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The television set-top box will die in 2012

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March 22   2 Comments  

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Free yourself, and your WiFi network

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A simple, straightforward, cheap guide to buying cables and wires

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Feb. 9   Leave a Comment  

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Don’t pay more … or anything sometimes

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How much energy is used by cable TV boxes?

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Feb. 1   Leave a Comment  

Set-top boxes in the U.S. consume 27 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, equivalent to the annual output of six coal-fired power plants. Part of the reason is that they typically operate at nearly full power even during the two-thirds of the time when they are not in use. (Thinkstock)

Short answer: A lot

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Five things to do before you sign up for cable or Internet service

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Oct. 11, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The Netgear N750 WNDR4000

Buy, yell, lie

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TV and Internet: The great consumer ripoff

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May 3, 2010   1 Comment  

What choice do we have?

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Hulu is second largest content provider

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Sept. 3, 2009   5 Comments  

Some numbers to consider.

Hulu passes Time Warner in size of viewership.

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Comcast on the cusp of its own Internet TV?

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April 23, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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On Tuesday, Karin Gilford, chief of Comcast’s online division, told PCWorld.com about the latest move by the cable giant. “The Comcast On Demand online video service will allow Comcast subscribers to sign in with a username and password, then access any standard or premium cable content that their cable subscription entitles them to watch.” Fancast [...]

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Comcast’s straw drinks your bandwidth

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Oct. 2, 2008   8 Comments  

The day has come for all Comcast High-Speed residential Internet customers: You officially have a usage cap. [...]

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