Technology News: General

City-Based Great Software Laboratory Pvt Ltd (GS Lab), a technology company, has launched kPoint to address the current challenges the education and training industry are facing. kPoint is an Internet-based solution that presents instructionally-designed lessons in interactive on-line classrooms hosted on its servers.

This sterilisation machine with plasma technology and two heart lung machines that has been acquired by the Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery (CVTS) department at Sassoon General Hospital can convert irregular heart beats into regular ones during surgery and is the only one in Asia.

London, Nov 10 (ANI): Scientists from City University London have developed what they call "fear detector" that can smell human fear.

Technical competitions at college fests are fast replacing the conventional song and dance events Though the surface shows that the Indian education system has remained book oriented as yet, the on-campus news bulletins narrate different stories altogether.

The HP Pavillion series has been a bestseller since its launch, striking a good balance between looks, price, performance and consumer appeal.

GM hopes the Chevrolet Cruze will help it drive past the troubles of a dismal yearHaving put bankruptcy behind it and secured the fate of the Chevrolet brand, General Motors now has a new global design vision for the future, something they call the Chevrolet Cruze.

Even as corporate groups and financial institutions in India are floating their own private equity funds, the downturn in the global economy has affected their fundraising plans indefinitely.

Close on the heels of the first Android laptop, Acer has announced a full-size laptop that displays 3-D content.

Melbourne, Nov 5 (ANI): Laser-powered space elevators are taking part in a NASA-backed competition in the Mojave Desert.

TOKYO (AP) Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.

Your laptop has got even lighter and slimmer - precisely 655 gms in weight, and half an inch in thickness. Sony has launched its latest series of ultra slim laptops (11.2 inches in size) called the 'Vaio X'. With this release, the company has surged ahead in the race to the world's lightest notebook - lighter than Apple's MacBook Air and Dell Adamo.

BEIJING (AP) Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee "World of Warcraft," a popular online game, in a bizarre battle that has thrust bureaucratic rivalry for control of the Internet into the open.

BEIJING (AP) Apple Inc.'s local partner has sold 5,000 iPhones since the smart phone's formal weekend debut in China, a lackluster start after analysts warned the company might be setting prices too high.

Goldyne Technoserve Ltd signed an agreement with the district administration of Gadchiroli for executing a Turnkey Technology Infrastructure Management Project for implementing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.

The exponential sales of smartphones has turned into a breeding ground for innovation with new applications being released by software development firms on this platform.

Gigaset Communications, a manufacturer of cordless telephones under the brand Siemens Gigaset, has entered the Indian market with the launch of new premium cordless phones.

In their quest to find answers, experts have demonstrated that the future of medical discoveries, environmental challenges, energy deficit, all lie in collaborating through Cloud Computing.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday corporate spending on information technology will not recover to levels seen in recent years before the global economic slowdown.

London, Oct 31 (ANI): Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a robot that is sensitive to driver's moods and habits, and can revolutionise the way you interact with your car.

With the foray of 3G or third generation in India, Mobile users will be able to watch TV, read mobile magazines, watch video clips, make video calls, browse and download at much higher speeds, all these would be in addition to the already existing services available on mobile devices.