A heaping pile of tangled cords is an eyesore. In a tech-centered world, chargers, power strips, Internet cords, and connectors abound. But there’s nothing cute or calming about them. In fact, they ...

For TV viewers sick of forking out money month after month to rent their cable boxes, paying long after the cable company has recovered the cost of a box that never improves and locks out competing ...

NEW YORK — The government wants to make it easier for you to buy and use cable boxes from companies other than your cable provider. This could help companies like TiVo, Roku and Apple deliver a cable ...

Cord-cutting has become so popular that some small cable companies are joining in, trading their own set-top boxes for streaming TV service. This week, a video delivery company called MobiTV announced ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As a result of a government mandate, cable operators are planning to charge more for the set-top ...

New York (CNN) — The clunky old cable box doesn’t make sense anymore. Big, ugly, and heavy, they seem to have about as much place working with a modern TV as a DVD player. Cable companies are trying ...