WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday launched a broadband test service to help consumers clock the speed of their Internet.

A Verizon Wireless exec told the Wall Street Journal that it will have a 4G wireless handset on the market within three to six months of launching its 4G LTE network.

CNET Reviews has overhauled its Blu-ray testing for 2010 by adding inline charts, more systematic image quality tests and a detailed spreadsheet for easy comparison.

Sanyo’s new eneloop hybrid bicycle recharges while it’s being pedaled; Iwatani showed off a fuel cell bike that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell stack.

Brain scans identify which short film clip volunteers were remembering, which could help researchers better understand memory recording patterns and, ultimately, dementia.

Most Firefox users have upgraded to Firefox 3.6. The stragglers who haven’t may have their reasons, but Mozilla is starting to pressure them.

Sony’s PlayStation 3 motion controller finally gets a name. We also talk Bill Gates’ drop into being merely the world’s second-richest man, and the results of Pink Floyd’s court battles with EMI.

JetBlue said it had 1,000 free tickets to give away to New Yorkers who showed up at a location broadcasted via Twitter. The only complaint so far: Couldn’t there be more?

Share of U.S. search requests for Microsoft Bing rises to 11.5 percent, though Google still leads the pack with 65.5 percent of all search queries, says ComScore.

A push by Net neutrality advocates to reclassify ISPs as telecommunications providers has dangerous implications, argues Stanford Law Fellow Larry Downes.