Internet giant Google said Friday it has purchased database company Metaweb to help improve its search engine Terms of the transaction were not disclosed."We`ve acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains an open database of things in the world," Jack Menzel, a Google director of product

A British-designed, solar-powered aircraft has broken the endurance record for an unmanned air system.The Zephyr, currently flying over Arizona in the US, has passed the seven-day mark and is expected to fly for another week. UK defense technology company QinetiQ, has developed the

The government of India has planned an investment of up to Rs 40,000 crore over a period of 4 years to roll out all the planned 1,100 e-governance services by 2014."We estimate an investment between Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 crore over period of 4 years for rolling out all the planned

Angry over the removal of certain Islamic pages from Facebook, more than 2.5 million Muslim users are likely to quit the social networking website, according to a media report.A template letter that has been pasted into numerous Facebook pages accuses founder Mark Zuckerberg and other

BERLIN - Germany`s consumer minister, who vowed to delete her Facebook account in protest at the networking site`s privacy policies, called Monday for an Internet "honour code" to protect personal data."We need an honour code... 10 golden rules -- short, sharp and clear," Ilse Aigner told

Dhaka: Hot On The Heels Of A Cyber-Scandal, The Government Moves To Enact A Specific Law Soon On The Usage Of Internet So Nobody Can Post Any Objectionable Matters On The Social Networking Sites.A Few Days Back, The Government Shut Down The Face-Book After An Idle-Brained Boy Had Posted

DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has cut down Short Message Service (SMS) charge to highest 50 paisa. For international SMS, the charge would be maximum Tk 2. Following the latest decision by the watchdog on the telecom sector, the mobile operators of the

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Official approval has been given for the creation of an internet domain dedicated to pornography.The board of net overseer Icann gave initial approval for the creation of the .xxx domain at its conference in Brussels.Icann`s approval will kick off a fast-track process to get the porn-only

LAHORE: A Pakistani court has ordered the authorities to block access to nine websites including Google, Yahoo and YouTube for allegedly offending Muslims with blasphemous material.Judge Mazhar Iqbal ordered Pakistan`s Telecommunications Authority to block the websites due to "material

A boy in his prime with a camera floating about the antique premises of Old Dhaka, who would have known he was to become a top-tier photographer today? Old Dhaka is acknowledged for harboring an air of ruddy and ambient antiquity resonating with the Mughal period. It is only natural

SHANGHAI: China`s second largest cell phone operator is in talks with Apple to launch the iPhone 4 and iPad in the country, reports said on Thursday, as the new smartphone went on sale.China Unicom Vice President Li Gang said formal talks with the US giant had already started, the China

Just one hour`s listening to an MP3 player can damage hearing. It causes temporary changes in hearing sensitivity which may lead to long-term harm, say scientists.   A new study reveals that over-stimulation of hair cells within the ear occurs even at varying volume levels for short

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Sunday granted bail to 21 accused, including chairman of National Phone Amisur Rahman Sinha and its Managing Director Mohammod Jahangir, in a case of illegal international call termination surreptitiously using VoIP (voice over internet protocol) technology. The

Dhaka: While the facebook fracas continued, police Thursday took the cyber-silly boy, Rodin, on another day`s remand for quizzing over his satirical portrayal of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda Zia on the Internet.Dhaka CMM Court judge SK Tofayel Hasan approved