Todd R. Weiss

Microsoft has been hit with a patent-infringement lawsuit regarding its new Windows 8 operating systems, just days after the debut of Windows 8 on Oct. 26 and Windows Phone 8 on Oct. 29. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 30 by Portland, Maine-based SurfCast, alleges that Microsoft infringes on its U.S. Patent No. 6,724,403 dating back to […]

Google’s Gmail users will soon be relieved of the frustration that often occurred when they couldn’t open or compose multiple messages at the same time. Instead, Gmail users are getting a key upgrade—they’ll soon finally be able to open or compose multiple email messages in separate windows on their screen, just like other mail applications […]

Google has released its new Voter Information Tool Website to help voters find information about just about everything they need to know about the upcoming Nov. 6 general elections in the United States. “Every four years in the United States, people prepare to head to the polls and increasingly search for information about how to […]

Google has bundled its Public Alerts services, which provide information and warnings during emergencies, into Google Search, Google Maps and into its Android Maps and Google Now apps on devices running Jelly Bean. The announcement came just after the height of Hurricane Sandy, which pummeled much of the East Coast with hurricane-force winds, heavy rains, […]

Google launched its long-awaited new Nexus 4 smartphone and new Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets Oct. 29, despite the cancellation of its originally scheduled New York City announcement, partly due to the approach of the powerful Hurricane Sandy that brought heavy rain and gale force winds to the East Coast. Instead of what was […]

Carbon nanotubes are beginning to head out of the laboratory and into the edges of reality, according to a team of IBM researchers who have been hard at work creating carbon nanotubes that will be the basis for the next generation of computer chips. The latest breakthrough as scientists continue to refine the handling and […]

Google Maps is adding detailed and helpful information about topography, vegetation, terrain and land formations to its wide-ranging Google Maps collection to help users find the information they are seeking. “When you look at Google Maps, we want you to see the most comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-understand representation of the entire world,” wrote Karl Johann […]

Google’s latest Crisis Response Map has been issued for the East Coast of the United States as Hurricane Sandy, a powerful storm that formed in the Caribbean, heads toward New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and beyond this weekend, packing heavy rains and winds that could be as strong as 80 mph or greater. “Just launched: […]

Speculation continues unabated about what Google will unveil at its planned Oct. 29 press event in New York City, but now the world knows of one item that’s likely to be announced: a new LG Nexus 4 smartphone running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Details for the new phone, which would be LG’s first entry into […]

Google and Microsoft continue to face tough business practice and privacy scrutiny in Europe. There’s sharp criticism from European Union (EU) officials over Google’s privacy policies for its users and antitrust concerns with Microsoft related to whether it is giving users a choice in the Web browsers they use in the new Windows 8 operating […]

Hadoop users know how complicated the data intelligence and business intelligence platform can be, but they still use it because it helps them do deep dives into their business data so they can obtain fascinating, usable results. Now Platfora is trying to make all of that work easier with the Oct. 23 release of its […]

Google is now making its business productivity apps for Chromebook owners available through the Chrome Web store to make them easier to obtain and use. In addition, Google has renamed its three key productivity apps, according to Jonathan Rochelle, a Google director of product management, who wrote about the changes in an Oct. 23 post […]