Google’s Android operating system may be a victim of its own success. More than 6 million handsets shipped in 2009 using Google’s Android software. And the forecast in 2010 is that this figure will triple with shipments possibly topping out at 20 million this year. But a new study from IMS Research indicates that the …

The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with its National Broadband Plan despite an appeals court decision earlier this week that called into question the agency’s authority over regulating the Internet. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday issued a statement that said the court’s decision “does not change our broadband policy goals, or the ultimate authority of the FCC to …

A federal appeals court decision against the Federal Communications Commission has left many people wondering if the open Internet’s days are numbered. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel in a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. unanimously tossed out an FCC cease-and-desist order against cable giant Comcast. The FCC said in 2008 that Comcast had illegally slowed its customers’ Bit Torrent …

Cash-conscious consumers are flocking to prepaid month-to-month wireless phone service in lieu of contract-based plans. A study released by the New Millennium Research Council, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, last week said new prepaid wireless customers exceeded the number of new contract subscribers that signed up for service in the fourth quarter of 2009. This is the first time that …

Aside from Apple’s new iPad, 3D TV could be the next big thing in consumer electronics. But it’s still early days, and that means consumers might want to wait for the technology to mature before jumping on the bandwagon. There’s no question that 3D TV was the biggest thing going at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year …

Research In Motion’s revenue and device shipments may have been up for the fourth quarter of 2009, but analysts worry the company’s days at the top of the smartphone market are numbered as it succumbs to pressure from competition. The BlackBerry Bold is one of RIM’s top selling phones, sporting some of the latest and greatest technology RIM has to …

NEW YORK–Comcast gave a preview here Wednesday of what its 3D broadcast of the Masters golf tournament will look like next week. The cable giant will be delivering the live 3D broadcast of the tournament, produced by the Augusta National Golf Club, from April 7 through 11 to subscribers of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, and Cablevision. The feed, …

Google and Verizon Communications have teamed up once again to ask the Federal Communications Commission to take it easy on regulating the Internet. On Tuesday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg co-authored an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal praising aspects of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, which will provide a road map for policymakers and …

Rumors that the iPhone is coming to Verizon have been buzzing around the Web over the last day or so. So what should Verizon iPhone users expect when the device finally comes to the nation’s largest wireless network? First, rumors of the Verizon iPhone are just that. There has been no confirmation from Apple or Verizon about the launch of …

Houston is the latest city to get Clearwire’s 4G WiMax service, the company announced Monday. Both Clearwire and its partner, Sprint Nextel, will be offering 4G wireless service in Houston. Clearwire, which is backed by Sprint, cable giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable, as well as Intel and Google, has been building its nationwide 4G wireless network for over a …