If you're into tablets, smartphones or gaming then this week has been rather like a dream - and we don't mean one of those dreams involving your favourite celebrity, a leprechaun costume and a gallon of massage oil. One minute all kinds of technological delights were heading for UK shop shelves; the next, they'd vanished into the ether. U-turns have affected three top gadgets this week: Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, the Nokia N9 smartphone and Sony's PS Vita handheld. [......]
After reading AT&T's massive argument (PDF) for why the government should allow it to purchase T-Mobile, you might wonder just why AT&T wants the smaller company at all. [......]
By Ed Oswald , Betanews The final comment period before the Federal Communications Commission makes its ruling on whether or not to approve the Comcast-NBC Universal merger ended on Thursday, and opponents made one last effort to stop it in its tracks. Comcast fought off those complaints, calling them "nothing more than preexisting or industry-wide grievances" that should not be part of the decision to approve the merger[......]
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Two years ago, during a private premiere event entitled "Heroes Happen Here" held at the same Nokia Theater in Los Angeles where the Emmy Awards are now staged, and introduced by none other than Tom Brokaw, Microsoft rolled out a truckload of new server software product lines to help cement the company's new prominence in businesses and enterprises. [......]
