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Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days.

Smartphones may have good looks and a lot of whiz-bang features, but this week they just have a bad reputation.

Second-quarter earnings rose at Comcast and the company is "pulling all the right levers," said one analyst. Comcast is benefiting from its purchase of NBCUniversal earlier this year.

Internet service providers actually met -- and sometimes exceeded -- the speeds they advertised despite previous stereotypes, according to a report released on Tuesday by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Gentiva Health Services, Sangamo Biosciences, LHC Group, Clearwire, and Cytori Therapeutics. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Innophos Holdings, Texas Roadhouse, Siliconware Precision Industries, Ctrip.com International, and Meru Networks.

Previous allegations that AT&T has charged users multiple times the actual data usage have come back in spotlight even as the carrier is bracing to face ire from users over its plan to throttle data speeds for high-usage customers.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said it will reduce the data browsing speeds for the top five percent of its heaviest users on unlimited wireless data plans from October 1, in response to the explosive data usage growth and network congestion.

In a press release about axing its unlimited data plan, AT&T ended with the conclusion that "nothing short of completing the T-Mobile merger" will bring it back.

AT&T announced on Friday that the company will start to throttle the data speeds for the top five percent of data users from Oct 1, pulling the carpet on those who uses unusually large amounts of data.

AT&T will join its rival Verizon with plans of throttling the bandwidth for its heaviest data users.

Research confirms what most people know: people like Netflix for movies, Hulu for TV shows.

Sprint Nextel posted second-quarter profit margins well below Wall Street estimates, sending its shares down 16 percent as the No. 3 U.S. mobile provider still lost more subscribers than expected despite spending heavily to fight off rivals.

Nintendo slashes the price of its 3DS console amid poor, underwhelming sales.

Nintendo is dropping the price of its 3DS handheld device by $80 on August 12 in hopes of improving slow sales.

Nintendo announced plans to drop the retail price of its portable Nintendo 3DS system to $169.99 in the U. S. down from the suggested launch price of $249.99 effective Aug. 12.

Research from Nielsen indicates more Netflix users are connecting to the service via gaming consoles.

Senator Al Franken of Minnesota is extremely against the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger and wrote a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to express his concerns.

Efforts to give U.S. regulators the authority to auction off some television airwaves for mobile broadband use are getting a boost in a debt ceiling plan proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

A new report says mobile bandwidth has increasingly been used by video streaming providers like YouTube.

Sony and Apple have been longtime rivals in the premium consumer electronics world, with both manufacturers setting trends and making fashion statements while pushing the boundaries of technology.

Verizon Communications's second-quarter profit topped Wall Street estimates as it added more subscribers than expected in its first full quarter selling the Apple Inc iPhone.