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Three public interest groups, Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, have taken the first formal step in lodging a complaint against a carrier with the Federal Communications Commission. They have served notice to AT&T that in 10 days, they inte...

The media tablet market is poised for robust growth -- driven in large part by the emerging 7.x-inch form factor, according to new figures from IHS iSuppli. Tablet shipments will reach 126.6 million units this year, the firm predicted, which amounts to a 56 percent annual increase. The largest port...

Brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss -- famed for their dispute with Mark Zuckerberg over the formation of Facebook -- are trying their hand at the social media space again. They have invested $1 million in SumZero, founded in 2008 by fellow Harvard alum Divya Narendra, who also had a hand in bring...

As IT innovation comes in rapidly evolving cycles, continuity and consistency remain important factors in managing change. The adoption of innovative IT calls for a certain amount of management stability to transition from old to new methods in productive ways. In turn, that stability depends on an ...

On Monday, news that Google had purchased Nik Software triggered speculation that the Internet giant was following in Facebook's footsteps. Nik is the maker of the Snapseed photo editing app. Facebook in April purchased Snapseed competitor Instagram for $1 billion, and Monday's announcement was seen...

Samsung's legal battle against Apple took another hit Friday after a preliminary decision from the International Trade Commission preliminary ruled Apple did not infringe on four of Samsung's patents. Samsung filed its original complaint regarding five mobile device patents about a year ago, asking ...

The only topic getting more attention in the tech industry than the Cloud is the debate over the future implications of the upcoming US presidential election. And, in many ways the two topics are intimately intertwined. Both are being propelled by plenty of fear, uncertainty and doubt. Fear about th...

Acer has suddenly postponed the launch in China of a smartphone called the "Acer CloudMobile A800." When journalists went to the expected launch in Shanghai, Acer reportedly told them it had been canceled for internal reasons. Acer and Google are not commenting publicly -- and neither company respon...

Who doesn't stop twice to check out a letter from the Internal Revenue Service delivered in traditional snail mail paper form? Communications from the IRS or other federal agencies -- such as health information from the Centers for Disease Control, or consumer alerts from the Federal Trade Commissi...

A new chapter is beginning in the antipiracy wars: A so-called six-strike warning scheme will be put into action by the end of this year, said Jill Lesser of the Center for Copyright Information. The CCI was born as a result of widespread revulsion over the ham-handed tactics deployed in the 2000s b...

It's been a long time since the video game faithful lined up for the midnight release of Nintendo's Wii video game console, which arrived back in November of 2006. Now Nintendo no doubt hopes its next-generation console will enjoy the same level of anticipation as its game-changing Wii. The system w...

Cablevision recently invested in upgrading its cable television network to improve the quality of service. Now it is launching a curious marketing and advertising campaign to let customers know about it. It wants to shine up its Optimum brand. Good idea, but the funny part is, it is poking fun at it...

The long-awaited unveiling of the iPhone 5 may not be the only Apple news in circulation. Also expected to make headlines Wednesday will be the news that Samsung is filing suit against Apple in Europe and the United States for infringing on several patents it holds relating to LTE. Samsung reportedl...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company Tuesday and outlined plans for growth in the mobile space in his first public appearance following Facebook's botched IPO and stock plunge. Since Facebook's debut on the public market in May, its value has halved and investors have worrie...

If Apple gets its way, Samsung will no longer be able to sell any cell devices that it claims infringe on Apple's patents. This could be devastating, since as of July 2012, Samsung owned 25.6 percent and Apple just 6.3 percent of the mobile market, according to a comScore report. However, the Apple ...