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Amazon surprised the music world this week with the rollout of several products that will allow consumers to store and access their digital music in the cloud. Perhaps no one was more surprised, though, than the music studios, who appeared to have learned the details of the offering shortly before t...

The Obama administration's program to more efficiently utilize information technology has worked -- but not well enough to get a passing grade from the U.S. Congress. Lawmakers are ratcheting up the pressure on federal agencies to improve their IT resource management -- including the way they procur...

Businesses are constantly searching for ways to reduce costs and improve revenues. Mobile technologies can provide incredible value because they offer immediate business interactions from almost anywhere. Mobile payments can expand your sales channels by helping you meet customers where they are. Pr...

Not so fast, AT&T. A Federal Communications Commission official has addressed the challenges that AT&T faces in pursuing its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Both FCC and Department of Justice regulators will have to approve of the merger first, and the transaction will not get a rubber ...

Not so fast, AT&T. A Federal Communications Commission official has addressed the challenges that AT&T faces in pursuing its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Both FCC and Department of Justice regulators will have to approve of the merger first, and the transaction will not get a rubber ...

Not so fast, AT&T. A Federal Communications Commission official has addressed the challenges that AT&T faces in pursuing its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Both FCC and Department of Justice regulators will have to approve of the merger first, and the transaction will not get a rubber ...

I chuckled when I first heard of AT&T's plan to buy T-Mobile. Just days before, I had written that AT&T's movement toward phasing out unlimited data plans for the iPhone and its broadband Internet offerings was a sign that the telecommunications services that have become such an integral par...

I chuckled when I first heard of AT&T's plan to buy T-Mobile. Just days before, I had written that AT&T's movement toward phasing out unlimited data plans for the iPhone and its broadband Internet offerings was a sign that the telecommunications services that have become such an integral par...

I chuckled when I first heard of AT&T's plan to buy T-Mobile. Just days before, I had written that AT&T's movement toward phasing out unlimited data plans for the iPhone and its broadband Internet offerings was a sign that the telecommunications services that have become such an integral par...

Have you taken a look at prepaid wireless lately? I hadn't, since there is always so much noise to follow in the post-paid world and prepaid is relatively quiet, but prepaid is actually looking better and better over the last few years. Prepaid is becoming a mainstream part of the mix you should con...

A major 2008 settlement between Google Books, authors and publishers has been rejected by a New York federal Judge. Judge Denny Chin of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the $125 million settlement because he said it would give Google too much power in the search market. The 2008 settleme...

Amazon launched its own Android app store Tuesday, an event immediately followed by the introduction of a lawsuit filed by Apple, according to Bloomberg. The suit claims trademark infringement and unfair competition on usage of the term "app store." Amazon's Appstore is launching with 3,800 apps an...

Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are flexing their collective majority muscles in both substance and style. The most significant change resulting from gaining the electoral majority in the House, of course, is that direction of all committees has shifted to Republican hands. But ot...

AT&T announced a deal Sunday that will make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S., surpassing Verizon. AT&T reached an agreement to acquire T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for about $39 billion. The deal will need approval from the FCC and DoJ to verify it would not violate antitrust l...

AT&T announced a deal Sunday that will make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S., surpassing Verizon. AT&T reached an agreement to acquire T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for about $39 billion. The deal will need approval from the FCC and DoJ to verify it would not violate antitrust l...