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2008-08-21

ICT in Bangladesh: The time is now

ICT in Bangladesh: The time is now ICT has been in use in Bangladesh since the 1960s, and increased with the formation of the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) in 1986. The 1997 recommendations on ICT development and the 2002 ICT policy were formulated. More recently, an e-government cell was created in the chief advisor's unit, and completed an e-government horizon scan last December. The inescapable conclusion is that the relative lack of progress cannot be explained by a lack of focus or political priority. Instead, I believe the explanation lies in the fact that government strategies in this area have had less impact because of weaknesses in the way they were delivered. Weaknesses in delivery We find that much of the strategic work by the government takes a broad and ambitious approach to the scope of ICT policy change. This makes the government to try to do everything at once, and, therefore, under-deliver. Second, there are the unclear and uncoordinated governance structures and processes. There are many bodies involved in ICT governance, which creates confusion about where accountability lies. The third weakness is lack of effective cross-government program management. As ICT is a cross-cutting area, it involves more than one agency for implementation. For this reason, a task-force was established under the PMO in 2000, but it did not operate effectively. Relations between the task force and the Ministry of Science and ICT were unclear; the key staff involved in supporting the task force had other priorities which conflicted with this role; and the task force has met very infrequently. There is no standard program management technique applied to ICT policy coordination: that is, clear assignation of responsibilities, measurable targets and delivery plans for projects, and program-wide risk management and issue escalation. The fourth weakness has been the lack of skills and capabilities within the government. The fi

2008-02-12

Yahoo board to reject $44B Microsoft bid

Yahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday. The decision could provoke a showdown between two of the world's most prominent technology companies with Internet search leader Google Inc. looming in the background. Leery of Microsoft expanding its turf on the Internet, Google already has offered to help Yahoo avert a takeover and urged antitrust regulators to take a hard look at the proposed deal. If the world's largest software maker wants Yahoo badly enough, Microsoft could try to override Yahoo's board by taking its offer ? originally valued at $31 per share ? directly to the shareholders. Pursuing that risky route probably will require Microsoft to attempt to oust Yahoo's current 10-member board. Alternatively, Microsoft could sweeten its bid. Many analysts believe Microsoft is prepared to offer as much as $35 per share for Yahoo, which still boasts one of the Internet's largest audiences and most powerful advertising vehicles despite a prolonged slump that has hammered its stock. Yahoo's board reached the decision after exploring a wide variety of alternatives during the past week, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press. The person didn't want to be identified because the reasons for Yahoo's rebuff won't be officially spelled out until Monday morning. Microsoft and Yahoo declined to comment Saturday on the decision, first reported by The Wall Street Journal on its Web site. Yahoo's board concluded Microsoft's offer is inadequate even though the company couldn't find any other potential bidders willing to offer a higher price. Without other suitors on the horizon, Yahoo has had little choice but to turn a cold shoulder toward Microsoft if the board hopes to fulfill its responsibility to fetch the highest price possible for the company, said technology investment banke

2008-08-13

Best Buy, the leading U.S. electronics chain

Best Buy, the leading U.S. electronics chain, will announce on Wednesday that it will sell Apple's newly-launched 3G iPhone, which lets users connect to the Web at high speeds, at its 970 U.S. stores beginning on September 7. About 600 stores will also showcase the handset, priced at $199 to $299, in their Apple mini-shops. Stand-alone Best Buy Mobile shops, which have opened in about 15 U.S. cities, will also sell the device, which requires a two-year contract with carrier AT&T Inc (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to operate. For Apple, the broadened distribution channel could help achieve its goal of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. It has sold the device at its smaller network of Apple shops and at AT&T retail stores, with 1 million of the new iPhones sold in their first weekend in July. AT&T has said that the current waiting period is about 7 to 10 days for customers who come in its stores to buy an iPhone in advance. It expects to be able to handle same-day sales within a few weeks time. Best Buy is counting on the introduction of the phone to help drive customer traffic and additional purchases during the crucial holiday shopping season, which accounts for roughly one-third of the retailer's full-year sales. "It solidifies us as the place to go for the cool stuff," Best Buy Mobile President Shawn Score said in an interview. "Our customers are looking for this product." The addition of the iPhone is a coup for Best Buy, which has picked up market share in cell phones, computing and flat-panel televisions as main rival Circuit City Stores Inc (CC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) explores strategic options and struggles to turn around its business.

