Keith Olbermann may have unknowingly done Comcast a favor in the last week when MSNBC's most popular commentator announced startling audiences that he had just hosted his last show on the cable news network.

On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department did something extraordinary. They proposed a set of conditions on a major business agreement, Comcast’s take over of NBC Universal .The conditions are liked both by leading consumer advocates and company executives.

The proposed merger of Comcast Corp.'s with NBC Universal may get approval from an American regulatory agency today, an essential step for the biggest U. S. cable company to join with a broadcasting network, as stated by people close to the deal.

According to a Bloomberg report, citing Federal Communication Commission (FCC) tipsters, a Comcast-NBC merger will require to abide by net neutrality conditions for a period of at least seven years.

High-speed Internet service to millions of Comcast customers along the Eastern Seaboard were hit late Sunday, due to some glitch in the DNS (Domain Name System) service of the company.

Going by several media reports, the malfunction affected Comcast's Internet to customers in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia, and D. C.

Facebook, Amazon. com, Comcast and some other leading technology firms had jointly contributed $250 million which is to be invested in startups for capitalizing the growing popularity of the social networking.

The fund is being named as "S Fund" led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers of Silicon valley.

Judge Robert Kelly in US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Friday sentenced two hackers convicted of defacing Comcast’s website two years back to 18 months in federal prison.

EarthLink, the US-based Internet service provider has shown its disagreement and unhappiness with the possible merger of Comcast Corp and NBC Universal.

As a matter of fact the company has also filed a petition with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking them to stop the possible amalgamation.

As the Christmas in the Park is on board with their proposed merger, Comcast and NBC Universal, must have been really good previous year. The group said, "NBC affiliate KNTV in San Jose, California has been an excellent supporter and partner with our group and many others in the nonprofit community".

Following the unnecessary fuss created by the McAfee anti-virus update which led to system crash in a number of computers running Windows XP Service Pack 3, last week, McAfee has now announced that it will compensate for the losses occurred to the users.