Brief information technology news (15-12-12)

The Dhaka Times Desk The wind of information technology is advancing in tune with the modern era. Therefore, in today's world, it is impossible to think without information technology. Today in information technology brief news (15-12-12) several information technology news of the world has been highlighted.

Yahoo email is different

Marissa Mayer, the company's chief executive, has made many changes externally at Yahoo. He has also started the work of bringing changes to Yahoo's service. He launched the new version of Yahoo mail service Yahoo Mail. He said in a blog post that the company's mail service will be faster and cleaner through this. In 2008, Yahoo's co-founder Jerry Yang stepped down as CEO. Since then, up to 2012, Yahoo's CEO position has changed more than five times. Carol Bartz was ousted as CEO last year. Scott Thompson then took over as CEO. He was forced to resign after giving wrong information in his resume. Marissa then joined Yahoo last July. After taking charge of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer is trying to bring changes in the company. By his hand, Yahoo is launching its new version for all platforms. Marissa is currently focusing on the mobile version for Yahoo! The new version of Yahoo Mail will look the same on Windows 8, iPhone and Android platforms. After Mayer's leadership, Yahoo launched a new version of Yahoo Mail as its first service.

Internet control debate is going on!

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is trying to reach an agreement between countries divided over the regulation of the Internet. As a result, many arguments are still going on. The chairman of the conference distributed a draft proposal on the Internet to the representatives of the countries. According to the draft, any country will be able to regulate the Internet within its own borders, but the responsibility of controlling it will not be handed over to a single organization. The United States and its allies, which favor Internet freedom, and Russia and its allies, which favor its control, agreed to the draft. After the agreement on ITU in 1988, this agreement was again discussed for the first time. There was no internet at that time. But today the Internet acts as an economic, cultural and political influencer, so the conference is mainly organized to make decisions about it. Tuesday's draft also said the United Nations would have a resolution on the Internet and that it would not be binding on all countries. The draft also says that any country can create a separate identity for every internet user in its country. The government can also decide which website will be there and which one will not be in their own country. Torre said the ITU's new agreement will not contain anything about the Internet, but some information related to the Internet may be included in the final agreement. Terri Carmer, the United States representative who came to the ITU, said that the discussion on Tuesday was fruitful, and the United States believes that this draft will be the basis for all countries to agree on any issue at the conference. According to the draft, the governments of all countries will have equal rights regarding the Internet. It will be up to the countries to keep it right, safe and moving and to determine its future. Governments of different countries will also discuss with Internet-based organizations in taking any decision regarding the Internet. Mohammed Al-Ghanim, chairman of the conference and director general of the UAE Telecom Regulatory Authority, distributed the draft proposal to all countries. Discussions on internet regulation at the conference were held behind closed doors. Not much information has been released about it. Small matters are held in front of everyone. The conference also discussed where the next conference of ITU will be held. Most of the countries have taken the new draft as positive. At the beginning of the conference, many were disappointed with the tough stance of both sides. Many feared that nothing fruitful would come from this conference. The fact that everyone agreed to this new draft has come as a surprise to many. According to ITU Secretary General Hamadan Tor, both sides were keen to narrow the gap between them during the discussion on the Internet draft. Due to this, it has been possible to reach a consensus on the matter. Representatives of more than 150 countries of the world participated in the conference held at ITU. Most countries are in favor of handing over control of the Internet to the United Nations.

Panasonic manufactures displays

Japanese technology products company Panasonic recently said that the demand for its small-sized displays has recently increased. The officials of the company also expressed hope that this demand will play a major role in overcoming the financial loss of the company. According to the news recently published in Reuters, Panasonic is making more than 10 models of displays for tablets and PCs. Panasonic executive Yoshilo Ito said that research and development work is going on at the center that was once used for the company's TV production. Ito said demand for smaller LCD panels has increased among tech manufacturers. In the second half of this year, the company's sales of small LCD panels increased by 30 percent compared to the first quarter. Panasonic still holds a strong position as a supplier of LCD panels to manufacturers of tablet devices, computers and mobile phones. However, Sharp Corporation is known to be one of their rivals. However, until last September, the audio visual division of the company suffered a financial loss of 2 crore 60 million US dollars.

Samsung is busy capturing the camera market

The South Korean technology company Samsung is now aiming to capture the camera market after smartphones and tablets. The company has released Android operating system-powered digital cameras to compete with the Japanese camera makers who are at the top of the market.

