The two largest U.S. wireless carriers agree that the days of unlimited Internet cellphone access are numbered. A week after AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said the telecom industry would transition to "variable pricing," Verizon Wireless Chief Technology Officer Anthony Melone chimed in to support the idea. Plans offering "as much data as you can consume is the big issue that has to change," Melone told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the companies need to offer a transparent way for customers to track how much data they're using. "It's one thing to say all you can eat is gone," he told the Journal. "It's another to have consumers worrying, 'Can I stream this radio?' That's what we don't want." Melone also discussed Verizon's 4G high-speed Internet and said the first 4G-enabled handset would hit the market in mid-2011. As wireless networks accelerate, it seems telecoms are worried that less waiting for downloads will mean more on-the-go consumption.[Corrected, 3:05 p.m. The last sentence originally attributed talk of Verizon's 4G network to Stephenson.] -- Mark Miliantwitter.com/markmilian Photo credit: Associated Press

Twitter's highly anticipated location features have been rolled out to its users. When Twitter users log into their profiles, they will now see a "Tweet with your location" option displayed. If they opt to allow Twitter to show their location to others, each tweet will include that information going forward. If a user clicks on location information in a tweet, a small Google map will be displayed showing where the tweet originated.I first started using Twitter's new location features this morning. Overall, they work well. Upon clicking the "Turn location on" option, I was asked to confirm that I wanted to share that information. Once I confirmed my choice, the service displayed a list of towns of where I might be in a drop-down list. I chose the correct town and from there, it was appended to all my tweets. It was a quick and easy process.Twitter's Google Maps integration is interesting, but I'm not sure how useful it is. The feature displays the location of where tweets are originating. It's nice for those who want to meet up with friends, but finding people who are nearby requires users to sift through tweets to view location information. Unfortunately, there ...

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London - Pink Floyd has won its case before the U.K. High Court against record label EMI, over a breach of contract concerning the sale of its albums as individual song downloads, the BBC reported. The judge in the case said EMI's contract with the band did not entitle the label to sell individual tracks without the band's permission -- but EMI was not immediately ordered to stop selling single track downloads of the band's songs, and it's unclear whether that will be part of a final ruling.read more