San Francisco: Computers controlled by a swipe of the hand - a staple of science fiction flicks like "Minority Report" - could soon hit the mass market as the result of a new deal between Hewlett-Packard Co and a San Francisco startup called Leap Motion.
As the world's largest PC maker, HP's move to embrace motion-sensing technology could potentially change how people interface with computers in the same way that Apple Inc made touch-screen technology mainstream with the 2007 launch of the iPhone - or when Apple first introduced the mouse to consumers in 1983.
Leap Motion, a three-year-old firm with less than 100 employees in San Francisco, manufactures sensor units about the size of a pack of gum, which it claims can track the individual movements of 10 fingers with 1/100th of a millimeter precision.
The units can plug into any computer and allow the use of apps or software designed for motion-control sensors....
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10:30 AM, Apr 17, 2013
San Francisco: The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology. The latest evidence of the PC's infirmity emerged Wednesday with the release of two somber reports showing unprecedented declines in the sales of desktop and laptop machines during the first three months of the year. As...
01:00 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Chandigarh: Nearly 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 of government schools in Punjab will get tablet computers, a minister announced on Tuesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the state government will provide free computer tablets to all the 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 in government schools at a total cost of Rs.110 crore in the current financial year. Maluka said satellite-based education (EDUSAT), earlier launched in...
03:56 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Imagine if your smartphone or computer could repair on its own! It might sound like the stuff of science fiction as engineers at the California Institute of Technology, for the first time ever, have developed self-healing integrated chips. ...
06:33 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The United States was the origin of more than half of the hacking attacks on China in the first two months of 2013, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, amid escalating tensions between Beijing and Washington over the use of the Internet. Beijing and Washington have been squaring off for months over the issue of cyber attacks, each accusing the other of hacking into sensitive government websites. ...
06:24 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Shares of Dell Inc soared 13 per cent to a near eight-month high on Monday after Bloomberg reported the world's No 3 PC maker is in talks with at least two private equity firms about going private. ...
02:20 AM, Jan 15, 2013
India is under the grip of cyber attacks and there is an obvious peak in the growth of malware and their modifications on mobile devices, especially on the Android platform, according to a report. ...
07:22 PM, Jan 03, 2013
The Google doodle shows Ada Lovelace writing the pioneering computer programs with a quill pen. ...
06:45 AM, Dec 10, 2012
New York: This week, Microsoft will release a new version of its Windows operating system, one designed to make desktop and laptop computers work more like tablets. It represents the software company's effort to address the growing popularity of smartphones and tablet computers, namely the iPad. The new software is a radical departure from previous versions of Windows. The familiar start menu on the lower left corner is gone, and...
08:19 AM, Oct 25, 2012
San Jose: Apple is unveiling a new version of its iMac desktop computer that's one-fifth the thickness of the old model around the edges. At 5 millimeters around the edges, the new iMac is thinner than most stand-alone computer monitors. It bulges in the back, however. Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller did not say how much. The new model achieves its severe thinness in part by eliminating the optical disc...
12:11 AM, Oct 24, 2012
Madurai: In what came as a breakthrough in the illegal mining cases against PRP Exports, an underground facility that housed a server room was unearthed on the company premises on Friday. Computer hard disks with a total memory of over 2,000 GB " said to contain vital information pertaining to the firms operations " were seized from the underground server room. The firms staff and managers had already removed the...
11:51 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New York: IBM introduced a new line of mainframe computers the company calls its most powerful and technologically advanced ever. IBM said its zEnterprise EC12 mainframe server is designed to help clients securely and quickly sift through massive amounts of data, meeting the demands of retail and other clients in the age of "Big Data." Running at 5.5 GHz, IBM said the microprocessor that powers the mainframe is the fastest...
11:24 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Many Windows versions ago, I discovered that the mouse settings could also be modified for left-handed users. Otherwise the world in its rightful righteousness ignored ...
04:58 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Mumbai: The SEBI has imposed a Rs 5 lakh fine on the erstwhile Satyam Computer's compliance officer G Jayaraman for failing in his duty to avoid insider trading in the company's shares in December 2008 - days before a major corporate scam broke out at the IT firm. Jayaraman's role came to the light during market regulator SEBI's investigations into the Satyam scam, which came to light during the financial...
07:43 PM, Aug 01, 2012
London: Scientists have developed a unique and affordable device which could enable millions suffering from nerve degenerative diseases and amputees to interact with their computers and surroundings using simple eye movements. The eye-tracking devices and "smart" software, which costs less than 40 pounds, can help patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy and spinal cord to interact with the computer freely. According to a study, published in The Journal...
05:28 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Washington: If you're reading this online, you're fine. The day that was supposed to see thousands of people knocked off the Internet has arrived, but only a few people were affected. Thousands of Internet users across the US and beyond waited too long or simply didn't believe warnings that they would lose access to the Internet just after midnight because of malware that took over computers around the world more...
12:38 AM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: Thousands of computers in India, which are hit by a malicious virus DNSChanger, may lose Internet access on Monday, according to Web security firm McAfee. DNSChanger is a malware computer programme that redirects Internet traffic to fake websites. These affected machines are likely lose Web access as FBI will shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware on July 9. As a result, it is likely that all...
03:53 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Boston: About a quarter-million computer users around the world are at risk of losing Internet access on Monday because of malicious software at the heart of a hacking scam that the US authorities shut down in November, 2011. Some blogs and news reports hyped the risk of an outage, warning of a potential "blackout" and describing the Alureon malware as the "Internet Doomsday" virus. Yet experts said only a tiny...
04:22 AM, Jul 06, 2012
Beijing: The number of Chinese people accessing internet on cell phones will exceed those doing so on computers in the next two to three years, experts have predicted. Experts at a conference held by the Beijing Communication Industry Association said the "mobile internet" will also drive internet's popularity in the country, the Global Times reported. "China's mobile internet has entered a booming period. Mobile app downloads in the country last...
10:41 AM, Jul 04, 2012
