Monthly Archives: February 2009

Confusion Abounds! DTV Transition Delayed Until June 12. Or is it?

February 5, 2009 – 11:27 am

The United States House of Representatives voted 264-158 to extend the DTV Transition until June 12th.  The vote went largely along party lines with a handful of each party switching sides, but it wasn’t enough to be called a bi-partisan approval.  However, it fails me why this should be a partisan issue in the first [...]

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Taking “nice” Processes Into Account With Powernowd

February 4, 2009 – 12:31 pm

Almost every modern CPU supports the ability to dynamically change its clock frequency — typically done to save power when there are lesser requirements placed on the system.  While the benefits for a laptop are obvious, more battery life and less heat, they may be a bit harder to understand for a desktop machine.  One [...]

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Delay the DTV Transition Again?

February 2, 2009 – 1:33 pm

For the last 12 months American’s have been incessantly pounded with messages about the upcoming DTV transition. In simple terminology, if you’ve got an old TV hooked up to rabbit ears, it’s going to break in the very near future. The history of this problem is long, and complex, but it generally amounts [...]

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