Todd R. Weiss

Micros Systems is being sued by a Texas-based restaurant chain, which alleges that the IT company sold and installed a malware-infected credit card transaction system that captured personal data from the restaurant’s customers. The trial in the case opened July 15 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, pitting the Grapevine, Texas-based Cotton Patch Cafe chain […]

Google’s Street View cameras have gone to lots of amazing places around the world, from the depths of the Grand Canyon to the towering heights from inside the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, but their latest destination may be their hottest yet—an up-close view inside the world of Harry Potter in London. That’s where the […]

Google has returned outbound voice calling services to its Hangouts feature in Gmail, Google+ and through the Chrome browser extension after it was temporarily removed in May when Hangouts was updated. Users complained about the missing voice-calling feature after the May changes, and now Google has put voice calling back, according to a July 9 […]

Google just did a complete about-face with its new Android Google Maps app after announcing July 10 that the latest version no longer includes capabilities to use the maps offline when users don’t have Internet access. Early on July 11, Google responded to user complaints about the offline maps omission and announced that it would […]

Red Hat Fedora developer Seth Vidal died July 8 from injuries caused by a hit-and-run driver whose vehicle struck Vidal on a Durham, N.C., road while he was riding his bicycle. Vidal, 36, an avid cyclist and open-source developer, was killed by a motorist who later turned himself in to police on July 9, according […]

Google has unveiled the latest edition of its Chrome Web browser by releasing Version 28.0.1500.71 to its stable release channel, making it available to users. The company has also delivered the latest version 28 of Chrome for Android for mobile users as well as implementing richer notifications for users of Chrome for Windows. The Chrome […]

Google wants to know what Android developers think about how the Android development process can continue to be improved, so the company has set up new online surveys to find out what’s on their minds. The 2013 midyear Android Developer Survey, which is available in several languages, is now open online for developers’ comments and […]

Google is continuing to build on the continuing evolution of its mobile Google Maps app with the release of a new version aimed first at Android smartphone and tablet users. “The new Google Maps for mobile builds on the design we released for iPhone last December and improves on it with a few useful search […]

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is beginning a long-awaited, 5-mile-long journey across the terrain of the red planet to begin exploring a rocky area known as Mount Sharp, 11 months after the rover arrived on the planet’s surface, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “With drives on July 4 and July 7, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity […]

Google’s Chrome Web browser has received six new feature-filled APIs as part of its growing stable of Chrome packaged apps browser add-ons that are aimed at enriching the experiences of Chrome browser users. The new APIs have been added to the latest Chrome Dev channel release, which continues to undergo development work before later progressing […]