The power of youth can never be underestimated. The young generation is always brimming with new ideas, but alas, very little is done to tap into this resourceful treasure chest, especially here in Bangladesh. One such venture had been undertaken by D.Net (Development Research Network) and Citibank N.A. Bangladesh by organizing an IT case competition for students from various public and private universities of different parts of the nation.

Technology showcasing is now a well accepted phenomenon in Bangladesh, also prioritised in the ECS Computer City's 'Digital ICT Fair 2009' for the remote areas to make the Digital Bangladesh slogan a reality. Speakers at the inauguration ceremony of the fair on November 7 pressed home at this point indicating the digital devices should make known to the people from all walks through this kind of arrangements. The fair started on November 7 and will continue up to 15 of this month at Multiplan Centre situated at New Elephant road in the capital.

Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) is going to arrange 'Digital Bangladesh Summit 2009' at Bangabandhu International Summit Centre on November 22. BCS expects the President Md Zillur Rahman will inaugurate the summit as a chief guest.

Microsoft Bangladesh believes that their latest operating system (OS) 'Windows 7' will successfully acquire most of the market share like their most successful OS 'Windows XP' in no time.

Symantec Corp. a global leader in security, storage and systems management solutions has announced the appointment of Computer Source Ltd (CSL), a leading IT distributor in the Bangladesh market, as their authorised distributor for enterprise and retail solutions in Bangladesh, says a press release.

In a handout picture released by Samsung Electronics, a model displays what Samsung claim to be the world's slimmest watch-shaped mobile phone, just 11.98 millimetres (0.48 inchs) thick at a showroom in Seoul.