Cynthia Harvey

Unidentified sources say that Google could be close to settling one of the two Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust actions against the company. For more than a year, the FTC has been investigating Google’s handling of standards-essential patents that it acquired with the purchase of Motorola Mobility. The Wall Street Journal’s Amir Efrati stated, “Google […]

Security researchers have published a new report that should give Android users cause for concern. They found that many popular free Android apps are vulnerable to “man in the middle” (MITM) attacks and could expose sensitive personal information to hackers. PCMag’s Chloe Albanesius reported, “Researchers from Philipps University and Leibniz University in Germany examined 13,500 […]

On Thursday, Google’s printer accidentally filed its quarterly financial report with the SEC earlier than Google had intended. The snafu, combined with Google’s lower-than-expected earnings, wreaked havoc on the company’s share price and trading in its stock was temporarily halted. Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Matthew Philips reported, “Google got burned on Thursday by a very old-school mistake: […]

Several large financial firms report that they continue to be the target of cyberattacks. An Iranian group of hackers called the Qassam Cyber Fighters claims to be behind many of the attacks. In The Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman reported, “Iranian hackers renewed a campaign of cyberattacks against U.S. banks this week, targeting Capital One […]

Microsoft has released its earnings report for its first fiscal quarter, and the company’s revenue and income were both down. Observers said the poor showing was to be expected as the industry giant gears up for the launch of Windows 8 later this month, and some saw positive signs in the company’s financials. According to […]

As part of its massive plan to bring IT operations back in-house, General Motors has announced that it intends to hire 3,000 IT workers from Hewlett-Packard. Those workers already supported GM, which contracted with HP for IT services, but now they will be actual GM employees. InformationWeek’s Chris Murphy wrote, “GM CIO Randy Mott, on […]

Market research firm Gartner predicts that enterprises will spend $28 billion on Big Data this year, climbing up to $34 billion next year. However, it believes the buzzword will phase out by 2020 when Big Data will have become the new normal. “Because big data’s effects are pervasive, big data will evolve to become a […]

Google has sent out invitations to a press event to be held next week in New York. While the company hasn’t said what it will announce, industry watchers speculate about the possibility of new mobile devices, possibly including a $99 Nexus tablet. Writing for eWeek, Nathan Eddy reported, “Apple’s not the only technology giant that […]

After just one day of pre-orders for its new Surface RT tablets, Microsoft has sold out of existing stock for the least expensive version of the device. Has the mobile device industry finally come up with a challenger for Apple’s iPad? Computerworld’s Gregg Keizer reported, “Microsoft has exhausted its initial supply of the lowest-priced Surface […]

Apple has lost two skirmishes in its ongoing international patent war with Samsung. In the U.K., Britain’s Court of Appeal upheld an earlier decision that Samsung had not infringed on Apple’s designs. And in the U.S., Judge Lucy Koh has ordered Apple to release product-specific sales and profit information. Stephen Eisenhammer from Reuters reported, “Britain’s […]