Reuters reports that “European Union telecom ministers backed proposals on Thursday to open radio frequencies allocated exclusively for GSM mobile phone services to other technologies, such as third-generation (3G) mobile data.  The European Commission had in July proposed freeing access to the 900 MHz frequency, saying that doing so would make it easier and cheaper for mobile operators in the 27-nation bloc to offer wireless technologies.”

However, according to a different Reuters article, the European Commission also announced today “that it would set DVB-H as a single European Union standard for mobile television broadcasting by the end of February.”  In reaction, “several EU states said they would try to oppose the move.”  British Minister of State for Competitiveness Stephen Timms said in a statement that “

[i]t is premature to consider intervening in the market for mobile TV.  All current competing standards should be listed (by the EU), not just DVB-H.”

On PCMag.com, Oliver Rist complains about Leopard’s various flaws, pointing out that “[b]efore Apple makes any more smug OS-related attacks on Microsoft, it ought to take a good look in the mirror.”

The Washington Post reports that “IBM is suing Shentech for selling laptop batteries that catch fire and sport allegedly fake IBM logos.  The suit, filed Nov. 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, accuses Shentech of trademark infringement, false advertising, unfair competition and deceptive trade practices.”

MSNBC today has a good article on early adopters’ significance of for technology innovation.