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NewsFactor – In a brief statement last week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin announced the FCC will try to complete its review of two major wireless mergers by the end of the year. The goal, Martin said, is to reach a decision before a new president takes office in January.

NewsFactor – RealNetworks is feeling heat from the movie studios involving its just-released RealDVD software, and is firing back with a lawsuit.

AP – The tightening of the global credit markets is crimping the world’s largest telecommunications company.

AP – New York regulators have raised the possibility of banning Verizon Communications Inc. from installing its fiber-optic FiOS service in New York City until the company makes sure it’s doing enough to provide electrical grounding for its equipment in homes.

AP – Is it possible for a video game to express an anti-war viewpoint? After all, most war games revel in jaw-dropping violence, from smoothly executed head shots to massive explosions. When you’re mowing down hordes of aliens in “Halo” or “Gears of War,” there isn’t much time to reflect on the futility of the whole enterprise.

AFP – Top computer makers, mobile operators and technology providers announced on Tuesday that upcoming laptop computers would feature mobile broadband making them ready to surf right out of the box.

CNET – If you’re going to be staying at the Renaissance New York Hotel Times Square on business, you might need to have someone come get you when it’s time to leave for your meetings.

Reuters – MTV Networks will track second-by-second viewing of Web commercials and videos, and link viewer online communities built around its TV programs, the network’s digital chief said in an interview focused on the company’s new advertising strategy.

NewsFactor – The software behemoth has had enough. Microsoft has teamed up with Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna to stop companies and individuals from fooling consumers.

Reuters – A Norway consumer agency said it aims to take computer group Apple to court over what it calls unfair barriers to playing music from the iTunes music store on devices other than Apple’s iPod.