A flexible metal or glass wire or group of wires. All cables used in electronics are insulated with a material such as plastic or rubber. See cable TV, cable categories, cable modem and set-top box.
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- more information please ...The following introductory statement is lacking the beef: [i]"... the product will never set foot on a retail shelf."[/i]WHY will it never appear on the retail shelf?What is it, and why should I want it?Even cycling through the photographs, each with a little info about...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717 - carbon black (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717The Sony Ericsson Equinox is the first phone from the manufacturer to land at T-Mobile since the TM506. In many ways the Equinox is a fitting successor; like the TM506 it has a thin flip phone design and it sports a similar feature set that includes...
- Product reviews 2009-11-03
- Ringtone Maker Plus 5.2.2 (Windows)
- Ringtone Maker Plus is the next generation of mobile content applications. Users can create a 1-60 sec customized ringtone from MP3, WMA, WAV, Audio CD files and from YouTube videos. You select the music file, edit it, and then download it to your phone now iPhone compatible. Plus, make unlimited...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- iTunes TV subscriptions: Sure, it could happen - and probably will
- Timely My wife and I are currently getting ready to ditch cable because of the price and get our programming from the internet. We like HULU because there are a lot of programs and movies that are free, but with short commercials which are tolerable. This along with other...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Digital SLR camera accessories
- OK shootLoved the picture of the camera holster!Presumably this Tombstone resident was going for a shoot at the OK Corral?HolsterBlackrapid's R Strap is another way to keep a camera or two to hand.The holster here looks to reduce the camera's tendency to bounce around as you're moving. If you...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Men watch more high-def than women--and other things about HDTV you probably already know
- There was a time not too long ago when a lot of people bought an HDTV, brought it home, and started watched TV, all the while thinking they were watching in HD when they hadn't bothered to upgrade their cable or satellite package to make high-def programming available. Now viewers...
- Blog posts 2009-10-31
- SlingPlayer 1.0.10 (Mac)
- SlingPlayer for Mac, Version 1.0, includes photo-realistic remote controls as well as the ability to program favorite channels with a full range of viewing modes all leveraging the iconic Mac OS look and feel. Slingbox owners can now view their television directly on their Macintosh computer screen. With full remote...
- Software downloads 2009-10-31
- eVGA GeForce 9400 GT - graphics adapter - GF 9400 GT - 1 GB
- Great for Windows 7The EVGA GeForce 9400GT can be summarized in one word; Performance. The Windows Experience Index increased from 3.5 to 4.9, mostly because the old card had only 128 MB of memory while this one has 1 GB. Several things worth mentioning, especially for Windows 7...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Sprint HTC Hero Retractable Cable Charger Package
- Whether you're driving between work meetings or just running errands, you don't want to find yourself with a dead HTC Hero. The Retractable Cable Charger Package provides three ways to power up your device; it comes with a retractable USB cable that you can plug into a vehicle charger or...
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- How to take clear pictures at night
- With Halloween just a day away, you might be thinking about shooting photos at parades or your kids trick-or-treating. But most of those activities are at night, which could hinder photographers. But there are a few steps that can help you take clear, crisp photos at...
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Internet Cyclone 1.99 (Windows)
- Internet Cyclone is a powerful, easy-to-use, Internet Optimizer for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP designed to automatically optimize your Windows settings which will boost your Internet connection up to 200%. Internet Cyclone is compatible with all modems and high-speed LAN, ISDN, CABLE, DSL, T1 or other connections....
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- Bigasoft iPhone Ringtone Maker 1.6.5.3567 (Windows)
- Bigasoft iPhone Ringtone Maker is an easy-to-use iPhone ringtone creator which helps you easily convert music like MP3 to iPhone ringtone M4R, even create iPhone ringtone M4R from your personal music/movie collection including WMA, M4A, WAV, MP3, RA, AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MP4, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, MKV, RM, MOV, XviD, 3GP...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- Palm TX
- Palm Tx, One Year Later...Pros: PortabilityCons: Won't play all file typesIt won't play streaming music or videos from sites like YouTube or Pandora. The music or videos you play on it must be mp3 or mpeg only: no avi, mp4, wmv, wma, etc.For much faster sync, I used an sd...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Scary tech!
- Time to drop your Time Warner Cable internet access :P I'm kidding, but that is how they are around here, constantly going down.You need helpPeople are known to become dependent on things they don't need for ages. You should seek some help. Or just get out and enjoy some...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Interactive media is about to hit the gym: Great, just great
- Not all that bad. I went to a gym where each treadmill had its own mini tv in the front of it, you could flip through cable channels, look at a virtual running track with hills and the such, or connect your ipod. Now for the social media...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A
- You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Is HDTV turning Americans into hockey fans?
- Hockey, the national pastime of our neighbors up north, has always been the number-four sport in the U.S., save for pockets of the country with a puck pedigree (the Northeast, the northern Midwest). While the league expanded south and west during the 1990s, and managed to have Fox broadcast Stanley...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Nokia 2705 Shade - black (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Nokia ShadeMost of Nokia's recent cell phones for the U.S. market haven't been too exciting. Sure, the company gave us the odd Nokia Twist last month, but we're more likely to see functional handsets like AT&T's Nokia Mural 6750. Verizon's new Nokia Shade 2705 certainly is part of that...
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Atrise Find Bad Information 1.1.2 (Windows)
- Atrise FBI Find Bad Information is a tool to check your data CD/DVD, flash drive and a dying HDD for bad reading files (soft and true HDD bad blocks, wrong reading, faulty drive/cable. Atrise FBI shows a full path to the current checking file, so it is very useful to...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
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