Smaller wireless carriers should be dancing in the streets tonight after a federal appeals court rejected Verizon’s arguments against the Federal Communication Commission’s wireless data roaming rules. James Martin/CNET Earlier today, the U.S Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., upheld rules that the FCC had enacted a year ago that will require large wireless operators …

2012 may be drawing to a close, but that just means Android-makers like Samsung are getting ready for a big 2013. Here are six Samsung rumors being whispered about in dark alleys and blogs. 1. Samsung Galaxy S4 Rumors already abound for Samsung’s next-generation flagship phone, likely called the Samsung Galaxy S4. While Samsung will do its best to keep …

Nokia will sell its headquarters in Espoo, Finland, before leasing it back, in a move to inject cash into its struggling business. Nokia’s headquarters in Finland. (Credit: Nokia) The phone maker expects to complete the sale to Exillion by the end of the year, for a total of €170 million. It will not leave the premises, though, agreeing to a …

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam isn’t afraid of his competitors’ efforts to raise their game; he welcomes the moves. “My view is, bring that stuff on,” he said during an investor conference today. “I mean, we have got a great network, and I think it will be good for consumers and so it is good for the industry.” McAdam touted the …

Coupons.com today updated its iOS app to integrate with Apple’s Passbook digital wallet service, something that previously required going through mobile Safari. As part of the update, there’s now an “add to Passbook” option next to coupons, which will spit the deal out to Apple’s software app. Users previously had to navigate to that same link through Coupons’ Web site, …

Netflix, the massive US-based media-streaming service, has said that the PlayStation 3 is the number one platform for anyone watching Netflix in the lounge room. (Credit: CNET) In Australia, gaming consoles are adding catch-up TV and video-on-demand services like they’re going out of style, but in the US it’s all been established for a little longer. We’ve already seen that …

Press red to get connected: the BBC has reinvented the red button, unveiling the new connected red button for smart TVs. Developed with Virgin Media, the new Web-powered red button will add extras to Internet-connected TVs — unless you’re a Sky viewer, that is. The new red button launches today on Virgin Media TiVo, and shows up on other Web-connected …

How’s this for timing: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s first TV interview will air on the same day as he finds out if a host of Samsung devices have been banned because of his company’s court case, CNET reports. Sadly, we won’t get any reaction shots to the news, as it’s pre-recorded. Don’t expect to see Cook punching the air or …

(Credit: Aaron Rasmussen) Meet Mr Ghost, the antenna that turns your iDevice into a tool for exploring the supernatural. There are more things in heaven and earth than we can perceive with our senses; this much we do know. Are any of those things supernatural? Well, ghosts have never been scientifically proven, but here at CNET Australia, we’re deeply fascinated …

Nokia’s planning an Android phone? “Oh no it isn’t!” says a Nokia boss, in true panto-season style. A Nokia job posting calling for Android expertise has set the rumour mill twirling faster than a fairy godmother’s wand. But Doug Dawson, Nokia’s boss of talking to the press, has squashed claims the Finnish phone-flingers are planning to switch from Window Phone …

I love audiobooks. Nothing makes a car ride faster or more pleasant than a good spoken-word book piping through the speakers. That’s why I’ve routinely championed smartphone-powered services like Audible, Audiobooks.com, Simply Audiobooks, and Tales2Go. Now there’s another app worth adding to your audiobook arsenal: Audiobooks HQ, which gives you access to more than 5,000 public-domain titles — all for …

The iPhone 5 is selling at a brisk pace, analysts at investment bank Canaccord Genuity say, and supply for Apple’s newest smartphone has “dramatically improved.” Based on channel checks in November, the company has found “very strong sales” of the iPhone 5 at AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, as well as in international markets. Given the checks, as well as Apple’s …

Could an even cheaper Nexus 7 be in the works? A device known as the Asus ME172V has shown up over at GLBenchmark, and it seems to back up previous rumours we’ve heard about a £62 ($99) 7-inch Android tablet. That particular rumour gave the product name as the Asus ME-172V, so we could very well be looking at the …

Apple and Google are very nearly in the same spot as they were six months ago when it comes to Web traffic, a new study says. Advertising and analytics company Chitika today put out new numbers from a six-month study of U.S. and Canadian Web traffic collected from ad impressions by iOS and Android devices. The main finding is that …

Let’s fly, let’s fly away… and without having to print anything first. Virgin Atlantic is the first UK airline to be added to Apple’s Passbook app, which stores tickets, vouchers and other bumf on your iPhone or iPod touch. Virgin Atlantic offers a booking service and the option to save your boarding card on your Apple device. By checking in online and …