Stories by Brad Reed

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Google's popular Chrome browser is finally coming to <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>-based phones, but only if you have the very latest version of the operating system.

<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/102607-arguments-pbx-centrex.html">Centrex</a> is a lot like the talking plague victim from Monty Python's "Holy Grail": It's not quite dead yet.

If you're an old-school <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/120101-iphone-quiz.html">iPhone</a> user who still has one of AT&amp;T's unlimited data plans, be prepared for a rude awakening.

Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt made waves this week when he called the House spectrum auction legislation "the single worst telecom bill" he's seen.

Although Facebook (FB - to be traded on NASDAQ or NYSE) is by far the most high-profile <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020112-facebook-files-for-highly-anticipated-255614.html?hpg1=bn">dot-com company to go public</a> over the past year, it is actually one of several companies that have led to a revival of web company IPOs. And while many dot-com IPOs have been long on hype, they haven't yet paid off in terms of shareholder value.

Verizon's spectrum deal with several cable companies could soon come under the same government scrutiny that AT&amp;T received during its attempted merger with T-Mobile.

Google sent a 13-page letter to Congress this week that can be summarized in a single sentence: "We're not being evil."

So now that the first "Super Wi-Fi" network has gone live in Wilmington, N.C., we can expect the technology to quickly spread around the country and become available for residential use, right?

Lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a "Super Wi-Fi" network.

AT&amp;T CEO Randall Stephenson is still unhappy that the Federal Communications Commission helped foul up his company's attempt to merge with T-Mobile.

How you feel about Google's newest <a href="http://www.google.com/policies/">information-sharing policy</a> all boils down to how comfortable you are with Google following your every move online.

Software engineers from major social networking companies have apparently grown tired of Google's relentless drive to push its own Google+ social network at the expense of other sites.

Say this for Google+: It no longer has fewer total users than MySpace.

As is often the case, the expectations of what will be the big story at the Consumer Electronics Show are different from what actually becomes the big story.