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Safari for Windows is another product which shows Apple’s intention to gradually muscle into PC users’ domain. The browser is as fast as Firefox-if not faster. It has some attributes like spell check and fully Unicode compliance which were unavailable in Firefox. But for non-English speaking countries, Safari would still be a secondary browser as it doesn’t allow its users to add new fonts to read foreign scripts. Internet explorer is the only browser which allows this option at the moment. Firefox is a very secured browser. Only time will tell whether Safari would be as safe a browser as Firefox or not. The Safari interface allows to play with the tabbed browsing as well. But it’s not a major breakthrough and won’t change the internet using experience a great deal. Firefox enjoys a backing of lot of performance enhancing add-ons. I failed to find such interesting add-ons for Safari on the Apple website.

Today I have discovered the website Jooce.com , the website provides to build a virtual desktop pc environment for its subscribers. Offered by Luxembourg-based start-up Jooce, it is being billed as a way of personalising any computer. Jooce is targeting the estimated 500 million people who log on to the internet from a cybercafé every day. I have been using the website for past couple of days to check its usability. I am not yet 100% impressed with its service. The website requires a very high bandwidth connection which is not available in most of the developing countries where most of the cybercafés are. I was quite frequently getting disconnected while uploading my documents to the website's server. The folder options are quite good-easy to organise. The website has its own media player to play music and videos. So, the users don't need to rely on the cybercafés' media players. The website also allows its users to log on to popular instant messenger through its server. I ...

I have discovered a social networking site today. The site is www.perfspot.com . Apparently it is the fastest growing social networking site right now. I am not entirely convinced that this can overtake facebook and become the number one just yet with its current look and networking facilities. It offers most of the usual features of social networking, including newsfeeds, customisable profile options and the option of linking photos to other users' profiles plus unlimited space to upload images and videos. It also provides an URL for the user which is also common features in hi5, myspace and the likes. It does, however, have some extra features which are not available in facebook. For example, it lets the user create his/her own network which wasn’t available in the facebook. This gives the users outside the developed world to include their education and work networks in the site.

I have long been waiting to learn to type in Bangla. Being brought up in Bangladesh in the earlier part of my life, I have always held a soft corner in my heart for the Bangla language. I was looking for typing software which would allow me to express my thoughts in Bangla. I went to Dhaka and went through the shops in the famous BCS Computer City in Agargaon. The only typing software I could find was based on ‘Bijoy’ keyboard. ‘Bijoy’ keyboard is a very complex keyboard layout which would’ve taken me a long time to learn and master. I was looking for something quicker. Few days ago, I just randomly did a search on Google on Bangla keyboards and discovered the ‘Masterpiece’. It’s the ‘ Avro ’ Keyboard by Omicronlab. It was available for free and I downloaded it from the link from www.download.com . I was really happy to find out that the software follows English (Roman) phonetic typing rather than using a new keyboard layout. This was really helpful for me as I didn’t have to l...

আজ আমি বাংলায় ব্লগ লিখছি। আজ আমার জন্য অনেক আনন্দের দিন। প্রিয় বন্ধুগণ, বাংলা ব্লগের ভুবনে আপনাদের স্বাগত জানাই। এখন থেকে আমি বাংলায় মাঝে মাঝে ব্লগ লেখার চেষ্টা করবো। আমার বাংলা টাইপিং এখনো ভালো নয়, তাই যে কোন ভুল বানান ক্ষমার চোখে দেখবেন। ধন্যবাদ মুহাম্মাদ তানভীর চৌধুরী I am writing my first blog in Bangla today. It is a very happy day for me! Dear readers, I welcome you to the world of Bangla blogging. I will try to write blogs in Bangla from time to time. My Bangla typing isn't that great yet. So please forgive my spelling mistakes. Thanks Mohammed Tanvir Chowdhury

Bangladesh has been regarded as the garment capital of the world for the past decade. Dhaka being the capital city of Bangladesh, has been experiencing a huge influx of investors and job seekers from around the globe. A good, resourceful website on the Dhaka city has been a long overdue. At last, now we have a website to get past the basics of Dhaka. The website is called TourDhaka.com . The website consists of 5 different sections sheding light on the immigration, transport, accommodation, health tips, list of shopping malls, places to go and the emergency and utility contact details. The website also has a guestbook which can also be used as a blog for the travellers.

I have bought a T-Mobile USB modem yesterday. Mohib helped me to get the modem. Got it working this morning. It's brilliant! Now I don't need an internet connection for browsing internet. I can take my laptop anywhere in the country and browse from anywhere I like. Don't know if I'm sounding like a geek but this really is amazing. I am getting really good speed as well. Broadband internet seems sooo yesterday now..

Software License details of Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Microsoft Office, Windows XP, Windows Vista and tons of other software can easily be located on Google by running this simple query: "Belarc Advisor Current Profile" "Software Licenses" "Software Name" key: For example, if you are looking for Windows XP Serial Number, then you have to search in google using the following search keys: "Belarc Advisor Current Profile" "Software Licenses" "Wiows XP" key: And if you are looking for Adobe Photoshop Serial Number, then you have to use the following search keys: "Belarc Advisor Current Profile" "Software Licenses" "Adobe Photoshop" key: These are actually real software inventory reports generated by Belarc Advisor, a popular tool often used to backup software licenses. The only problem is that innocent users have placed these HTML reports in public directories of their web servers, the search engine ...

Abstract The present paper is an analysis of three case studies of intranet and intranet based portal initiatives in different types of organisations. The general aim of the study was to investigate how intranet and portals contribute to the change in performance and culture of private and public sector organisations and in academic environment. In order to do this the author conducted research on 3 different case studies involving four different organisations with a focus on, among other things, identifying the change of performance and culture posed by intranet and portal. The results are presented in the form of discussion with critical evaluation of the limitations and scopes of improvements. This paper concludes with a result which shows the changes brought in by the intranet and intranet based portals in the four corresponding organisations. 1. Introduction: An organisation’s knowledge is based in its people and cannot readily be collected or distributed. Judgement, experience, s...

My personal website www.TanvirOnline.comis fully operational now. I have put quite a lot of effort into it but still quite a lot to do. I have asked for some feedback from few webusers and I will work on the feedbacks to improve the site. Hopefully I will be able to make it a comprehensive site.