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Hundreds of television stations cut analog signals

NEW YORK – About a quarter of the nation' s TV stations cut off their analog signals Tuesday, causing sets to go dark in households that were not prepared for digital television
02 20 2009 8:25PM (...more)

Change in distress beacons could strand boaters

BOSTON – Like callers dialing 911 and getting no answer, boaters could end up stranded — or worse — if they haven't upgraded their emergency distress beacons by this weekend. But the improved technology will speed rescues and spare agencies from many 02 2 2009 4:44AM (...more)

Winners and losers in an all-digital TV world

Los Angeles – Midnight Friday will usher in a new era in TV history. In accordance with federal law, all of America's 1,700 television stations will be digital by Saturday, sending out signals that will require
06 21 2009 8:14PM (...more)

Friday marks final signoff for analog TV service

NEW YORK – TV shows were replaced by the hiss of static in perhaps 1 million U.S. homes Friday as stations ended their analog broadcasts and abandoned the transmission technology in use since the days of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and Howdy Doody. The vast majority of households
06 16 2009 9:39PM (...more)

FCC resumes testing of Internet devices

WASHINGTON - Federal regulators said they will try again to test prototypes on Jan. 24 for transmitting high-speed Internet service over unused television airwaves.
01 19 2008 5:49AM (...more)

Bush accepts Pentagon position on GPS

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday accepted the Pentagon 's decision to stop buying Global Positioning System satellites that can intentionally degrade the accuracy of civil signals used for a myriad of purposes — from tracking aircraft to finding missing skiers.
09 19 2007 7:19AM (...more)

Tired from a tough hike? Rescuers fear Yuppie 911

FRESNO, Calif. – Last month two men and their teenage sons tackled one of the world's most unforgiving summertime hikes: the Grand Canyon 's parched and searing Royal Arch Loop. Along with bedrolls and freeze-dried food, the inexperienced
10 29 2009 4:13PM (...more)

EC Vastly Improves GPS Accuracy for Europeans

The European Commission introduced a new satellite-based navigation system Thursday that vastly improves the accuracy of signals delivered to Europe by American GPS satellites. Called EGNOS -- short for 10 3 2009 7:10AM (...more)

Wireless Broadband Test Continues

A wireless broadband device tested by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for interference with television and wireless microphone signals has not failed, as a broadcasting group claimed last week, members of the White Spaces Coalition say.
02 28 2008 9:43AM (...more)

White spaces group: Device testing on track

San Francisco - A wireless broadband device tested by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) for interference with television and wireless microphone signals has not failed, as a broadcasting group claimed last week, members of the White Spaces Coalition said Thursday.
02 27 2008 10:07PM (...more)