The big thing in TV sets this year is ... big TV sets
What's new in television sets this year? Incrementally better pictures, larger screens and cheaper prices—and that's about it.
What's new in television sets this year? Incrementally better pictures, larger screens and cheaper prices—and that's about it.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 5, 2017
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Under fire from Hollywood and Big Cable, Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, lost his nerve.
Telecom
Sep 14, 2016
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As tired as I am of paying my pay TV bill, I haven't yet been convinced to cut the cord.
Telecom
Sep 9, 2016
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The Silicon Valley innovation miracle that has ushered in dizzying new ways for people to live, work and play also has intensified the pressure to find environmentally responsible ways to dispose of gadgets rendered obsolete.
Environment
Mar 23, 2016
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It's hard to get excited about a cable box. It's basically a boring oblong you put on a shelf near your TV and never think of again unless your cable service goes out.
Telecom
Mar 9, 2016
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Look around. How many computing devices do you see? Your phone, probably; maybe a tablet or a laptop. Your car, the TV set, the microwave, bedside alarm clock, possibly the thermostat, and others you've never noticed.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 4, 2016
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That unsightly and costly metal box that funnels cable or satellite service into your TV might be going the way of the black rotary-dial telephone - in the technology trash heap.
Telecom
Nov 14, 2015
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Does anyone just watch TV anymore? The dramatic shift toward online and mobile viewing is driving television set makers to design as much for streaming video as for watching broadcast or cable channels.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 6, 2015
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By emitting photons from a quantum dot at the top of a micropyramid, researchers at Linköping University are creating a polarized light source for such things as energy-saving computer screens and wiretap-proof communications.
Nanophysics
Jan 31, 2014
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The biggest gadget trade show in the Americas wrapped up on Friday in Las Vegas after swamping the city with 150,000 attendees. This year, "wearable" computing was big, along with various 3-D technologies, especially 3-D ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 13, 2014
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