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As part of the 2013 Comcast Leaders & Achievers scholarship program, Comcast awarded Miguel Castillo of West Mesa High School a $10,000 college scholarship for his outstanding commitment to leadership and community service.

If you're worried about being out of touch while in Ocean City this summer, Comcast wants to ease your mind.

RICHMOND, Va., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, is awarding 57 Virginia high school seniors scholarships through its annual Scholarship Program.

Those companies looking to get a piece of the Hulu pie had until this week to put in their first round of bids for the video streaming service.

"I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists in Washington that their days of setting the agenda are over." Guess who said these memorable words? In November 2007, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama uttered this now all-but-forgotten campaign promise.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks in a note issued to investors on Thursday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

Do you want to keep track of the Volkswagen national championship but can't be bothered to fight the crowds for prime viewing real estate along the race route? Don't worry, there are numerous options for following the event off-site. LIVE BROADCAST NBC specialty channel Universal Sports will broadcast live coverage of the final two hours of the ... (more)

Comcast plans to raise rates by about 9 percent in July for its most basic cable TV package, though the amount of the increase will be smaller in many places -- and a few customers will actually get a rate cut.

Comcast executive VP David Cohen stood up tall for U.S. broadband Thursday, saying Americans "are getting world-class broadband from competing companies, and it's getting better every day." He ascribed to parochial agendas the "running down" of U.S. broadband build-outs by some critics and members of the press who he said use "selective statistics" ... (more)

Are Apple's iOS devices about to get an amazing new audio technology? A recently revealed Apple patent shows that the Cupertino-based company has registered a new method for delivering high-quality sound on its portable devices.

Verizon's offering a slew of free content for four days, and Comcast's Xfinity is giving away access to thousands of wireless hotspots through Independence Day.

A survey of chief executive officer pay commissioned by the Associated Press lists Brian Roberts, head of Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp.

There you are, sitting in a restaurant or doctor's waiting room, trying to get on to the Internet with your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

Comcast said Thursday that it has turned on more than 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the Chicago area for its high-speed Internet customers to connect to while they're on the go.

Comcast Business, a unit of Comcast Cable, the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to business and residential customers, today announced that Comcast Business VoiceEdgea , a cloud-based voice and unified communications solution, is now available in the Denver area.

In the latest update of its survey of American consumers about the businesses they use most, the American Consumer Satisfaction Index tested Internet service providers for the first time.

Comcast Going All Digital on June 25 Comcast is moving to a full digital delivery system in California to improve picture quality and free up bandwidth space to give City of Santa Cruz residents over 100 new channels, more High Definition choices, and faster Internet service.

TRENTON, N.J., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, is awarding 73 New Jersey high school seniors scholarships through its annual Scholarship Program.

Every few weeks, some tech writer holds up a media analyst report allegedly showing, once and for all, that the cable guys have finally lost, and the cord-cutters have finally won.

QUESTION: If you were to start from scratch with a TV system in your home, how would you do it? We subscribe to Comcast's very basic programming level but are considering alternatives, including smart TVs that can display programs available online through our Mac Pro laptop.