Fusion Center Gestapo Uses Digital TV Sound For Torture-on-Demand

• Second time that a "sonic scream" acoustic weapon (like the Army has deployed in Iraq) delivered piercing tones via my HDTV set.GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTON Once again last night, my digital TV set was turned into an instrument of acoustic torture -- apparently by...

Digital TV Switch Opens Electronic Door to Censors - and Spies?

• "Addressable" remote technology allows would-be "big brothers" to block channels, or programs,  from certain viewers. •  A way to control authorized viewing -- or to censor and harass "targeted"...

U.S. TV's Digital Deadline: Obama Era's First Consumer Crisis?

• Delay the end of  analog "TV as usual" or face viewer wrath come February• Millions to be "disenfranchised" from free over-the-air service?GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTONAs President-Elect Obama concentrates on tackling the America’s economic crisis, a hi-tech...

Things that make you feel super-special

" At the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., last week, more than 1,900 exhibitors showed new and innovative products. Here are some of the new products that attendees found interesting.     TurboChef, a do-it-all single oven, cooks up to...

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