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11-25-2008
Cape Coral gets high marks for digital savvy. That’s according to the recently released 2008 Digital Cities Survey – which ranked Cape Coral number 8 in the nation. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.
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11-24-2008
Fans of "Star Trek" will remember the universal translator: a device that instantly turned alien languages into spoken English. Today that technology is no longer just the stuff of science fiction. Joshua Johnson went to Boca Raton where researchers at IBM have made it happen and has this report...
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11-20-2008
It’s that time of year again…when the sound of Salvation Army bells ring outside many retail outlets. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on a new way people can give.
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09-09-2008
Even the cost of basic home phone service is beyond the reach of some. As Tom Flanigan Reports, the Florida agency that regulates phone service is spreading the word about some programs that can help….
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08-14-2008
The Lee County Library system has added MP3 files so that i-Pod users can download books and other audio materials. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.
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05-06-2008
Starting in 2009 people with enough money will be able to take a trip that up until now was solely for astronauts and scientists. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez
reports on a Southwest Florida travel agent now selling tickets to space, and
one soon-to-be college graduate who hopes to someday start his own...
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04-02-2008
More and more people are switching their standard home phone service to a new technology called ‘Voice Over Internet Protocol’ – or VOIP. This is basically using your high speed Internet connection to make phone calls. It’s offered by companies like Vonage and cable providers like Comcast. But there...
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02-18-2008
Writer/Producer: Kristy Vaughn Find out how Share Club computer classes ease beginners into technology through step-by-step instruction of basic PC operation and photo-editing. In the computer class, instructors teach students how to email friends and family, look up hobbies on the internet, as well...
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02-18-2008
Major mobile phone providers shut down their analog networks today – which means most cell phones more than about 5 years old won’t work anymore. While less than 1-percent of cell phones in use are still analog, the shut could mean the end of some people’s lifelines. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry explains.
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04-09-2007
Lakes Regional Park is going high tech. Park officials have announced the first wireless internet service in the Lee County park system. The service will be available around the south parking lot near the beach area. Senior program specialists with the parks, Tracy Arkin says her bosses thought wireless...