Windows 10 exceeds 50 million downloads

Microsoft has had one major focus over the course of 2015; let the planet recognize their plans relating to the launch of Windows ten. Now, simply weeks when this in operation system’s unleash, it looks that the corporate will relive on employment well done.

Linux issues kill Steam Machine sleep function

One of the less remembered however welcome options of the recent consoles has been their ability to enter a sleep state. sort of a torpid laptop, this meant that rather than sitting through the boot method when you came back to a dormant system, it'd be prepared way more quickly. sadly this isn’t a perform that Steam Machines are going to be ready to have, as issues with the approach UNIX operates have stumped Valve engineers.

How to customize File Explorer in Windows 10

The File mortal program, erst called Windows mortal, has been a core part of the package for many years. Like most of the varied parts of the package, it’s been given a lucid overhaul in Windows ten. There square measure lots of new tools to induce acclimated to, tho' the essential layout and practicality are going to be acquainted to anyone United Nations agency has used Windows XP or later. Here’s a fast guide a number of the finer points of the new File mortal.

Quick Access

The Quick Access space, that by default is that the 1st section of the Navigation Pane within the left-hand column, is actually a “Bookmarks” bar for File mortal. It shows each your most recently-accessed folders and “pinned” folders, folders that you just manually assign to the present space to quickly get to from any folder in Windows. you'll be able to try this with any folder in Windows: simply right-click or long-press any folder on any screen, then click “Pin to fast access.”

Now you’ll be ready to instantly open this folder from the other folder. Dragging and dropping files and folders can move them (or copy them, if they’re on a separate drive). to get rid of a folder from the fast Access read, merely click the pin icon to the proper of the folder label. to get rid of frequently-accessed folders, right-click the folder then choose “Remove from fast Access.”

OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage service, gets an obsessive folder at a lower place the fast Access space. different folders on your laptop square measure accessible during a tree read below OneDrive.

Wall St. ends flat as energy shares drop with oil

U.S. stocks finished flat on Th as a call energy shares offset a rebound in retail sales and stronger-than-expected Cisco results.

The S&P energy index .SPNY born one.4 percent, leading the decline within the S&P five hundred, as U.S. fossil fuel costs softened to a 6-1/2-year low.

The S&P shopper discretionary index .SPLRCD rose zero.6 percent, the foremost among the main ten S&P sectors, however it had been higher earlier.

U.S. retail sales rose in Gregorian calendar month, whereas the trend of weekly idle claims pointed to a alteration job market. the information supported the read the central bank might raise interest rates as early as next month, compensative speculation within the previous 2 sessions that the Fed might wait till Gregorian calendar month to boost rates once China degraded its currency.

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Shahbagh protest to continue until demand met