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2008-02-19

CES 2008 : Electronics carnival peeks into future

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates plays Guitar Hero as Slash plays a real guitar during Gates pre-show keynote address at the CES 2008. The mega exposition of hi- tech gadgets 'International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2008' kicked off with sneak peaks at smart cars, robotic massages and other innovations. The gala event was held in Las Vegas from January 7-10. The CES first started in June 1967 in New York City with 200 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees. Today this show has become the world's largest annual hi-tech exhibition and at the same time America's largest annual tradeshow. This year manufacturers, retailers, content providers and creators, broadband developers, wireless carriers, cable and satellite TV providers, installers, engineers, corporate buyers, government leaders, financial analysts from more than 140 countries around the world participated this gala event. Bill Gates in his pre-show keynote address said that within next ten years the world would see another hi- tech revolution. "The first digital decade has been a great success," Gates told an overflow audience in a ballroom at the Venetian hotel and casino. Gates apprised that there are more than a billion personal computers in use in the world and more than 40 percent of people on the planet have mobile telephones. The new digital decade will be increasingly "user- centric" and the trend is for media and entertainment to be software driven, Gates said. "The second digital decade will be more focused on connecting people," he continued. Gates said high- definition video experiences "will be everywhere," from televisions to wall projections and even built into desks or tables. Beside regular exhibition near about 200 conferences were organised where more than 300 industry experts delivered their speech on contemporary issues and tech trends. Technologies that mainly showcased in this tech exposure were wireless/mobile communications, Wi-Fi technology, telematics and veh

2008-02-19

Is technology, once the music industry's enemy, now a lifeline?

Major recording labels are under pressure to explore new ways to get music fans to pay for music. That's the thinking behind some of the offerings music fans may see this year as the recording industry scrambles to offset losses from plunging CD sales and find new sources of revenue when many consumers simply download music for free. Among the business models music fans are likely to see more of: music subscriptions bundled with the price of Internet access, and services like Nokia Corp.'s upcoming Comes With Music, which would give users of select mobile phones a year's worth of unlimited access to music, for no extra charge. Music companies also are expected to license songs for more ad-supported Web sites like imeem, which lets visitors watch videos or listen to full-length tracks posted by other music fans for free. Major recording labels, long- criticized for being too slow in adapting to changes brought by the Internet over the last decade, are under pressure to explore new ways to get music fans to pay for music, leading to more choices for consumers. In 2007, the recording industry arguably took the boldest steps yet. After years championing the necessity of copy-protection safeguards on digital music, three of the world's biggest recording companies agreed to license their music for sale online as unprotected MP3 files. Many analysts expect the last holdout, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, to follow this year. That's an important step for music lovers hesitant about buying digital music because songs are generally tied to specific devices -- for example, Apple Inc.'s iPod players can't play copy- protected music not bought at Apple's iTunes store. "It seems clear there's an accelerated pace of change that comes hand in glove with accelerated decline in traditional business," said Eric Garland, chief executive at BigChampagne Online Media Measurement, which tracks online entertainment. Recording company executives who

