Add Circuit City To The List Of Stores We Have Said Goodbye To Recently

Friday, January 16th, 2009

After months of desperately trying to find a private buyer for it’s pathetic business, Circuit City has finally given in and decided to close all of its remaining 567 retail stores and liquidate its inventory.  It really isn’t all too surprising, figuring that the company not only failed in its attempt to get the DIVX [...]

If You Haven't Gotten Your Digital Conversion Coupons, You're Out of Luck…At Least For Now

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

The government subsidized coupon program to help consumers equip themselves for the upcoming digital broadcast conversion on February 17, 2009 is done for now.  The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the government agency in charge of supplying the coupons, which had an operating budget of $1.34 Billion dollars has exhausted its budget.
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Update: Digital Television Conversion

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

As many people know, at midnight on February 2009, all analog television broadcasts will cease.  The government (more specifically the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a subdivision of the United States Department of Commerce) has been running commercials on several networks promoting the conversion and informing consumers of their website which contains more information regarding the [...]


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