The overhead video board encouraged them to wave towels during a third-quarter timeout, but it seemed it was mostly missed or ignored, as there was no noticeable response.

WSJ: Williams struggles, Nets fall 90-82 in Game 2

The next wave of 40 stations to come online by the first quarter of 2014 will be heavily used stops in Midtown East and Queens, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, while the service is expected to be rolled out to the remaining stations by 2017.

WSJ: Subway Wireless Options Increase

Looking ahead to the fourth quarter, Samsung appears poised to bring more smartphones to market, with a new Wave 2 awaiting launch and more mass-market devices for emerging markets.

ENGADGET: IDC: Apple passes RIM to become fourth largest mobile phone vendor globally as Nokia, LG, and Sony Ericsson struggle

Both estimate that shipments of traditional computers dropped by a tenth of a point in the second quarter of 2012 -- not a good sign when Intel's Ivy Bridge processors and a wave of Ultrabooks were supposed to usher in a PC renaissance.

ENGADGET: IDC and Gartner: PC market flattened out in Q2 while Apple, ASUS and Lenovo remain the stars

The largest remaining short-wave broadcaster, VOA says it has no plans to junk its transmitters: its short-wave audience has actually grown over the past decade in countries like Myanmar (where it claims a quarter of the adult population listens, and three-quarters in rural areas).

ECONOMIST: A cold-war stalwart goes out of fashion

Manhattan was spared that foreclosure wave, and prices are much closer to the peak, down about 10% as of the second quarter, according to figures compiled by Gregory J.

WSJ: Manhattan Sales Continue to Climb