Most people don't watch much mobile TV due to the fact that it quickly eats up their all of their data, but ESPN is currently in talks with at least one major carrier to change all of that and exclude its content from your monthly data caps. This is good news to see content providers finally figuring this out, it will just be interesting to see how phone carriers react to this. The Verge has more details.

ESPN has approached at least one major carrier about excluding its sports videos from mobile data caps, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report notes the possibility of ESPN paying the carrier as a subsidy so that users can watch videos without fear of hitting any limits. However, ESPN is said to be still working out the economics of any potential deal; no arrangement is in place at present.

About a year ago a e-book publisher in the UK decided to remove DRM from all of their books to see what would happen. A year later, nothing happened in terms of increased piracy, except now they have more happy and loyal readers. The Register takes a look at this story.

A little over a year ago, Speculative Science Fiction publisher Tor decided to do away with digital rights management (DRM) for its e-books.

The company's publisher Tom Doherty said that the time that authors were supportive because DRM frustrates readers. “It prevents them from using legitimately-purchased e-books in perfectly legal ways, like moving them from one kind of e-reader to another,” Doherty said.

Microsoft knows how to profit in the face of adversity.  Microsoft has a lot of patents that have helped them make a lot of money from Android devices and the OS, and Apple should be paying attention.  Instead of always suing the pants off everyone who wants to use your technology, why not license it to them?  That's a novel idea - and it actually works.  Who'da thunk-it?

Although the exact licensing fees haven’t been disclosed publicly, analysts  have surmised that Microsoft may be making anywhere from $10-$25 per Android device sold. But even conservatively, if Microsoft is only making $1, $4, or $8 per device, check out the graph below to see what that means over the next few years. It adds up quickly.

Source: Android Headlines

As we wrap up the news for this fine Wednesday, we've got a few system reviews to check out.  Take a look at the Acer Aspire S7-191 Touchscreen Ultrabook Lapotp over at TweakTown for starters.  This is a pretty decent entry level system that cores 84% and is worth checking out.  They also have the big-brother to the first one as they look at the Aspire S7-391 Touchscreen Ultrabook as well.

The ASUS VivoBook X202E Laptop makes its mark at HardwareSecrets and after giving this unit a run through their benchmarking gauntlet, the deem that this unit is basically a touchscreen netbook.  That may be exactly what you're looking for and then again it may be exactly not.

On the tablet side of things, the ASUS VivoTab Smart ME400C tablet reviewed at TechReport is pretty much ASUS' version of the Microsoft Surface.  This is a full-on Windows 8 tablet (not RT) and when you look at the selling price of $429.99 - it's not a bad choice and will ruffle some iPad and Nexus 10 feathers.

Maybe you are looking for something abit more portable and fun - that's where the Raspberry Pi comes in.  TechReviews has some fun with this little device and shares their thoughts.  If you want a larger open-source device, check out TechPowerUp's review of the Giada Q11 Android OS Mini PC.  If you love Android, but want a little smaller package that is more portable, check out the Samsung Galaxy Note II Phablet review at TweakTown and find out if this slab is good for you.

Lastly, we'll get some real game on with the iBUYPOWER Revolt SFF Desktop Gaming PC also at TweakTown and see what iBUYPOWER throws into this box for the gamer.