World Trade Center organized this five days event at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center.  Bangladesh Association of Software &