2008-02-19

'Hubdub' website: virtual betting on news

People convinced they know whether a rogue trader will be convicted or if pop star Britney Spears will remarry can now put People convinced they know whether a rogue trader will be convicted or if pop star Britney Spears will remarry can now put "Hubdub dollars" where their mouths are, in a new online betting game. Jerome Kerviel's fate after being branded a "rogue trader" that cost France's most respected bank billions of dollars and the saga of Spears' personal life are among the hot news stories turned fodder for wagers at Hubdub.com. Edinburgh-based Hubdub.com publically launched on Monday at a technology start-up conference in California, creating an online parlor for playful betting on the news. "Betting odds always seem to cut to the core of a story," Hubdub co-founder Nigel Eccles told AFP. "Hubdub makes a person more of a participant than a consumer. It accents what people are discussing and gets them more involved in the news." Membership at Hubdub is free, with users receiving upon sign-up 1,000 "Hubdub dollars" for betting on how major stories in the news will play out. Members post questions based on topics in the news, adding links to recent stories. Similar to the website Digg, member votes for news stories at Hubdub dictate story rankings, with popular tales getting top viewing positions. Unlike other user-contributed news websites, Hubdub lets members put play money and real reputations at risk by betting on the answers to questions. Hubdub has a "leader board" to give winners bragging rights and inspire losers to win back credibility. "We want to appeal to people who don't want to risk money on predictions but want to back their opinions," Eccles said. "One of the things we discovered is that people value reputations more than they do cash. It is an even bigger currency." To help people build up betting reserves, Hubdub credits members 20 play dollars every day they log into the website. Ec

2008-02-19

Google far better employer than Microsoft: survey

Internet search and advertising giant Google Inc is the best employer in the US, according to Fortune's '100 Best Companies To Work For 2008' list. The job growth rate for Google employees is a very healthy 60 percent, and 99 percent of them get stock options and turn millionaires. Beyond pay and perks, Googlers love the chance to try new things, the survey conducted by the business magazine said. Microsoft, which has made a bid to take over Yahoo! to compete with Google, also makes the grade but way down at 86, followed by Yahoo! itself at 87. But then Microsoft has over 47,000 people on its payroll, six times more than Google. Cisco Systems is another tech company on the list at No.6. Other company names on the list familiar in India include Starbucks coffee chain at No.7, with a huge work force of 1,34,000. Goldman Sachs is at No.9 and doing well despite the rough weather faced by Wall Street generally. American Express is at 62, eBay at 68 and FedEx 97. Bingham McCutchen (ranked 41), a law firm with 13 offices, turned up at the top among the best paying companies. The average annual pay here is over $210,000 for over 1,650 workers. Even those hired fresh from law schools start with a base salary of $160,000. Scuba diving classes and free iPods were some unusual perks companies gave and employees appreciated. Fortune says this annual list is based on most extensive employee survey in corporate America. This year, it was picked up from some 1,500 short-listed firms, out of which about 400 companies responded. Nearly 100,000 employees at those companies responded to a questionnaire. The survey was conducted for Fortune by 'Great Place to Work Institute', a research and consulting firm.

2008-02-19

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2800-02-19

Report of basis fair

The Task Force on Export in its 18th meeting had appointed a Committee to review the problems and prospects of software export from Bangladesh and formulate recommendations on promotion of software export. This was communicated to us in early June, 1997. In accordance with its terms of reference, the Committee has carried out inter alia an analysis of the problems of software sector in Bangladesh and reviewed the recent developments in Bangladesh as well as in the global market. Some members of the Committee visited India, one of the most successful countries in software export, and collected relevant information. I have the pleasure in forwarding our report which contains recommendations - short term as well as medium term - on fiscal measures, human resource development, infrastructure development and marketing. The Committee strongly feels that there is a great potential for development of software industry in Bangladesh and implementation of the recommendations in the report will enable Bangladesh to emerge as one of the leading software exporting countries in the world. I would like to place on record the excellent support provided by the Export Promotion Bureau in facilitating the work of the committee. Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury : Convener of the Committee Executive Summary Information Technology, which has evolved from the merger of computers, telecommunications and office automation technologies, is one of the most rapidly growing industries in the world. Software industry is one of the essential components of IT industry with global market of US $ 276 billion in 1996. It is still largely dependent on human resources and some of the developing countries are taking advantage of this opportunity. India is one of the most successful countries in developing its software industry and in 1996, it generated revenues totaling US $ 3.20 billion (out of which export was around 40%), with an annual growth rate of about

2010-07-09

BTCL website contains Moldware

BTCL or Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited's official website (www.btcl.net.bd) is not safe to

browse because this site contains "Moldware"

What is Moldware:

Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.^[1] The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware, including true viruses.

