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Court Nixes Cable Apartment Exclusives
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 28, 2009
Do you live in an apartment building served by cable? If so, you're probably resigned to your local cable operator having a monopoly. But the U.S. Court of Appeals says that's not the way it has to be.
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Court Overturns Kaleidescape Ruling
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 14, 2009
A federal court has handed a defeat to Kaleidescape, whose superb video-server technology has been fighting for its life in the courts for several years.
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Court Rules Against FCC
Barry Willis  |  Jun 28, 2004

The next wave of consolidation in the broadcasting industry has been dealt an indefinite setback by a US appeals court.

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Court TV? Voom Sues EchoStar/DISH
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2008
Voom HD has a bone to pick with EchoStar, now a division of DISH Network. A $1 billion bone.  Mighty big bone. Back in May, DISH dropped Voom HD, a collection of 15 HD channels, all commercial-free. Apparently, they forgot that they had a...
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Court Upholds DTV Tuner Mandate
Barry Willis  |  Nov 03, 2003

As of October 28, electronics manufacturers have little choice about whether to include digital tuners in new television sets.

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Court Upholds Network DVR
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 07, 2008
Cablevision's network DVR isn't illegal, immoral, and fattening after all, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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Cover Flow: Whither the iPad Album?
Michael Berk  |  Mar 23, 2011

 

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Coverage of HI-FI '99 Begins This Week
 |  May 11, 1999

Consumer Days begin this Friday, but Wednesday saw the first of two Trade Days. Although not the full-blown killer demos that crank up when Joe Public roams the halls, there were a few notable displays.

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Cowboys get into Guinness for biggest HDTV
SV Staff  |  Sep 28, 2009
The Dallas Cowboys have gotten into the record books, and not for anything actually football-related. The "Godzillatron" at the new Cowboys' stadium is officially the world's largest high-definition display, according to the Guinness Book of World...
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Cox HDTV in Las Vegas
Barry Willis  |  Jul 28, 2002

Atlanta-based <A HREF="http://www.cox.com">Cox Communications, Inc</A>. is expanding its nationwide rollout of its new high definition television service with HDTV for the Las Vegas market, according to a July 22 announcement. Viewers in Cox's market of more than 600,000 homes in the desert city will be able to avail themselves of new set-top boxes using what the company describes as "completely integrated technology."

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Cox Kills VOD Fast Forward
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 15, 2007
How would you feel about your video-on-demand service if you discovered the fast-forward function had been disabled? Viewers of the country's third-largest cable system will soon find out when they try in vain to skip ads on the VOD versions of ABC and ESPN.
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Cox to Sell TiVo Premiere DVR
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 19, 2010
Hate your cable company supplied DVR and its inferior interface? Cox subscribers will get a new and better option later this year when the company begins supporting TiVo Premiere DVRs.
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Cracking DVD Copy Code Illegal, Judge Rules
Barry Willis  |  Aug 20, 2000

Where does free speech end and copyright violation begin? The film industry has won the first skirmish in what promises to be a long war over this issue. A US federal district judge in Manhattan has ruled against <A HREF="http://www.2600.com/">2600.com</A>, a website that posted software for breaking DVD copy-protection encryption. The site also contained links to other sites posting the software, known as DeCSS.

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Crazy Ants Attack Electronics in Texas
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 27, 2008
A newly recognized species of ant is shorting out computers and other electronic gear in Texas. No, seriously. This is really happening.
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Crazy Upside-Down Turntable Spins its Way to Reality
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2017
Earlier this year Holland-based Miniot raised $50,000 on Kickstarter to fund the Wheel, a unique minimalist turntable that works horizontally or vertically (as in hung on a wall).
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