A laptop prototype has been unveiled with a device that allows a user to control the computer by sight.The eye-tracking technology monitors the user’s gaze and works out where they’re looking on the computer screen and means, among other things, that users can play a game where they defeat enemies because the game’s lasers hit where they look. It can also scroll text on the screen in response to eye movements, sensing when the reader has reached …

As the next technology wave, cloud computing by enterprises has the potential to create about 100,000 new jobs in India, a study said Tuesday. “Of the projected $4.5-billion total cloud computing market in India by 2015, private cloud will account for $3.5 billion, generate about 100,000 additional jobs and save about 50 percent of cost of IT operations for Indian enterprises,” the study “Private Cloud Landscape in India”, by Zinnov Management Consulting …

Warding off investors’ anger at their annual meeting at Waterloo near here Tuesday, BlackBerry co-CEOs announced that seven new smart phones running a new operating system will hit the market soon. Declining market share, shrinking revenue, profit warnings and delays in replacing the aging handsets have triggered investor anger at the two co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis who control management as well as board at the BlackBerry maker Research …

Social network Facebook has hired a computer hacker who was recently sued by Sony for hacking the online game system PlayStation 3, The Sun reported. Facebook, however, did not reveal what 21-year-old George Hotz will do for the firm. Hotz – also known by the alias “GeoHot” – gained notoriety in 2008 when he developed a software for unlocking the iPhone and allowing it to be used by other networks, the report said. He also released instructions …

Human beings will meet creatures from outer space within the next 20 years, a top Russian scientist has said. “The genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms. Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years,” Andrei Finkelstein, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Applied Astronomy Institute, was quoted as saying by the Telegraph. Interfax news agency said the scientist was speaking at an international …

Smartphone manufacturer HTC Monday launched its first tablet in India — HTC Flyer — priced at Rs.39,890. “We saw an opportunity to create a tablet experience that is different, more personal and productive,” said Faisal Siddiqui, country manager, HTC India. According to the company, the seven-inch touch screen tablet is powered by a 1.5 Ghz processor coupled with HTC sense — a graphical user interface which combines natural touch and pen interaction. …

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Wednesday launched its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in India. “BlackBerry PlayBook comes in an ultra-portable design and features industry-leading performance with real-time multitasking and symmetrical multiprocessing,” the company said in a statement. “It delivers high-fidelity web browsing including support for Adobe Flash, as well as spectacular high-definition (HD) multimedia, advanced security features …

India will Wednesday witness the darkest lunar eclipse of this century with an expected duration of 100 minutes, considered by astronomy institutions to be one of the longest. “This will be one of the longest-duration eclipses, of 100 minutes, and also the darkest as the moon will pass deeply through the earth’s umbral (dark) shadow,” said Mila Mitra, scientific officer and event head at NGO Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and …

Google’s Android devices have become most popular smart phones in the US, said a Nielsen survey Tuesday, a day when Nokia shares tanked more than 15 percent on weaker quarterly outlook. Nielsen said Tuesday its April survey of 65,000 users showed that 36 percent mobile consumers now use an Android device, compared to 26 percent who use Apple iPhones and 23 percent who use Blackberry. If current mobile data usage is also any indicator, Google Android …

Chinese mobile handset maker G’Five Mobiles Tuesday said it will launch its range of third generation (3G) enabled Android and Windows based tablet computing device in India for less than Rs.10,000 by June-end. “G’Five plans to launch its range of tablet computing devices in Indian market by the end of this business quarter which is end of Jun, 2011. Our business philosophy is to make technology affordable to the common people,” Arshit Pathak, managing …