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Last October, S&V’s man about town and all-around tech expert Ken Pohlmann wrote about a government-sponsored cybersecurity labeling program designed to give consumers peace of mind that TVs and other smart products they buy are essentially hack-proof. On March 14th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve the “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark” Program Ken examined and commented on.

In his latest post, Breaking Up Is Easy to Do, Ken Pohlmann decries Netflix’s recent decision to dust out the cobwebs and render older TVs, Blu-ray players and other streaming devices useless — at least when it comes to watching Netflix. He noted how TVs from Samsung, Panasonic, and Hitachi and Blu-ray players from Samsung and Toshiba are among the casualties, while conceding that the gear in question is old. Really old.

Sonos: You Can No Longer Play Music Stored on Your Android Phone In case you missed it, wireless speaker pioneer Sonos quietly issued a notice earlier this month to inform users that it is “removing the ability to play audio files directly to Sonos using the ‘On this device’ menu in the Sonos app for Android.” The change went into effect on Tuesday (May 23). The company goes on to recommend alternate ways to play files stored on an Android device: 1.

CDs debuted in the U.S. in March 1983, followed by a massive rise in popularity, then a fall. As vinyl rebounds, do discs have a comeback left too?

CDs debuted in the U.S. in March 1983, followed by a massive rise in popularity, then a fall. As vinyl rebounds, do discs have a comeback left too?

CDs debuted in the U.S. in March 1983, followed by a massive rise in popularity, then a fall. As vinyl rebounds, do discs have a comeback left too?

CDs debuted in the U.S. in March 1983, followed by a massive rise in popularity, then a fall. As vinyl rebounds, do discs have a comeback left too?

CDs debuted in the U.S. in March 1983, followed by a massive rise in popularity, then a fall. As vinyl rebounds, do discs have a comeback left too?