Windows 8 is going to start behaving a little more like Windows 7, but that doesn't mean Microsoft is giving up on the idea of a tablet-friendly operating system. At its Build developers conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Microsoft announced a trio of new features for Windows 8.1 that had a decided...

The email addresses of LinkedIn users can easily be exposed via a web browser add-on tool, it has been revealed. Sell Hack is available as a free extension to the Chrome browser that, once installed, will pop up a “hack in” button on LinkedIn profiles, reports BBC.   Users can then find the email address associated with the account even if they are not connected. LinkedIn said it was taking legal action over the plug-in and advised users to uninstall it.   Sell Hack insisted that the the tool was created for marketing professionals and that all data is...

Sony is gettio the virtual reality business.

The electronics and gaming company unveiled a prototype virtual reality headset tobe used in conjunction with its PlayStation 4 video game console. Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, showed off the headset during a Tuesday talk at the Game Developers Conference. He declined to specify when it would be released or how much it would cost. The headset is codenamed Project Morpheus and features a head-...

A drug that can prevent H5N1 virus has been discovered by a Bangladeshi scientist, Mohammed Rahmatullah. H5N1 virus is the main catalyst that causes bird flu and influenza in human body. The newly invented drug has the potential to cure pancreatic cancer even. The formulation, component of which is extracted from paddy husk, had already secured international patent late last year, said the scientist, professor of biotechnology Mohammed Rahmatullah. Mohammad Nurunnabi, a Bangladeshi PhD student, and Prof Yong ...

The government will gradually connect the country’s all the unions through optical fiber cables in an effort to ensure internet services for villagers, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister told Parliament on Wednesday. As part of the process, Abdul Latif Siddique said some 108 unions have already been connected through optical fibers with funds from Bangladesh Telecommunications Limited (BTCL). Responding to a question from Morshed Alam (Noakhali-2), the minister sai...

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google Inc to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that had sparked protests across the Muslim world. [caption id="attachment_4487" align="alignright" width="300"] Visitors stand in front of a logo of YouTube at the YouTube Space Tokyo, operated by Google, in To...