Andrew Auernheimer: 41 months of jail and a $73,000 fine for querying AT&T servers

"It looks like Andew got slammed into a desk by federal agents while trying to hand his phone to his lawyer after the court asked for his phone," his publicist told me via email.

Terrorist, hacker, freedom fighter: Andrew Auernheimer parties tonight in expectation of jail tomorrow

"It's a f*cking ludicrous charge," Auernheimer told me this morning from New Jersey. "The FBI has tried to frame me for terrorism five times, and by their own admission they've been surveilling me since I was 15 years old."

AT&T: We’re totally fine with smartphone unlocking (just as long as you pay your bill)

So you think you should be able to unlock your smartphone, eh? Not only does the White House agree with you, but AT&T does, too.

Genius on hold: Meet the man who invented much of the modern phone … and maybe even Apple

Walter L. Shaw is someone you've never heard of. But he invented big chunks of your world, and then died, almost penniless, living on the charity of his international jewel thief son, a made man in John Gotti's New York mob.

Google has 5 of the 6 most popular apps in America (and more crazy data from ComScore)

ComScore's massive report also includes data on the top web properties, the battle for search dominance between Google and Bing, and smartphone market share, among other things.

AT&T beats out Verizon with 8.6M iPhones sold in Q4, but it still posts huge $3.9B loss

AT&T trounced Verizon in iPhone sales, but that didn't help when it came to posting a profit.

Apple Q1 2013: can Apple make itself attractive to investors again?

The big question, however, is this: even if Apple has a stellar quarter, will it be enough to pull AAPL out of its stock market doldrums?

Verizon: We’re America’s 4G LTE king

Verizon is the king of fast cellular networks in America, or so it says. And it's hard to argue with the company's numbers.

AT&T finally lets iPhone 4S owners with tiered data use FaceTime over cellular

AT&T has finally opened the gates so iPhone 4S users and owners of other non-LTE smartphones can video chat using cellular data.

BlackBerry 10 gets the green light from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile

When RIM finally releases BlackBerry 10, it will do so with the support of at least three of the four major U.S. carriers.

FreedomPop adds free calls & texts to free Internet to ‘basically screw AT&T and Verizon’

FreedomPop, which already offers free wireless Internet service, is announcing a partnership with TextPlus today that will enable it to also offer free voice calls and free texts.

AT&T sold 110K smartphones a day last quarter, including 7.2M iPhones and 2.2M Android phones

AT&T took a moment to toot its own horn this morning, announcing that it sold more than 10 million smartphones in the last quarter.