Samsung has added some great features to the Android Jelly Bean operating system camera. Photos and videos taken by the camera can be sent anywhere instantly through 3G and Wi-Fi networks. Can be posted on social networking sites. For this, you don't have to take pictures from the camera to the laptop. The facility of uploading pictures to sites like Twitter and Facebook has been kept in this camera. Samsung had a position in the camera market before. The company could not respond at that time. But now the situation of the organization is different. Apart from having a strong financial position, the brand has a huge demand in the market. For this reason, the company's new camera may cause headaches for Japanese camera manufacturers. Currently, the Japanese are at the top of the camera market. Sony, Canon, Panasonic, Nikon, Olympus are ruling the market. According to research firm Lucintel, by 2017 the digital camera market will be worth $4,600 billion. Analyst Liz Cutting of NPD Group expects that Samsung will be able to build a strong position in this market. He said, it is true that Samsung has to compete fiercely with Nikon and Canon in the camera market. But Samsung is likely to win in the end. Currently, Samsung is one of the most popular brands in the technology sector. Samsung has the ability to drag this popularity into the camera market. They have done this before. Samsung now owns many of the businesses of Japanese technology companies. Once the television market was dominated by Japanese companies, but now Samsung is the best in the market. Apart from this, the company is currently ahead in the market of tablets, smartphones and chips. Samsung last year appointed JK Shin to oversee the camera business. As a result, he will have to perform new duties in addition to the handset department. Currently, 70 percent of Samsung's revenue comes from the handset business.

FBI to prevent cybercrime!

no way The United States has been hit by a series of cyber attacks. And so, the famous intelligence agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is participating in the prevention of cybercrime with great force! Cybercrime has now become a threat to the information world. And this crime is spreading through social media. Facebook is being blamed for this. To avoid blame, this time Facebook has also taken the initiative to help the intelligence agency FBI.

There is no room for ignoring hackers in online culture. Because as rich as this arena is, it is becoming risky again. Hacker group Ghost Cell has given some information about hacking 1.6 lakh login information of the world. This hacker group includes the FBI, European Space Agency and government media of many countries. Login hack includes username, password, email and CV. Due to the hacking of these important information, the victims are in great trouble. Even the technical weakness of the government in this sector has become evident.

The Ghost Cell hacker team developed attack strategies targeting 150 servers around the world. Even after the hack they reveal their technical vulnerability to the concerned top brass. About online media, Ghost Cell said it was part of the Project Whitefox campaign. They have conducted this attack to inform the freedom of online information. Not only by hacking logins, arbitrary attacks are also carried out using these addresses. As a result, the information and images of different sites are exchanged. In this they prove strength. The dreaded group also controls content on the web. As a result, the security of personal information online is questioned.

The hacker group also worries the US Department of Defense. Many government offices and offices of the United States were victims of this attack. The main purpose of this hack was to question the technical competence of the government. Meanwhile, experts say, these talented hackers can also be employed in the government ICT security sector. As a result, a sustainable solution to such problems can come. Meanwhile, Facebook's security team has already engaged the FBI in the investigation of various cyber crimes from 2010 to October 2012, in addition to the Yahoo attack. Such information has been given by the federal agency of the United States. Facebook will now provide informational assistance to the FBI in the monitoring of personal information seized through social media. As a result, there will be great progress in the investigation of this cyber attack. Security experts have given such information. The FBI has taken responsibility for the investigation of the top 10 identified cybercriminals who stole $850 million.

There are specific allegations that 1 crore 10 lakh computers in the world have been damaged through them. An FBI spokesperson said this is the largest cybercrime investigation in history. Social media Facebook will provide all kinds of support to the FBI in this investigation. A memorandum of understanding has also been signed between the two institutions. This time, the FBI is reeling as a large number of credit card, bank and personal information has gone into the hands of cyber crime bosses through Yahoo's malicious software. Facebook's help is sought. This time Facebook also clearly informed about support without raising any objection. The FBI quickly stepped in to investigate the attack. All malicious tools and spam are removed from affected computers and accounts of individuals.

Lawsuit against Microsoft for false information!

32 GB of data storage capacity is mentioned in the advertisement, but actually 16 GB of data can be stored in Microsoft's Surface tablet. A California lawyer filed a case against the company. Claiming this lawsuit as unreasonable, Microsoft said that 16 GB of space is consumed on the Surface due to the operating system and other Apple features. Flash drives are used in tablets. They can hold less information. Because of this, Apple's 16 GB iPad can hold 11 percent less data. It can hold 14.3 GB of data. A 64 GB flash drive can hold 57.2 GB of data. Michael Gartner, director of the research firm Gartner about Microsoft's Surface tablet, said that from the time it was brought to the market, Microsoft was clear about how much space their tablets would have. Its new operating system and office take up a lot of space and no wonder. Los Angeles, California lawyer Andrew Sokolsky said in court documents that he purchased a Surface tablet with a 32GB data storage capacity on Nov. 7. The tablet runs out of space after putting a few songs and Word documents on it. After that, he found that most of the 32 GB tablet space was spent on Windows 8 operating system and various Microsoft apps. Only 16 GB of space was free. After that, Sokolsky filed a lawsuit in court. He said that false advertisement and dishonest business practices have been practiced in the case of the tablet. Sokolsky filed the lawsuit to change Microsoft's ad campaign policy and return the money it earned from false advertising. Microsoft said in a statement that there is no justification for this case. Customers are well aware that operating systems and various application installations consume a certain amount of space, the statement said. Customers can expand the data capacity of the Surface with a microSD card if desired. A lot was hidden. The information is not easily found. After a long search it is found. It was intentionally hidden on the website. Flash drives and regular hard drives hold less data than advertised. On average these drives hold 7 percent less data than advertised space. For example, a 16 GB hard drive can hold 15 GB of data.