UK 'over-reliant' on GPS signals, engineers warn

" The UK may have become dangerously over-reliant on satellite-navigation signals, according to a report from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Use of space-borne positioning and timing data is now widespread, in everything from freight movement to synchronisation of computer...

McCain staffer quits so he won't have to work against Obama

"Mark McKinnon, who was in charge of McCain's advertising, left the McCain campaign to keep a pledge not to use his skills to attack Barack Obama. The subtext of this is huge. It signals, holographically, the problem McCain will have holding on to Republicans and independents...

Cable programmers suing FCC over new rule

"C-Span and Discovery Communications LLC, along with four other cable programmers, are suing the Federal Communications Commission for what they see as a First Amendment-squashing new rule."

Better TV is coming, but are you ready for it?

Better TV is coming, but are you ready for it?The digital dilemma: Disappearance of analog signals just a year away"Behind the placid pictures, a made-for-TV storm is looming. Since the first days of television, the method of beaming pictures into our living rooms hasn’t...