Nathan Eddy

Ubiquitous search engine giant Google has been sued for allegedly stealing the name of its open-source Linux-based operating system Android. According to various news reports across the Web, Erich Specht, the owner of Palatine, Ill.-based Android Data, a Web and e-commerce administration software developer, filed the suit against 47 organizations, including the Open Handset Alliance, […]

As news of the potential shuttering of the Boston Globe within 60 days rattles the newspaper industry, The New York Times (which owns the Globe) reports a larger-screen version of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, formatted for larger print publications like newspapers or magazines, may be on the market as early as this week.The Times report suggests […]

For users who never want to leave the comfort of their Gmail account page, your day has come: On Thursday, Google announced the Google Search experiment in Gmail Labs, which allows users to search online using a widget on the left side toolbar in Gmail. For the emoticon-obsessed among us, Google also announced the addition […]

The popular social networking site Facebook successfully fought off an attack from a piece of malware yesterday, the second attack this week. Facebook, which claims 200 million users, said the phishing scam tricked users into clicking on a link in the messages inbox that took them to a false Facebook Website here cyber-criminals were able […]

Apple is tapping into Silicon Valley’s work force in an effort to build a team of engineers to design a chip for the company’s popular iPhone, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to “people familiar with the plans,” the WSJ reports Apple is looking for people across the semiconductor industry. Apple already hired Raja Koduri, […]

A survey by Glenview, Ill.-based payroll service SurePayroll suggests small to medium-size business owners would rather see President Barack Obama cutting taxes on midmarket companies instead of injecting billions of dollars into the economy. The survey found three out of four small business owners say they would rather see the government enact simple tax cuts […]

Data released from Nielsen Online, which analyzes online media and its audiences, shows the popular social networking site Twitter is struggling with low retention rates: More than 60 percent of Twitter users fail to return the following month.David Martin, Nielsen Online’s vice president of primary research, wrote a blog post noting that, while celebrity endorsements […]

Hitachi Data Systems, a subsidiary of Hitachi, announced it is expanding its management software portfolio with two offerings aimed at small and medium-size businesses; the Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer and the Hitachi Storage Command Portal. The company says the IT Operations Analyzer is ideal for midmarket customers who are looking for a user-friendly solution. The […]

Online retailer Amazon has quietly purchased a Portland, Ore., and Austin, Texas-based startup called Lexcycle, which had developed an application named Stanza that allowed Apple iPhone and iPod touch owners to use the devices like an electronic book reader. Lexcycle posted the news in a short blog post on the company Website.“It has been an […]

A report from Discover Financial Services that surveyed the economic confidence among small business owners in the United States rose to its highest level in 14 months in April as more midmarket companies see the broader economy and the conditions for their own businesses improving. The number of small business owners who say the economy […]