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...handful of mobile phones last year and offers live and previously aired content from a variety of networks including Comedy Central and the Disney Channel. Flo TV's new Personal TV (PTV) is a direct-to-consumer device that streams content without the hassle of having to deal with a mobile-phone carrier. But does someone with an iPhone or even a DVR need another TV-related gadget? It may be difficult to justify the $250 price tag, but when such a handy little device works as advertised, it's hard to say no. Six months of free service doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV on the Go | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...mobile Flo TV service, which costs $15 a month, is quite good when signal strength is optimal, with very little buffering. However, when pulling up the programming guide, the audio checks out for a second and then resumes without a hitch until you switch channels. Certainly not a deal breaker in our book, but if you're a compulsive channel surfer, there's a chance it could become a nuisance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV on the Go | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...Branson and Governor Bill Richardson signed a deal under which the legislature would put up $140 million if two of the three counties adjoining the spaceport also contributed. Dona Ana and Sierra counties agreed and so far have raised $58 million for the project. Voters in the third county narrowly rejected the idea last November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Las Cruces | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Indeed, not all New Mexicans are enthralled by the spaceport. Having toured the state, Landeene sums up taxpayers' objections this way: "It's rich men into space. Why in heck are we paying for Richard Branson? It's his deal. Let him do it." Ranchers in the area have also complained that they've had to reduce the size of their herds and move cattle away from the construction, though compromises are slowly being worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Las Cruces | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

When Obama took office, conventional wisdom held that the American people, jarred by a financial crisis they were routinely told was "the worst since the Great Depression," would race into the protective arms of Washington. After all, the Federal Government had given us the New Deal in the worst of times and a patchwork of economic safety nets since. The idea is that we instinctively turn to its beneficent hand to ease the pain of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes--and recessions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Fear of Big Government End Obama's Audacity? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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