Perhaps you held off buying that new refrigerator, or didn't buy a new home altogether. Either way, that meant a bit less garbage on the way to the landfill. Multiply that frugality across several million people in the Tampa Bay area, and the down economy is having a direct impact on the flow of garbage to government dumps. ...more

March 19, 2009

The problem Spencer faces is that he's stuck in a frustrated group of TV viewers left behind by the switch to digital TV. They're doing everything right, but for one reason or another, digital TV just won't work for them. ...more

February 22, 2009

Postponing the turnoff of analog TV broadcasts beyond the scheduled date, Feb. 17, could confuse consumers, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warned Saturday. ...more

January 10, 2009

Are you sick of hearing about the digital TV transition yet? You could be. I don't blame you. America is waking up to a lot of frustrating, infuriating, expensive glitches with that transition to come. ...more

January 10, 2009

Feb. 18 could be an especially frustrating day for people watching TV in some nursing homes, RV parks and mobile home villages. ...more

July 26, 2008