1 Tobii's Eye-Tracking Laptop Technology: Eyes-On!

I looked at the laptop, and the laptop looked back. Tobii Technology, the company behind technology that allows users to control their laptop's interface with their eyes, came into the PCMag offices today, giving us a chance to look over one of its proof-of-concept prototypes. The eye-tracking technology isn't quite...

0 Blatter hints at technology for 2014 World Cup

NEWPORT, Wales (Reuters) – Goal-line technology could be used at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil if a suitable system can be found following further tests, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Saturday.Blatter, speaking at a news conference following the annual meeting of the law-making International FootballAssociation Board, confirmed that tests would continue for another year."On goal-line technology, we will go on with the technical experiments and then bring this item back to the IFAB meeting next year in London...

0 The iPod Gets the Dick Tracy Treatment

Last September, at one of those periodic events where Apple offers up a new product with much fanfare, Steve Jobs invited the audience to join him in admiring the latest iteration of the iPod Nano. With the touch-screen interface associated with the iPhone and the iPad, the music player had shrunk to a square, weighing less than an ounce and almost comically wee. Some observers took it for a joke when Jobs said an Apple board member intended to sport the thing as a watch. Others didn’t laugh; they sprang...

0 Imax Finds a Niche in Digital Future

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Moviegoers in Moscow who do not want to munch popcorn with the multiplex masses will soon have an alternative. At a V.I.P. cinema that is set to open in April, they will be able to watch blockbusters on a large, curved Imax screen while lounging in oversize leather chairs. The cost of a ticket for one of the 80 seats: close to $100.At a time when many media companies eye the digital future with dread, worrying about how to persuade consumers to buy their products when free information and entertainment abound on the...

0 Firth, Portman, Bale, Leo win Screen Actors prizes

LOS ANGELES – "The King's Speech" won the best-actor trophy Sunday for Colin Firth and a second honor for its overall cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.The two prizes capped a weeklong surge of Hollywood honors for the British monarchy saga, which is building momentum for the Feb. 27 Academy Awards, where the Facebook drama "The Social Network" previously had looked like the favorite.Natalie Portman earned the best-actress award at the Screen Actors ceremony for "Black Swan," while "The Fighter" co-stars Christian Bale and Melissa Leo swept...

0 Clinton: Egypt must transition to democracy

WASHINGTON – The U.S. appealed for an orderly transition to lasting democracy in Egypt even as escalating violence in the American ally threatened Mideast stability and put President Barack Obama in a diplomatic bind.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton refused to speculate on the future of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak or his teetering government. But U.S. officials, she said, "obviously want to see people who are truly committed to democracy, not to imposing any ideology on Egyptians."She warned against a takeover...