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NC Town First to Experience Analog TV Shutdown
Wilmington, North Carolina, a coastal Carolina community and home of University of North Carolina at Wilmington, will be the first town in the nation to experience the shutdown of analog broadcast television signals and initiate DTV (digital television) broadcasts over the air. The city was chosen because all five local channels have completed construction of [...]
Full StoryeBay Australia Users Riot Over Forced PayPal System
eBay, Inc. is testing the waters, according to the Associated Press, with Australian users being forced to either use PayPal as their payment system, or to exchange payment in person. This decision has, of course, upset thousands of online merchants that utilize the site for their livelihoods. Over the years, the PayPal online financial institution [...]
Full StoryBest Reason to Wait: Early Adopters Tax
One of the 7 Habits of Highly Tech-Addicted People is the desire to have the latest and greatest the moment something debuts on the market. Trade news, pre-releases, early reviews from tech news sites, demos, and booths at trade shows like CES, E3, PAX, and Mac World Expo have early-adopters watering at the mouth for [...]
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