The Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank has reached a deal to buy 70 percent of U.S. wireless company Sprint Nextel. The $20 billion dollar deal is the largest-ever Japanese acquisition of a foreign company.

We all knew this was coming. Engadget is reporting that Sprint, the only major carrier with truly unlimited data plans, is about to cap data on …

According to some new research by Swiss researcher Daniel Favre, honey bees can tell when cell phones nearby are making or receiving calls. This…

Here's a brain bender: Korean scientists have developed a way to turn sound into energy. The idea is that such a system could be installed in a…

Geekaphone has released a green study of the iPhone. …

Yeah, this one's kind of sneaky. T-Mobile, the Ringo of wireless carriers, is offering a new plan for $60 a month that gives you all the calling…

The government of China says it will track the movements of 17 million citizens in Beijing. The government says they're doing it in hopes of…

The Library of Congress issued a decision on Monday that lets you run software on your smart phone even if Apple or HTC or whoever made the phone…

Our colleagues over at Marketplace covered this on their show last night….