Are you ready for DTV? Time is running out to get a converter box or switch to a cable or satellite provider if you are still using an analog TV and antenna. On Friday, your analog TV will no longer work as the nation's major broadcasters go totally digital. More than 40 percent of broadcasters have already made the switch. ...more

June 8, 2009

A 90-year-old Lakeland man who was found this morning in Pasco County. ...more

May 17, 2009

Astronauts took another spacewalk at the International Space Station on Saturday, this time to lighten the workload for future crews. ...more

March 22, 2009

Space shuttle Endeavour linked with the International Space Station on Sunday, kicking off a huge home makeover that will allow twice as many astronauts to live at the station beginning next year. ...more

November 17, 2008

TAMPA Still have questions about the upcoming digital TV transition? There are two chances this week to get answers from the experts. The transition to all digital broadcasting is set for Feb. 17. The change will affect the way millions of Americans receive their TV signals. ...more

November 12, 2008

The "Digital Age" is coming to our TV sets. Beginning in February 2009, full-power broadcast stations will transmit digital-only signals, meaning that people who get their television programming over an antenna will be out of luck. That's going to mean acquiring new technology to make the switchover, whether that requires a government-issued converter box or a new television set, purchased on your own dime. Unfortunately, Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be left without television service after the nationwide transition to digital broadcasting next year, according to a new survey. Broken down by race, 8.8 percent of whites would not be ready; 11.7 percent of Asians, 12.4 percent of blacks and 17.3 percent of Hispanics. ...more

February 15, 2008

PLANT CITY - Jim Ellis, the city's resident tech guru, says he has figured out why the wireless Internet network in the downtown historical district has shut down intermittently during the past several weeks. In layman's terms, heavy traffic on the city's wireless network is causing gridlock, shutting down the wireless avenues that lead to residents' computers or wireless handheld devices, said Ellis, the city's administrator for the managed information systems department. ...more

October 5, 2007