Wayne Rash

AT&T (NYSE:T) and Deutsche Telekom have decided to drop plans to sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T for $39 billion. In a Dec. 19 statement released today, AT&T said that the companies have dropped their acquisition. In its statement, AT&T blamed the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice for the […]

In the world of “could of, should of, would of” you have to ask yourself what might have happened if events had played out in some other way. For example, what might have happened if AT&T, finding itself low on spectrum, had decided to buy some from companies that had it but didn’t need it. […]

There Are Toys Everywhere at ThinkGeek A view inside a typical cube at ThinkGeek shows that the employees dont just sell this stuff; they use it, too. Office Dogs Keep an Eye on Visitors Office assistant Harley the Dog investigates the strange sight of an eWEEK writer as he tours the Galactic HQ. Harley is […]

FAIRFAX, Va. – A visit to the headquarters of ThinkGeek, the phenomenally successful toy store for the technically and scientifically inclined begins as do many such corporate visits these days-at the doorway to an anonymous single-story building surrounded by other anonymous buildings. ThinkGeek clearly doesn’t advertise the location of its headquarters, and the company has […]

When Carrier IQ’s mobile device monitoring software first came to everyone’s attention after a security researcher demonstrated how it logged everything from text messages to locations on a Sprint Android phone, there was a lot of consternation over which devices might actually be stealthily loaded with the application. Carrier IQ has the ability to create […]

AT&T has until Jan. 12 to decide whether it wants to proceed with its plans to buy T-Mobile USA by finding some way to restructure the deal so it can pass antitrust and regulatory review. The clock is ticking for AT&T after U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle agreed Dec. 12 with a request by […]

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski spoke on Monday, Dec. 5, to an audience that had assembled to witness the swearing in of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, of which he is the chairman. In his speech, Genachowski related thehorrific struggles of his ancestors as they escaped Nazi oppression in Europe at the beginning […]

By now you’ve probably heard there’s a mysterious phone tracking app called Carrier IQ that’s been found on some smartphones. This app, according to Trevor Eckhart, a systems administrator and Android researcher, records keystrokes, instant messages and perhaps even voice and email. He provides a demonstration of this on YouTube with a video about how […]

The Federal Communications Commission told the press today that it has accepted the request of AT&T and Deutsche Telekom to withdraw their license application for the transfer of T-Mobile’s spectrum licenses to AT&T without prejudice. This means that while the license transfer actions are no longer before the commission, they can be refiled. In a […]

The news for the e-commerce economy couldn’t be better. Online sales for Black Friday were 24 percent higher than ever. Cyber Monday sales should top $1.2 billion, also a new record, according to analyst firm ComScore. But the news gets better. According to ComScore’s Andrew Lipsman, Cyber Monday isn’t even the best online shopping day […]

In a move that has surprised many, Apple has announced in advance that it willhave a sale on its rarely discounted products the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S., otherwise known as Black Friday. Normally, the only time Apple reduces prices on its products is immediately before a new version of the product is about […]

Deutsche Telekom and AT&T announced early Nov. 24 that the two companies willdrop their applications to transfer licenses for wireless spectrum, which are essential for AT&T to complete the $39 billion buyout of U.S. wireless company T-Mobile. The move comes two days after the Federal Communications Commission announced that it wasreferring the application to an […]