U.S. Sets 21st-Century Goal: Building a Better Patent Office

By EDWARD WYATT

Only in the last three years has the federal Patent and Trademark Office begun to accept a majority of its applications in digital form.

Mary F. Calvert for The New York Times

David Kappos of the Patent Office, with an Edison bulb.

Tina Brown, with Stephen Colvin, chief of the Newsweek Daily Beast Company, is keeping her magazine redesign top secret.

At Newsweek, a Humble and Frugal Tina Brown

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Since the Daily Beast Web site merged with Newsweek, the accomplished editor is eager to avoid any hype about her plan to turn the struggling newsweekly around.

Eric Schmidt of Google at the World Economic Forum in January.

Google Trying to Avoid Antitrust Fight in Europe

By JAMES KANTER 12:01 AM ET

As Google’s ambitions have grown so has the scrutiny of antitrust agencies on both sides of the Atlantic, particularly in Europe.

TV Industry Taps Social Media to Keep Viewers’ Attention

By BRIAN STELTER

As more and more people chat on Facebook and Twitter while watching TV, networks are trying to figure out how to capitalize.

In Prime-Time TV, Networks Losing the War for 10 P.M.

By BILL CARTER

The 10 p.m. time slot has become an expensive graveyard where many networks have seen hourlong dramas stagnate.

Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter

By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF

Long-form blogs were once the outlet of choice, but now sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are favored.

Leah Poling, a Chicago Hyatt “ambassador,” using an iPad.

After iPad’s Head Start, Rival Tablets Are Poised to Flood Offices

By MIGUEL HELFT

A number of new tablets geared toward businesses are expected to give the iPad, which has had the market largely to itself, a run for its money.

Greece’s Efforts to Limit Tax Evasion Have Little Success

By SUZANNE DALEY

Greek authorities are undertaking a series of measures to try to change what has long been a way of life in Greece — rampant tax evasion.

New Jersey TV Station Is Accused of Failing Its Audience

By BRIAN STELTER

WWOR-TV faces scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission after charges that the station misrepresented programming and staffing information.

Larry King was among those allowed to invest with Bernard L. Madoff via the Mets' family company.

Mets’ Owners Guarded an Investment Pipeline

By SERGE F. KOVALESKI

Fred Wilpon’s and Saul Katz’s referrals to Bernard L. Madoff’s funds carried restrictions on direct contact with him.

Insight & Analysis

The Media Equation

2 Platforms, With 2 Sets of Problems

By DAVID CARR

Magazine publishers have a tough choice: an exclusive, pricey deal with the wildly popular Apple conduit, or Google’s open, less expensive and less trafficked vehicle.

Green Column

Coverage of Green Issues Becomes More Specialized

By KATE GALBRAITH

Journalists are a little less wide-eyed, and a little more picky; the cutting-edge coverage today focuses more on stories with an unusual angle.

From Sunday Business

As Rupert Murdoch nears 80, many see his son James as the heir apparent.

The Murdoch in Waiting

By TIM ARANGO

James Murdoch, a possible successor to his father, Rupert, could soon be responsible for about half of the News Corporation.

Fair Game

How a Whistle-Blower Conquered Countrywide

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Michael Winston’s successful court battle against his former employer, Countrywide Financial, offers a glimpse into how business was conducted there during the subprime mania.

In New Delhi, Rohan Bhardwaj, left, used Ignighter to plan group outings instead of typical dates.

Jilted in the U.S., a Site Finds Love in India

By HANNAH SELIGSON

Ignighter.com, a site for organizing group dates, wasn’t bringing in much traffic in the U.S. But the founders noticed that it was adding thousands of users a day in India.

Corner Office

Laura Ching is co-founder and chief merchandising officer of TinyPrints.com, an online card and stationery company. While other companies often save celebrations for Fridays, it holds them on Mondays, to start the week on a good note.

On Mondays, Look Forward to Coming In

By ADAM BRYANT

Laura Ching and the other founders of TinyPrints.com, spent months hammering out the kind of corporate culture they wanted. It includes bingo on Mondays.

Prototype

But they cluster to the center when a specific odor is present.

A Swarm of Wasps, if Not Investors

By AMY WALLACE

Research shows that wasps can be taught to sniff out most anything, even bedbugs. Two scientists want to turn the idea into a product but face challenges in raising capital.