By Timothy Green With both the PS4 from Sony (NYSE: SNE ) and the Xbox One from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) available for purchase, the next generation of console gaming has finally arrived.
Category: Science
Sustainable promotion of raised-bed technology underscored
Sustainable promotion of raised-bed technology in the farming field has become an urgent need for boosting crop production to feed the gradually increasing population.
Phone with e-ink second screen launched
A smartphone with two screens – one of which uses e-ink technology and is “always on” – has been launched.
These 5 far-out space projects are making science fiction a reality
By John Aziz Anyone who has watched cell phones change from huge brick-like blocks into sleek touchscreen smartphones knows that we are living in an era of massive, swift technological change. But bigger changes are coming.
Hubble Telescope Found Signs of Water on 5 Alien Planets
by Mike Wall NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected water in the atmospheres of five planets beyond our solar system, two recent studies reveal.
Will Microsoft Copy the Tab Strategies of Apple and Google?
By Sam Mattera Microsoft is planning to get rid of one of its operating systems.
Talkies with Computer Scientist David Gelernter
By ALEXANDRA WOLFE Yale University professor David Gelernter is not a typical computer scientist.
Foreign investment is rising in online business sector of Bangladesh
Online businesses are one of the fastest growing sectors of Bangladesh in 2013/14. Economists envision that this is going to be the next major economic sector of Bangladesh after clothing, ship building, agriculture and jute. There are several reasons behind…
New web surffix .bike, .guru, .clothing, …
Nine new web address suffixes, including .bike, .clothing, .singles and .guru, have been made available as the net names system undergoes a radical shake-up.
Sony urged patent for ‘SmartWig’
Sony has filed a patent application for “SmartWig”, as firms jostle for the lead in the wearable technology sector.
Apple buys 3D motion
Apple has purchased PrimeSense, an Israeli firm that specialises in making 3D motion detection technology.
Efforts to clone extinct animal
By Paul Rincon Scientists in Spain have received funding to test whether an extinct mountain goat can be cloned from preserved cells.
Cell phone chatting on planes
A proposal to allow mobile phone calls during commercial flights has met opposition.
Microsoft Xbox One console launched
Global launch for Microsoft Xbox One console
Adoption of latest technologies can increase crop production: experts
Agriculture experts have said that expanded adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) technologies can boost crop production at lower costs side by side making farm activities more profitable to ensure food security.
Revised price for iPhone 6?
The new Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone 5S has barely been on the market for two months, and the speculation about the features and price of the iPhone 6 has already begun. As if anyone outside Apple knows exactly what the…
Opera’s Android browser gets dedicated support for bigger tablets
BY MATT BRIAN After jumping aboard the WebKit train and launching a dedicated browser for the iPad, Opera’s now turned its attention to Android tablets.
Your Brain Processes Information Even When You’re Not Conscious Of It
“We were asking the question of whether the brain was processing the meaning of the objects that are on the outside of these silhouettes,” Sanguinetti explained in the statement.
UISC brings change in youth lives in Rajshahi region
Ziaul Haque, a 32-year-old physically challenged youth, looks beaming this time as Union Information Service Centre (UISC) set up at Huzripara under Paba upazila of the district more than two and half years back, has brought a major change in…
Motorola targets budget buyers with Moto G smartphone
Google’s Motorola unit has launched a relatively low-cost smartphone that includes features more commonly found in higher-priced models.
Hydrogen phone chargers to keep connected when power runs short
By Wendell Roelf African smartphone users will soon have an alternative means to get round the power shortages afflicting much of the world’s poorest continent – a portable charger that relies on hydrogen fuel cells.
Cyber-attacks surpassing terrorism as major US domestic threat
By RT Cyber-attacks are increasingly becoming the primary threat against the United States, according to the head of the FBI.
Apple and Samsung back in court over patent damages
Apple and Samsung are returning to court in one of the most high-profile patent battles of recent times.
Potato power: the spuds that could light the world
Mashed, boiled, baked or fried? You probably have a preference for your potatoes. Haim Rabinowitch, however, likes his spuds “hacked”.
Play before you pay: Galaxy Note 3
By Zach Epstein BGR reviewed Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 phablet last month and while the handset’s monstrous size is still off-putting to some, we still called it the best smartphone Samsung has ever made.
iPhone with bigger screen, curved glass!
Apple broke with past practice in September when it unveiled two versions of the iPhone at the same time. The company presented the iPhone 5s, with more advanced features and the iPhone 5c at lower prices. It was all part…
Build-your-own toy robot construction kits unveiled
A US company has unveiled build-your-own toy robots that can drive, wiggle and react to the world around them.
Is this what we’ll eat in the future?
The man who invented molecular gastronomy – the adventurous style of cooking popularised by chefs including Heston Blumenthal – has developed a new concept which he claims will solve the challenge of feeding an overpopulated world.
Construction work of ICT Centre begins in Gaibandha
Construction work of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Training and Resource Centre began at Sadullapur upazila in the district very recently amid much enthusiasm to the teachers and the locals.
India launches spacecraft to Mars
India has successfully launched a spacecraft to the Red Planet – with the aim of becoming the fourth space agency to reach Mars.