With the digital television transition deadline fast approaching (you've got until next Friday, June the 12), there are probably some last minute TV buffs who are still in need of converter boxes. For those who participated in the government's converter-box subsidy program, you can take your coupon into Target this week and pick up a box for free — even if the price tag is over $40. So if your Read more

RIM's BlackBerry Curve 83XX series smartphone overtook Apple's iPhone 3G in sales in the first quarter of 2009. Third and fourth place go to the BlackBerry Storm and the BlackBerry Pearl. — Engadget Amazon is gearing up to announce a larger-screened Kindle this Wednesday, which will be perfect for reading newspapers and magazines. — The New York Times Rumor has it that Apple may be coming Read more

The Toy Fair in NYC offers a peek at 10 reasons we're doomed.— Gizmodo So we know it's happening, but which TV stations will be making the transition to digital this week? — Switched Stop taking calls from your angry ex with Trapcall, which reveals who's behind blocked calls. — Lifehacker It's old-computer project time! Here are some options for giving vintage machines a makeover.— Read more

Despite the DTV Delay Act Obama signed last week about one-third of the nation's TV stations will pull plug on their analog towers by the end of today. — Crave Get high-quality free downloads of your favorite NBC shows on NBC Direct. You'll have to download a little applet, which puts an add-on into your Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browser. — Lifehacker Time magazine has unveiled Read more

I swear I wasn't lying when I told you last week that the bill for the delay of the digital television transition didn't pass in the House of Representatives. But yesterday, in a re-vote (264-158), the House of Representatives approved the bill to push the transition from the original Feb. 17 date until Jun. 12. What happens now? The bill will get sent on to President Obama for his final Read more

For the eighty-four percent of you who said that you are ready for the Digital TV Transition, please disregard this message. For those of you that aren't ready, here are two tidbits of useful info. The first is that the bill that the Senate was pushing to make the digital television transition easier for Americans — by changing the original February 17 date until June 12 —  did not pass Read more

Prize-winning author John Updike died at the age of 76 on Tuesday. — AP Grey's Anatomy's Shonda Rhimes is executive-producing an ABC pilot about a TV news bureau called Inside the Box. — The Hollywood Reporter Netflix's profits have actually spiked recently, attesting to the appeal of its mail-delivered DVD service during the onset of the recession. — Variety Despite efforts to postpone Read more

It's rumored that Amazon's new and improved Kindle will be officially announced on Feb. 9 in NYC. — Gizmodo The US Patent Office has granted Apple the multitouch patent and because the new Palm Pre features multitouch support, this might not go over well with Palm. — The Boy Genius Report Senate has pushed back the date for the digital TV transition until June 12. — Switched Now with a Read more