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- Switching to digital TV
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By Elmer Ploetz NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/12/08 8:12 AM - The little black boxes are finally in the big box stores. So if you get your TV signals through an antenna and you want to see digital transmissions, now is the time to get a digital converter box — but be sure to grab a $40 government coupon to help pay for one.
- Wilmington viewers are guinea pigs for transition
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By Jim Puzzanghera
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - With continued concerns that federal officials aren’t doing enough to prepare the public for the upcoming switch to all-digital broadcast television next year, Wilmington, N. C., has volunteered to be the government’s guinea pig.
- Test-drive version is built for speed — lots of it
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By Shaun Conlin
- COX NEWS SERVICE
Updated: 05/12/08 6:45 AM - Not to be confused with the full and final version, “Gran Turismo 5: Prologue,” as the name suggests, is “Gran Turismo 5” in abbreviated form; a game trial or test-drive package.
- CR mows down the contenders, unveils the best lawn gear
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Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - Even if mowing the lawn doesn’t sound like a relaxing afternoon, take heart: Some of the latest mowers and tractors cut time and effort as well as the grass without breaking the bank, according to the editors of Consumer Reports. Several top trimmers and blowers can also help create a trophy yard for $70 or less.
- How do advertisers know about me — and what can I do?
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By Anick Jesdanun
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - Q: How is it that online advertisers seem to know that I’m thinking of buying a car or planning a big vacation? I find that creepy, so what can I do about it?
- Product Recalls / Where to go, what to do
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Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - Key Chains
- ‘Sell Now!’ software helps to organize your eBay auctions
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By Noah Matthews
- McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - You can buy or sell everything from first editions of obscure romances to baby rattles on eBay. I can honestly say that everything I ever bought on eBay was honestly advertised stuff I didn’t need. Fortunately, I was able to resell the stuff I didn’t need, including the clunky Palm Pilot modem I bought a decade ago. It’s probably still making the rounds somewhere on the auction Web site.
- Web sites for job searches
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By Chuck Myers
- McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - A slowing economy has started to put a squeeze on the job market and made it more difficult for individuals to change jobs or find new work.
- Google Earth is powerful, tricky to use
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By Anick Jesdanun
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - USHUAIA, Argentina — Online photo albums I had prepared for family and friends weren’t capturing the essence of my travels to the southern reaches of the world. Then a light bulb clicked as I was exploring Google Earth: Why not use that?
- Diamond scores stream from your favorite team
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By Eric Benderoff
- CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - This could be an exciting baseball season in Chicago — perhaps you’ve heard that before? — but most of us may not have the time to sit in front of the TV to enjoy each inning.
- Save songs prior to MSN Music shutdown
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By Rob Pegoraro
- WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - Q: Should I do anything extra to back up the songs I bought from MSN Music? Microsoft’s e-mail recently said my purchases would still work.
- Apple, film studios sign pact giving iTunes reel clout
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By Michelle Quinn
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. says it will begin selling new-release movies through its iTunes online store on the same day they are released on DVD in stores.
- Traffic predictions offered by Google
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By Etan Horowitz
- ORLANDO SENTINEL
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - Ever wonder what the traffic is going to be like when you head to the airport at 5 p. m. on a Friday? Or what the best time of day is to drive somewhere? Google Maps now offers traffic predictions as well as live traffic conditions for certain cities.
- British contest brings out flying saucers, mini-helicopters
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By Meera Silva
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - LONDON — Emotion-detecting robot cars will face off against eavesdropping flying saucers in the English countryside when scientists, academics and schoolchildren compete later this year to design the next generation of military equipment.
- Low-power stations are left out
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/12/08 6:36 AM - The U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Wednesday rejected a request by owners of the nation’s 2,600 low-power television stations to force a ban on government-subsidized converter boxes that can’t display their signals.
