Chrome OS is grabbing headlines this week, as Google reveals more details about its cloud-based operating system for mobile devices. Netbooks running Chrome OS won't ship until mid-2011, however, which allows us plenty of time to speculate on potential shortcomings.

In recent weeks WikiLeaks has been targeted by denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, had its hosting service shutdown, been bounced off of Amazon hosting, had its funding through PayPal, MasterCard and other sources shut down, and its leader arrested on sexual assault-related charges. The fact that WikiLeaks remains stubbornly and defiantly online holds some lessons for other sites when it comes to resilience and survivability.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, speaking in an interview with Walt Mossberg at the All Things D Dive Into Mobile event in San Francisco, admitted that his company's bet on WiMAX technology hasn't given it the big lead in 4G it had hoped for.

Is AT&T the worst wireless carrier in America?

A Consumer Reports survey confirms what many people have asserted for years--AT&T is officially the worst wireless provider in America. Well, it ranked last in the Consumer Reports survey, but there are more things to consider when choosing a wireless service than what Consumer Reports has to say.

Verizon's 4G LTE service goes live Sunday in 39 cities, growing the field of companies offering fast mobile broadband 4G service. Verizon joins Sprint and T-Mobile which are also hawking wireless services at 4G data speeds. Meanwhile lesser-known providers such as Clear and Metro PCS are getting in on the action as well.

The world is running out of IPv4 Internet addresses, without which the Internet can't function in its existing form.

When e-mail arrived more than 40 years ago it ushered in a way to share small text-only messages. The emphasis was on creating a system with no single points of failure, where all users would have a unique address on a ubiquitous system.

Once T-Mobile's latest commercials claimed that the wireless carrier has the largest 4G network in the nation, the sniping began. But it didn't all come from competitors like AT&T and Sprint, but also bloggers calling it a "4G forgery," as if advertisers and marketers always told the truth. The truth is that T-Mobile is being as honest as any other wireless carrier.

Starbucks, in partnership with Yahoo!, launched its content-rich digital network (aptly named the Starbucks Digital Network) in stores across America today.