The protesters on Friday at a grand rally at Projonmo Chattar, Shahbagh, once again vowed to carry on their movement until their demand of death penalty for all war criminals is met.
In a written speech Imran H Sarker, convener of the Bloggers and Online Activists Network, announced the decision in the afternoon where he has urged the countrymen to expand the protests to all corners including villages and towns of the country.
Imran said, "The slogans will not cease until we meet the final victory".
In order to turn this movement into more matured, expanded, deep and disciplined one they have taken several decisions including formation of human forts to thwart Jamaat-Shibir conspiracy for foiling war crimes trials.
"We all must remain alert and reinforce vigilance in all times everywhere" he said.
The convener said a massive awareness campaign has to be conducted among the people to boycott the war criminals.
"Projonmo Chattar has to be expanded all over the country. The movemens will have to continue in towns, villages and bazaars and every places," Imran went on.
In synchronisation with the Projonmo Chattar, a programme of singing of the national anthem followed by hoisting of the national flag will be observed in all educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities at 10:00pm on Sunday, he said.
Besides, protest programmes of Projonmo Chattar will continue as before from 3:00pm to 10:00pm.
"It is our duty to continue and turn it a worthy fight until we are victorious."
The network activist also said, "We are not dependent to any political parties. We have no fear of any national or international vested quarters, because the people are with us."
"We are the people; we are the source of all power," Imran said.
Later, Imran administered a solemn oath among hundreds of thousands of people gathered at Shahbagh intersection.
"At any cost we will protect our unity and root out last remaining base of war criminals. We have no other alternative but victory. Victory of the people is inevitable. Joy Bangla."
Earlier, thousands of demonstrators started the rally around 3:30pm at Projonmo Chattar demanding capital punishment to all war criminals, including Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah.
Leaders of various student organisations addressed the rally.
The student leaders, once again, affirmed their demand of death penalty for all war criminals.
Lucky Akhter, the Bionic Woman, has been untiringly shouting fiery slogans during the intervals of the speeches.
Organisers following Thursday's candlelight vigil urged all to join today's rally, saying that a declaration of the next course of action will come from the programme.
The candlelight vigil at Shahbagh was joined by people from all walks of life. The number of students -- boys and girls alike -- was overwhelming, many of whom took position at the protest venue soon after 10:00am, chanting fiery slogans.
The countrywide candlelight vigil was part of the nonstop movement demanding capital punishment to all war criminals, including Mollah.
The movement began on February 5, hours after a war crimes tribunal sentenced Quader Mollah to life term in prison for crimes against humanity during the 1971 war.

There’ll be no corruption in Padma Project: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has categorically said there will be no corruption in building the Padma Bridge, the largest-ever infrastructure project of Bangladesh that got stalled apparently following fund cancellation by the World Bank and other co-financers.
“I’m 100 percent certain there has been no corruption so far and there won’t be any (corruption)…of course I’m making it sure to the people of Bangladesh,” he told journalists at IFAD headquarters here on Thursday.
Earlier, he had a brief discussion with 23 journalists from developing and developed countries, including Bangladesh, who are in Rome to attend a training workshop arranged by the Reuters, IFAD and IPS jointly.
Fisheries and Livestock Secretary Ujjwal Bikash Dutta and Deputy Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance Sultana Afroz, trainers from Reuters and IPS, including the IFAD officials, were also present.
Responding to a question, Muhith said there are many alternative proposals. “But I’m against them…those proposals are tied to procurement…it’ll be done from the budget. The budget in the last four years has doubled.”
The Finance Minister, however, said it would cause hardship if the bridge is built with own funding. “…no doubt about that.”
Replying to a question, Muhith said Bangladesh can surely afford the bridge without the World Bank funding but the cost will be more. “If I get into crore figure, Padma Bridge is a project of Tk 25,000 crore. Providing Tk 5,000 crore each year for the bridge is not a serious problem. I’m concerned a little bit about foreign exchange.”
The Finance Minister said the government is launching the first sovereign bond in April, not for the Padma Bridge but for the general economy.
Responding to another query, Muhith said Padma Bridge is the most difficult and complex bridge in the world not for by length but for the soil of Bangladesh and its mighty river. “….that is where the World Bank would have been very helpful for me.”
On the global lender’s dissatisfaction, he said World Bank’s methods of procedures are wrong. “We investigated 61 parties…there was no evidence of corruption…we’ll carry out the investigation…we’re not dishonest.”

When signs say more than words

Being a child of hearing-impaired parents, she learnt the sign language in a natural way and later underwent a course to make it ‘proper’ for the hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh who cannot hear.

But there is no institution to teach those people their first language. “The number (hearing-impaired people) is 3 million. But they don’t know proper sign language. They learn naturally to communicate with each other,” said Santanu Dey, who coordinates an NGO working with the hearing-impaired people and their language.

Giving proper training of their language, Dey told bdnews24.com that they could be good at schools and certain jobs as ‘they can concentrate as because sounds do not disturb them.’

The Society of the Deaf and Sign Language Users celebrated Bangla Sign Language Day on Thursday for the second time after an inter-ministerial meeting of the Ministry of Social Welfare on Jan 26, 2012 decided to commemorate Feb 7 the day every year. The decision still awaiting cabinet nod.

