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SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2009  | 
Not that POTUS, but the band The Presidents of the United States of America have a very interesting iPhone app.  For just $3, you can get a complete boxset-worth of material, including unreleased tracks and rare images. The tracks are...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 19, 2009  | 
On Monday night, 36 percent of the nation's TV stations ceased analog broadcasting, leaving only digital signals on those channels. On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (1-888-CALLFCC) received 28,000 phone calls.
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2009  | 
The hot mess that was the transition to digital TV was supposed to happen today. At midnight. Some stations went ahead and pulled the plug - it was their option, and for many stations, it was too expensive to keep both analog and digital...
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2009  | 
Howard Stern can sigh with relief. His home on Sirius XM satellite radio is safe, at least for now. Liberty Media Corp., parent company of DirecTV, has stepped up to the plate to save the floundering radio service.  In a corporate game of...
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2009  | 
If you watched the HD debut of The Simpsons this weekend, then you probably noticed the super-fast scan during the open. I couldn't help but wonder what hilarious stuff was going on in that split second, so I put together a quick and dirty...
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 17, 2009  | 
Today is the originally scheduled date of the DTV transition. Some television stations will make the transition from antiquated analog to cool new digital broadcasting on this very date. Others will have to wait till June 12. Let's look at the current tally.
SV Staff  |  Feb 13, 2009  | 
The Ultrasone Edition 9s were incredible. They looked, sounded and fit like a pair of ultra-expensive headphones should. The Edition 8 phones replace the Edition 9s at the top of the Ultrasone totem pole, boasting upgrades like ear cups covered in...
SV Staff  |  Feb 13, 2009  | 
Well, now that the DTV Transition deadline has moved, you don't have to rush out and do this this weekend. However, once your old analog TV  becomes obsolete (since you didn't get a converter box and they're as hard to come by...
SV Staff  |  Feb 13, 2009  | 
It's great that iTunes has so many great selections for entertainment. The problem is, how do you store all this material once you've downloaded it. A high-def video file is huge, and even if you don't buy it, renting requires you to...
SV Staff  |  Feb 13, 2009  | 
Got game? Blockbuster Total Access wants your business. The company is starting a new program to offer video game rentals as part of its movies-by-mail service. They're going to start with a limited number of subscribers when the program...
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2009  | 
Lord knows that most MP3 players come bundled with pretty crappy-sounding and fitting earbuds. In fact, most cheap players would sound just fine if they were auditioned with better earbuds. Acoustibuds, by Burton Ideas, are a rather unique...
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2009  | 
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and alas, another few weeks of winter for most of us. You'll need to keep your ears warm and toasty, but most earmuffs get in the way of your earbuds. Bummer.For about $20, you can get these Earmuff...
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2009  | 
Did you have one of the new $7,000 Mitsubishi on your shopping list for the weekend?  Might want to hurry before they sell out. Might be a while before they're re-stocked.Mitsubishi just issued this statement: MDEA has temporarily...
SV Staff  |  Feb 12, 2009  | 
Although it's been around since 1934, everyone's favorite elevator music company, Muzak, may be silenced. Muzak Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has about $340 million in bond dept and owes an...

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