Geek Squad agent Jesse Jankowski of Best Buy in Salem, N.H. , autoscans for channels as he installs a digital TV converter box that will keep an older TV set functioning at a home in Salem, N.H. , Friday, June 12, 2009. TV stations across the U.S. started cutting their analog signals Friday morning, ending a 60-year run for the technology and likely stranding more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service. The Federal Communications Commission put 4,000 operators on standby for calls from confused viewers, and set up demonstration centers in several cities. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Geek Squad agent Jesse Jankowski of Best Buy in Salem, N.H. , autoscans for channels as he installs a digital TV converter box that will keep an older TV set functioning at a home in Salem, N.H. , Friday, June 12, 2009. TV stations across the U.S. started cutting their analog signals Friday morning, ending a 60-year run for the technology and likely stranding more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service. The Federal Communications Commission put 4,000 operators on standby for calls from confused viewers, and set up demonstration centers in several cities.

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  2. Customers enter a Best Buy store in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
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  4. Michele Turco leaves a Best Buy store with her purchases in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
  5. Television screens at a Best Buy store in Omaha, Neb., show President Barack Obama delivering in Washington a speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, Sept., 9, 2009.
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  7. SanDisk slotMusic cards are now available in mobile retail stores, including Best Buy Mobile and Cricket Stores nationwide. Artists on slotMusic include Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Black Eyed Peas, Incubus and P!nk. www.slotmusic. org.
  8. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Vannessa Obermaier helps customer Leandro Dacosta (R) as he shops at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  9. Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, delivers the keynote address to the CTIA-Wireless Association convention, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in San Diego.
  10. Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, delivers the keynote address to the CTIA-Wireless Association convention, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in San Diego.
  11. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski holds news conference during the opening day of International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 trade show and conference at the San Diego Convention Center October 7, 2009.
  12. Attendees work on their wireless laptops as Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivers the keynote address on the opening day of International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 trade show and conference at the San Diego Convention Center October 7, 2009.
  13. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivers the keynote address on the opening day of International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 trade show and conference at the San Diego Convention Center October 7, 2009.
  14. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivers the keynote address on the opening day of International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 trade show and conference at the San Diego Convention Center October 7, 2009.
  15. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivers the keynote address on the opening day of International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 trade show and conference at the San Diego Convention Center October 7, 2009.
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