FCC wants more companies making cable boxes
The government wants to make it easier for you to buy and use cable boxes from companies other than your cable provider.
The government wants to make it easier for you to buy and use cable boxes from companies other than your cable provider.
Telecom
Jan 27, 2016
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Common coaxial cables could be made 50 percent lighter with a new nanotube-based outer conductor developed by Rice University scientists.
Nanomaterials
Jan 27, 2016
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Traditional cable providers are launching TV packages that don't require cable boxes—good for you because you save on monthly equipment fees and don't need a technician to come install it for you.
Telecom
Jan 12, 2016
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Getting cable service no longer requires a technician who'll come and install an ugly cable box.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 12, 2016
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What do astrophysics, telecommunications and pharmacology have in common? Each of these fields relies on polarimeters—instruments that detect the direction of the oscillation of electromagnetic waves, otherwise known as ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 8, 2016
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Time Warner Cable says the email addresses and passwords of about 320,000 of its customers nationwide may have been stolen by hackers.
Security
Jan 7, 2016
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Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra on a Dec. 21, 2015 spacewalk, in which Kopra and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly successfully moved the International Space Station's mobile transporter rail car ahead of Wednesday's ...
Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2015
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A Virginia jury has issued a $25 million verdict against Cox Communications in an online piracy case that could mean more trouble for downloaders of illegal content.
Internet
Dec 17, 2015
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Researchers from Stanford have advanced a long-standing problem in quantum physics – how to send "entangled" particles over long distances.
Quantum Physics
Nov 25, 2015
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Very quietly, Charter Communications has been poking a toe into the online video streaming business.
Telecom
Nov 20, 2015
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