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June 17, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

If there is a group of people in the world who can come up with entries for a David Letterman Top Ten list regarding the digital TV transition, it would have to be TWICE.com readers.

“The Late Show” has a running bit where viewers can submit Top Ten ideas for an online contest and this week the topic is: Top Ten Side Effects of the Transition to Digital TV.

So, if you are feeling particularly funny today, go to “The Late Show” site and put in your witty answer. 

Feel free to include your ideas in our Comments box below. At least this way your comedic genious will see the light of day.

June 15, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The DTV transition has followed into history other do-nothing scares such as the Y2K Bug, Avian Flu, Trans Fats and every other Nostradamus-level prediction that expected chaos to ensue when analog television signals ceased.

There was no terror in the streets in the U.S., except in Los Angeles where fans decided burning cars was a good way to celebrate the Lakers’ NBA championship, and, try as I might, I could not connect those foolish actions to the lack of an analog signals permeating the air over America. But you never know.

June 4, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Here is a little info that I will label “For What It’s Worth.”

Parks Associates came out with a study indicating the higher a person’s educational level and salary, the more he will spend on a PC or laptop. That seems pretty obvious, but the more interesting take-away point in the study, to me at least, was this:

“The prices consumers pay for PCs and laptops are remarkably elastic, especially when compared to products such as DVD players, game con...Read More

May 19, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Drivers may be once again forced to stop at gas stations to ask for directions if a Government Accountability Office’s report on the state of our global-positioning satellites is correct.

The GAO stated the U.S. Air Force has been negligent in maintaining the satellite fleet that keeps the world’s

A U.S. Air Force F-15E dropping JDAM GPS guided bombs.

May 7, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Being TWICE’s Web and computer technology editor makes me receptive of most new gadgets.

Except the Kindle.

I’m a bibliophile. I love the heft and feel of a nice thick book knowing it likely contains something fun and interesting.

But after chatting with fellow TWICE edit...Read More