In mid-August, Google announced it had reached an agreement to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Though many see this potential acquisition as being a key component in Google’s fight against patent lawsuits, concerns were also raised about what this could mean for other companies who are making Android smartphones and tablets. Google owning Motorola could theoretically mean Motorola will get advantages that others won’t get. Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt addressed these concerns with Bloomberg and said Android device manufacturers have nothing to worry about.

In these times, we can be sure of two things – iPhone rumors and AT&T lawsuits. Cellular South, a regional wireless carrier based out of Mississippi, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in an effort to block its merger with T-Mobile. Cellular South shares the same vision of a grim AT&T and Verizon-dominated future. It believes the merger will “result in consumers facing higher prices, less innovation, fewer choices and reduced competition.”

AT&T may have just encountered its biggest setback yet in its journey to acquire T-Mobile USA. Bloomberg reports that the United States government is against the merger. The Justice Department has filed a complaint stating the merger is simply bad for competition.

Yesterday’s U.S. Judiciary Subcommittee hearing about the merger between T-Mobile and AT&T provided arguments on both sides of the fence. We’ve covered the topic of spectrum usage recently as argued by those in favor of the merger, and those who are opposed. Today we’re going to focus on what the opposition had to say. The opponents against the merger included Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, Cellular South CEO Victor H. Meena and Public Knowledge president Gigi Sohn.

In today’s Wall Street Journal in an article titled, “A Fall Guide: How to Pick Your Next Computer” the venerable Walt Mossberg suggests a few machines worth considering. The only item bolded and the first recommendation is Apple’s iPad tablet computer. Could the iPad take a bigger bit out of computer sales than just netbooks? more »

It looks like VoIP provider Fring has announced another new feature that is sure to further the competition between them and Skype — low-priced worldwide calling from a mobile device. According to the details, Fring has rolled out fringOut on Mobile and that means worldwide calling for as low as one penny per minute on more »

Many a geek have participated in Netflix’s competition to improve their recommendation algorithm. The prize? $1 million. However, Netflix has now officially cut the second iteration of this competition short due to privacy concerns. Apparently, a woman filed a lawsuit against Netflix claiming that her private life could be violated by the huge database of more »

It’s going to be an ugly and downright dirty battle in the personal computing arena. Computer manufacturers – Apple Inc., Hewlett Packard (HP), Dell, HTC, Fusion Garage etc. are going to pitch in around 50 types of tablet computers into the fighting pit. It will come in all shapes and sizes – Five inches, seven more »