“We will get the day (cabinet endorsed) soon in recognisation of the hearing-impaired people’s rights, and dignity. But they badly need an institute so that they can learn their first language,” the coordinator, Dey said.

He said the institute would conduct research and training on the Bangla sign language. “India has started building an institute in 2011,” he said and that every language has its own sign language.

Activists say hearing-impaired people cannot express themselves after being subjected to torture or violence as general people usually do not understand them. Even during natural calamities, they do not know what is going on.

“There should be (sign language) learning facility at every government training centres so that government staff can understand the language,” said Farah Kabir, Country Director of Actionaid Bangladesh at a discussion on Thursday.

Terming them ‘good workers’ in certain jobs, the director general of the social welfare Nasima Begum suggested them to find out what jobs suitable for them. “We will help you to get that (job).”

The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on different occasions also called upon all television channels to use sign language alongside usual during news bulletins.

State-run television BTV and private channel Desh TV responded to the premier’s call giving a spotlight on an overlooked career.

The presenter Kabir believes opportunities will grow by the time. “But there are not enough of us to go around. If we had an institute, then we could train up people regularly,” she said.

According to Kabir, signing is interesting, but “it’s not easy, lot of enthusiasm needs to learn (sign language).”

“For me, it was easy as I had to communicate at home. But it’s like other language English, French that you learn but if don’t practice you will forget,” she said as she explained about signing.

She said expressions were very important for the signing. “Sometimes you may need to give emphatic gestures and sometimes sympathetic facial expressions. And of course hands are primary tools.”

After home, she learnt the language from the Society of the Deaf that she said only organisation teaches the language in Bangladesh in limited scale. She is also a mentor of that organisation.

After learning sign language, one can work at schools, government agencies or translate for hearing-impaired people during doctors’ appointments and many other purposes, campaigners say.

Pioneering videogame firm Atari gets lifeline

Atari, the pioneering video game company mired in bankruptcy proceedings in both France and the US, said on Tuesday it had found a last minute buyer after the latest leading shareholder gave up on turning the company around.
Atari SA "supports the proposed acquisition of the BlueBay Funds' interests in the Atari group by a longtime videogame professional and a fund advised by Alden Global Capital," the videogamer said in a statement.
Atari was born 40 years ago in California and jumped to fame by bringing the arcade game experience to living rooms worldwide with games such as Pong and Centipede.
The key buyer of the embattled company is Frenchman Frederic Chesnais, a former Atari executive, who is picking up 25 percent of the Atari SA's capital through his own fund Ker Ventures for 400 euros with hedge fund Alden providing financing.

Internet users seeking more 'invisibility'

Consumer efforts to protect personal data and remain "invisible" online is leading to a "data blackhole" that could adversely impact digital advertisers, technology research firm Ovum said Wednesday.
The move to seek "new tools that allow them to remain 'invisible' -- untraceable and impossible to target by data means" will impact advertisers who rely on that information to target their audiences, Ovum said.
Surveying consumers in 11 countries around the world, the research firm said 68 percent of respondents said they would select a "do not track" feature if this was easily available.
"This hardening of consumer attitudes, coupled with tightening regulation, could diminish personal data supply lines and have considerable impact on targeted advertising, customer relationship management, big data analytics and other digital industries," the London-based firm said in a statement.
Mark Little, a principal analyst at Ovum, said Internet users were increasingly getting more access to new tools to "monitor, control and secure their personal data as never before".
The recent scandal involving privacy breaches by mobile messaging service WhatsApp and lingering concerns over data use policies on Facebook and Google are prompting Internet users to be more guarded, Ovum added.
A joint Canadian-Dutch probe concluded last month that WhatsApp breached privacy laws in at least two countries "mainly in relation to the retention, safeguard, and disclosure of personal data".
The joint probe found that most mobile smartphone users did not have a choice to use WhatsApp's messaging app without granting access to their entire address book, in violation of Canadian and Dutch privacy laws.