Industry

Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks hit yearly high

But unemployment worries continue to dampen consumer spending

News quiz: The week in tech

Sharp begins push for Galapagos tablet in Japan

Sharp hopes to sell 1 million of the tablets over the next 12 months

Android fastest growing smartphone OS in U.S., survey finds

ComScore's latest ranking has Android getting closer to top ranked RIM BlackBerry and Apple iPhone devices

AT&T, BT offer Inter-Provider Cisco TelePresence

Announcement follows completion of summer trial

Our vote on net neutrality

Hackers issue bogus Amber Alert

Iowa's Amber Alert website was hacked over the weekend

Best Buy extends free smartphone offer through December

Move seen as hook for carriers to get customers into two-year service plans

First LTE mobile data plans: similar prices, different value

Depending on where they live, LTE subscribers paying $80 a month get anything from a 5GB data allowance to unlimited data

RIM still refuses to give in to Indian demands

The Indian government says negotiations are continuing