Verizon Wireless’s new $2 “convenience fee” for paying a bill online has outraged consumers, and today the Federal Communications Commissions said it will look into the fee. “On behalf of American consumers, we’re concerned about Verizon’s actions and are looking into the matter,” the FCC said in its statement. The FCC isn’t providing further information …

Verizon Wireless plans to charge subscribers a new $2 fee every time they pay their wireless bills online or directly over the phone. Verizon A leaked memo from the company first reported by Engadget, showed some of the details of the new plan. And the blog Phone Scoop got confirmation from a Verizon representative on Thursday of the change. The …

Did you get a Kindle for Christmas? I did. And apparently so did millions of other people. Amazon reported Thursday that it had the best holiday season ever for its Kindle e-readers. The online e-commerce giant didn’t offer specific sales figures, but it did offer a few tidbits of information. Throughout December, the company sold well over 1 million Kindle …

Will AT&T be the first carrier to offer 4G LTE Microsoft Windows Phones? That’s what Paul Thurrott of the WinSupersite blog reported Thursday. Thurrott didn’t name sources for this information. But he was very specific about the devices and launch dates for the new Windows Phone LTE devices. And he was very clear that AT&T and not Verizon Wireless, which …

Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard’s former CEO and now the current president of Oracle, lost his fight in court this week to keep confidential a letter alleging sexual harassment. Oracle President Mark Hurd, who was formerly Hewlett-Packard’s CEO. Oracle A Delaware court ruled yesterday that Hurd had not established “good cause” to keep the letter under wraps. (Here’s the court record uploaded …

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned this week of a security flaw in a popular tool intended to make it easier to add additional devices to a secure Wi-Fi network. GearXS On Tuesday, the organization, known as US-CERT, cited findings from security researcher Stefan Viehbock, who uncovered the security hole in the so-called Wi-Fi Protected Set-up, or WPS, protocol, …

Christmastime is a time of giving. So it’s natural that if you got a shiny new smartphone, you’d want to give your old one away to a friend or family member. But be careful to whom you bestow this present. If the lucky recipient of your generous gift doesn’t already have a smartphone and a smartphone data plan, you may …

Editor’s note: The headline and story have been updated to reflect the latest news. The New York Times is now saying that a believed-to-be bogus e-mail that told millions of subscribers that their subscriptions had been canceled actually did come from the newspaper company. But the e-mail, which was meant for only 300 recipients, was instead sent to more than …

Will they or won’t they? That’s the question Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab customers are asking with respect to whether Samsung will offer them the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Samsung will likely not update those devices to ICS, but older Galaxy owners may not be entirely out of luck. There is apparently still a chance that Samsung …

Did you get a notice recently from AT&T stating you use more than your fair share of wireless data? Ask Maggie explains why this is happening and offers some advice to help you keep the data flowing. Ask Maggie also offers some advice on deciding between an iPad and a MacBook. Throttled by AT&T Dear Maggie, I have an unlimited …