A common “junk e-mail” sent out these days seems to be from people selling the know-how to build cable descrambler boxes. For a fee of, say, $13.95, the list of items needed to build a cable box can ...

When the FBI raided the New Haven, Conn., home of Robert R. Radil in 1994, it came up with a gold mine of information on his computer hard drive — the customer list for his illicit cable descrambler ...

QUESTION: I’ve received several unsolicited e-mails regarding a “legal cable TV descrambler.” It would cost me less than $30 and would save me more than $400 a year in cable rates. Is this device ...

Commentary: A proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler calls for cable companies like Comcast to "unlock the set-top box." Unlocking isn't enough. The box should die, once ...

Q-I have lost my favorite VCR feature since I had cable installed. I cannot tape a show to watch at another time while watching another show. Is there some way to correct this with an adapter? A-I ...

Two local cable television operators yesterday were reconsidering their plans to launch digital cable services in Taipei City after the city government set a price cap on the set-top descrambler box.