Jobs breaks leave to unveil iPad 2
Apple is back with a refined second-generation tablet computer that squeezes more power into a thinner shell, while keeping prices in check, according to the Associated Press.
Underscoring the tablet's importance to Apple, CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from medical leave yesterday and made a surprising appearance to unveil the iPad 2 himself.
With the original iPad, Apple proved there is great demand for a tablet that's less than a laptop and more than a smartphone, yet performs many of the same tasks.
Eye-controlled laptop unveiled
Billed as a global first, a laptop allowing users to open files, play music and view pictures using only the power of their eyes was turning heads yesterday at CeBIT, the world's top tech fair, reveals AFP.
The laptop integrates cutting-edge “eye-tracking” technology by Swedish firm Tobii that follows the movement of the user's eyes and allows him or her to operate menus and select icons.
The prototype is also good for the environment as it recognises when you are not looking at it and automatically goes into screen saver mode, saving energy, Tobii says. It restarts as soon as the user glances at the monitor again.
Malware-laden apps hit Androids
Dozens of apps in the Android Market have been found to contain malware and have been removed from the online store by its owner Google, notes Computing.co.uk.
Reports put the precise number of apps at between 21 and 50. The apps were infected with malware called DroidDream, which once downloaded harvests details from the target smartphone and installs a backdoor so that more code can be downloaded and the phone controlled remotely.
Google removed the apps from Android Market as soon as it was alerted, but an unknown number of devices may have been infected.
EC descends on e-book publishers
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed it raided several companies involved in e-book publishing, writes The Register.
The regulators said it carried out “unannounced inspections” at e-book publishing companies in several member states because it has reason to believe they may have "violated EU anti-trust rules that prohibit cartels and other restrictive practices".
European officials were accompanied by local competition regulators. The UK's Office of Fair Trading started investigating e-book pricing last month.
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