IBM NCR 3330 A Powerful Desktop NCR has enhanced its AT bus product line with the addition of the NCR 3330, a powerful desktop computer that delivers superior upgradability. The NCR 3330, based on industry standard AT-but architecture and Intel486 microprocessor technology, contains two processor sockets and is upgradable through the entire i486 family. Upgrading [...]

Originally Published in 1991 (Computer Jagat Magazine) M. Lutfar Rahman and M. Alamgir Hossain INTRODUCTION The 80860 microprocessor manufactured by Intel Corporation of USA is the world’s first 64-bit single chip microprocessor. It is also Intel’s first reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microprocessor. This chip is likely to provide supercomputing power to the desktop personal [...]

originally published in 1991 (Computer Jagat Magazine) — Zaved Iqbal DataBases are complicated things. They scare the typical end-user: Words like RDBMS & SQL are not everybody’s cup of tea. So database designers try to make programs as user-friendly as possible. The result is windows, Mac-OS, GUI. Now lets try to put this into database [...]

Every year in Bangladesh, especially in winter season, many poor people suffer in the cold weather because of the scarcity of warm clothes. Being conscious citizens of this country, we cannot let this happen in front of our eyes. In order to help the severely affected people in winter season, Department of Computer Science and [...]

On the last day of the SoftExpo 2010 on February 14, three seminars and two technical sessions were held at the venue of the expo at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The titles of the seminars were: i) Collaboration between Government, Industry and Academia in IT Projects: Defense – A Case Study ii) e-Commerce Readiness for [...]

Closing Ceremony of SoftExpo 2010 was held in the evening on February 13, 2010 at Harmony, Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Lt. Col. (Rtd.) Muhammad Faruk Khan, MP, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of Bangladesh, was the chief guest in the ceremony while Mr. AKM Abdul Awal Mazumder, Secretary, Ministry of Science & ICT, Mr. [...]

On the fourth day of the SoftExpo 2010 on February 13, three seminars and four technical sessions were held at the venue of the expo at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The titles of the seminars were: i) A2I: Roadmap to Digital Bangladesh, organized by BASIS ii) Financial Inclusion Using Mobile Technology, organized by BASIS and [...]

Lower costs, greater flexibility and access to resources on demand: it’s no wonder cloud computing is attracting attention. Oracle’s Country Director-Technology Business Pakistan & Afghanistan, Oracle Corporation, Farhan Ibrahim Chaudhry, discusses the ways in which organizations can take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing while mitigating risks around security, compliance and quality of service. [...]

Dresses, Books, furniture, household goods, and now even computers can be ordered by mail. A few years ago what seemed an unlikely proposition, is now gaining popularity. People are now buying PCs through mail without even bothering to look at them. More and more computers are being sold by the direct-mail. About 30 per cent [...]