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On this august day in telecom history--the 150th birthday of Thomas A. Watson, the Watson needed by Alexander Graham Bell during the first telephone call--we bring you the express stops on our daily tour of broadband and networking news around the Net.

Cablevision board to debate fate of satellite unit--Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

Nebraska introduces anti-municipal broadband bill--Muni Wireless

Toshiba software will remotely control PCs by cell phone--Infoworld

WiMAX certification hits delay--Networking Pipeline

Shedding light on dark fiber--eWeek

Broadband booms in new EU--Light Reading

Active RFID meets Wi-Fi to ease asset tracking--Information … Read more

Our daily-ish roundup of the Web's best telecom news comes on a historic date for music--from the invention of the clarinet on Jan. 14, 1690, to the arguable invention of rock 'n' roll in 1956, with the release of Little Richard's "Tutti Fruitti."

Napster: Number of users soared 50 percent--San Jose Mercury News (second item; and a blatent attempt to lead with a music-related item...)

Sprint opts out of wireless directory service--Mobile Pipeline

WiMax vendors creep ahead, look to mobility--Infoworld

'Treo killer' to ship next month--Smartphone Today

Internet2 consortium sets new Net speed record… Read more

News.com's approximately daily survey of telecom news online comes to you on the 151st anniversary of the patenting of the accordion (and the 48th anniversary of the Frisbee).

America needs unchained spectrum--Business Week

Hacker 'gets more' from T-Mobile--Wired, with the Surf Report's favorite headline of the whole week.

Subscribers sue Verizon over disabled phone feature--Networking Pipeline

Samsung's latest cell phone senses 3-D movements--Infoworld, with more at TechNewsWorld

Covad to launch new service--Los Angeles Times (free registration or an awareness of BugMeNot required)

Poll finds most don't want in-flight cell service… Read more

Pinballing around the Web for the latest telecom stories, our editors bring you the best of a bumper crop. Working at full tilt, so to speak. All right, stopping now...

Will Cisco switch?--Wi-Fi Planet

Operators focus on capacity, not coverage, study finds--Mobile Pipeline

First certified WiMAX chip ships--Networking Pipeline

Nokia to cut multimedia R&D jobs--TechNewsWorld

VoIP chip market set to skyrocket--Networking Pipeline

Intel, Telkom try WiMAX in South Africa--Wi-Fi Planet

Comment on one of these stories? A link we missed that you want to post? We'll see you on the comments … Read more

Once again, News.com editors wrestle with the wild Web to subdue the day's broadband and wireless news. We bring you the highlights, tame as kittens.

New mobile phone virus spreads two ways--Infoword, but also at TechNewsWorld and many, many more ...

Could Cisco-Airespace rumors trigger bidding war?--Unstrung

Samsung develops flexible LCD panel and thinner chip package--InfoWorld and TechNewsWorld, respectively

MIMOing your way to faster Wi-Fi--eWeek

Indiana introduces anti-municipal broadband bill--Muni Wireless

Study advises limiting children's use of mobile phones--InfoWorld

Productivity gains drive mobile phone sales: study--Mobile Pipeline

Cell phones continue to drive some off the road… Read more

Here again is a summary of our daily survey of the latest broadband and telecom news on the Internet.

New chief reconnecting Motorola--TechNewsWorld

Digital MyFi is broadcasters' bane, listeners' gain-- TechNewsWorld

VoIP security gets extreme--eWeek

Cisco Systems to sell EMC's data-storage equipment--Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Comcast's uneven upgrades--San Francisco Chronicle

SBC digitally discriminates, group claims--Telephony Online

Certified WiMAX equipment pushes into spotlight--Networking Pipeline

Comment on one of these stories? A link we missed that you want to post? We'll see you on the comments page ...

The broadband surf report for this rainy morning in San Francisco is that it's a lousy day to not have a Wall Street Journal subscription. But fear not, the wider Web is afroth with news of the wireless and broadband industries.

Sprint, Virgin may launch Virgin Mobile IPO--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

AMD plans chip line designed for mobile computers--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

FCC poised to bill AT&T up to $500 million over calling card fees--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Microsoft to phase out Pocket PC, Smartphone brands--Infoworld

State CIOs plan system to warn public of danger… Read more

On the twelfth day of Christmas, at least one editor a'leaping brings you our morning survey of broadband and wireless news. Partridges and pear trees not included.

Anti-piracy patents for cell phones pooled--eWeek

Alltel nears deal to acquire Western Wireless--The Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Samsung talks up speech-to-text phone--TechNewsWorld

Vendor Claims It Is Developing Mobile WiMAX System--Mobile Pipeline

Broadcom secures WLANs in one push of a button--Infoworld

DoCoMo to spearhead Super 3G rollout--Infoworld

Toshiba Ships Tiny 2GB Hard Drive For Mobile Devices--Mobile Pipeline

Moto leans on HSDPA--Unstrung

VOIP keeps fueling cable growth… Read more

(More or less) every morning (Pacific time), our editors check the Web for broadband news and announcements. The cream of that crop gets planted here. So to speak.

AT&T, TI team on VoIP platform--Information Week

Next-gen wireless will threaten landline broadband--study--Information Week

Linksys claims eightfold speed increase for router, adapter--Networking Pipeline

Sat radio recording moves ahead--Wired

Stalking the wild Wi-Fi network--Wired

Cisco, Nortel vie for Comcast deal--Light Reading

Time Warner confirms Sprint talks--Light Reading

New Edge, MCI find IP boom--Telephony Online

FCC approves Samsung 3G/Wi-Fi smart phone--Wi-Fi Planet … Read more