...Oconee Nuclear Station reactor will be the first of the 104 reactors in the United States not controlled with the same analog technology that brought the world cassette tapes and slide rules.It has taken nuclear power plants so long to go digital because...
...sets sold each year have digital tuners. Congress is requiring most broadcasters to convert by 2006 from existing analog technology to more efficient digital television, which allows much more programming and data to be transmitted over one channel...
...a CD and post it on the Internet, allowing an infinite number of perfect copies of the music to be made. Unlike analog technology like cassette tapes, where making more copies means poorer sound quality, a copy of a digital file is identical...
...must make to ensure that phones and other communications can be tapped legally as digital technology replaces the analog technology that has long been in use. The issue also is before the Federal Communications Commission.
...South Carolina. The providers are offering sophisticated telecommunication systems that use digital, instead of analog, technology. Some of the new PCS telephones are about the size of a deck of playing cards and can receive more than just phone...
...from a Senate Commerce Committee hearing that looked into the broadcasting and cable industries' transition from analog technology to high-quality digital. "It hardly qualifies as a success story in the making," said the committee's chairman...
...the phone companies are rushing in with more sophisticated telecommunication systems that use digital, instead of analog, technology. Many of the new PCS telephones are about the size of a deck of playing cards and can receive pages, faxes and...
...shift that, in addition to cable, affects many forms of communication, including telephone service and Internet. Analog technology, which has been the standard, works similarly to a telephone made with tin cans connected by a string. When someone...
...provided by ALLTEL and Cellular One. The advantage of analog technology is that it offers a wider coverage area. But digital...One is the only carrier offering both digital and analog technology. When customers with digital service leave the digital...
...cellular phone service - available in some markets - and much more difficult to intercept. Most cell systems use analog technology - radio waves - that are easy to intercept. Digital technology, now just beginning, is harder to intercept because...
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