Brad on Broadcast

In a ruling targeted at mobile television reception, the FCC this week approved waivers from the all-channel tuner requirement that television receivers be capable of decoding both analog and digital TV signals. The one caveat is that the wavier applies only to tuners designed exclusively for mobile applications. Fixed-location receivers are still required to be able to receive analog signals. more

When my company first entered the “electronic age,” editors were prohibited from having CD/DVD drives. Never mind that clients were supplying new product information on CDs. Then, the IT wunderkinds decided to block some websites. After all, employees should focus on business tasks, right? But the most egregious, stupid and humiliating misstep the IT department took was when it decided to use a word “filter” on forums. Might be a good idea — uh no! more