We're not told if there are any special tricks besides the size reduction, though: while the new cable end looks dual-sided, there's no guarantee Apple will have eliminated the right-side-up requirement that afflicts just about every mobile-sized port format we've seen to date.
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Going on an information diet with a high-end cable sports package is like trying to go on a diet while subscribing to a daily fried chicken and ice cream delivery service.
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The DCP601 Home Entertainment System, a high-end digital cable ready entertainment receiverMotorola Ojo Personal Video Phone with a high-definition decoder, 6.1 channel surround sound, and a built-in progressive scan DVD player.
That could spark a legal war among regulators, cable and broadcasters and may end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, which sometimes takes a dim view of federal statutes intended to curb indecency.
It runs the risk of feeling like all the cheap stuff you get on the back-end channels of digital cable.
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It might look like a product of the recession, but this could be the beginning of the end for the traditional cable model.
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The premise is simple: a behind the scenes look inside a national cable news program that has declared an end to histrionics and partisan commentary that ginned gin up ratings.
So it happens every now and again that folks scavenging for copper end up cutting through fiberoptic cable, which can shut down phone and data traffic for a limited area.
With this the driller can create 4-D images (three dimensions plus time) of oil reservoirs via a seismic vibration sensor attached to the end of a fiber-optic cable pushed down into a well.
Late last year fellow daytime star Oprah Winfrey said she will end her series and roll out a cable channel OWN in 2011.
Philadelphia resident Don Hendrickson is worried that some of his fellow seniors will end up buying new TVs, or cable subscriptions, that they don't really need.
Moving to the underside of the left earcup, you'll find a 3.5mm boom microphone insert and a short cable with a quick disconnect dongle attached at the end.
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Even PLDT, which already operates a cable-TV system and an Internet service provider, is planning to offer cable Net access, "maybe before the end of 1999, " says Samson.
That same report, issued when the agency was headed by Kevin Martin, also called for an end to channel "bundling" by cable and satellite companies, the practice of forcing subscribers to pay for channels they don't watch.
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The phones and the service are exactly what you'd get from Sprint, only when the bill comes at the end of the month you cut Time Warner Cable a check instead.
In other words, a USB 2.0 cable cannot carry data at USB 3.0 speeds, end of story.
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The Sonnet adapter connects directly to a computer, or at the end of a Thunderbolt device chain with a Thunderbolt cable (available at the Apple Store).
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White House aides said the president appeared to be the central feature of 24-hour cable news channels and the nightly news broadcasts until roughly the end of 2001.
And Business Secretary Vince Cable refused to predict when the "age of austerity" might end - although he thought it "unlikely" to last until 2020.
While mainstream reporters are painting this picture as the potential end for console gaming, the reality is that these cable providers may have little chance of being successful.
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If Time Warner Cable can successfully regain market share at 2006 peak levels by the end of our forecast period, it could signal 13% upside to our current price estimate.
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