Software is considered malware based on the perceived intent of the creator rather than any particular features. Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware, most rootkits, and other malicious and unwanted software. In

2010-06-27

HP unveils Converged Infrastructure

Hewlett-Packard, one of the largest US-based information technology corporations, on June 17 officially announced launching of their latest storage solution -- HP Converged Infrastructure for mission-critical customers in the country.

To mark the occasion, a press conference was held at a city hotel where Gregory Lister, marketing manager of HP business critical servers described the 'real deal' of the servers they were launching.

The new HP Integrity solutions aims at significant improvement of customers' service-level agreement performance, providing complete applications availability and simplifying mission-critical computing for the demanding application workloads.

“We have overcome the challenges like uptime, reliability and flexibility and we also achieved a significant improvement in overall service levels”, Gregory said during his presentation.

The latest Converged Infrastructure is built on a standard-based architecture across Microsoft Windows, Linux, HP-UX, OpenVMS and HP NonStop platforms.

“The platforms enable clients and partners to build leading solutions that are flexible and adaptable to meet changing business demands”, Gregory said.

The company also introduced AllianceONE, an alliance partner program that optimises solutions across servers, storage, networking and professional services that support the mission-critical Converged Infrastructure

2010-06-27

Over 160,000 Android devices sold every day

More than 160,000 mobile phones powered by Google's Android operating system are being sold every day, the Internet giant said Wednesday on the eve of the launch of the new iPhone from rival Apple.

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, speaking to the CNBC television network at the unveiling of a new Android phone from Motorola, the "Droid X," said his company was engaged in a "battle over the next set of mobile platforms."

"Everybody is going to be on mobile devices all the time, every day, unless they're asleep," Schmidt said. "Everything is moving to mobile and we're participating in it.

"We have more than 160,000 of these things shipping globally every day," Schmdit said of Android-powered devices. "The momentum is phenomenal."

Just a month ago, at Google's annual shareholders meeting, Schmidt had said that at least 65,000 Android-powered phones were shipping every day, although he also warned at the time that the number may actually be far higher.

Google makes its Android software available to handset manufacturers and also sells its own smartphone, the Nexus One.

The spectacular sales figures cited by Schmidt would have Android handsets far surpassing those of Apple, which reported sales of 8.75 million iPhones last quarter.

According to industry research firm NPD, US sales of smartphones running Android actually surged past those of Apple in the first quarter of the year.

Android-powered smartphones accounted for 28 percent of US consumer sales compared with 21 percent for the iPhone, NPD said.

Canada's Research in Motion, maker of the popular Blackberry, retained the top spot with 36 percent of US smartphone sales in the quarter.

Apple has sold more than 50 million iPhones since launching the touchscreen smartphone in 2007.

The latest model iPhone, the iPhone 4

2010-06-27

Asus launches notebook with Nvidia Optimus

Taiwanese computer maker ASUS has launched its strikingly stylish U30Jc notebook in the local market, says a press release.

For demanding productivity tasks, the U30Jc notebook features NVIDIA Optimus graphics-switching technology for performance and long battery life that chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application by automatically routing the workload to the NVIDIA discrete GPU.

Featuring the multimedia and GPU compute savvy NVIDIA GeForce GT310M discrete graphics chipset and powered by the Intel Core i5 430M processor, the notebook is designed for multimedia enthusiasts who desire the best in multimedia entertainment, application productivity and casual gaming in an energy efficient package.

Getting online is easy as the U30Jc features Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11 N wireless capabilities along with a Webcam and microphone input for video conferencing.

The thin and light notebook also offers a 13.3-inch backlit LCD display, 500GB of HDD, 2GB of fast DDR3 RAM, DVD writer, Bluetooth 2.1, memory card reader and rich HD audio emanating from the Altec Lansing speakers