As digital cable and satellite became the norm, HTPC software became more dependent on external decoder boxes, and the subscription costs that came with them. For instance, MythTV is capable of capturing unencrypted HDTV streams, such as those broadcast over the air or on cable using a QAM tuner.
On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. His double-disc set Life After Death, released 16 days later, rose to No. 1 on the U.S. album charts and was certified Diamond in 2000, one of the few hip hop albums to receive this certification.
The accused serial killer, Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, 24, started his spree of fatal shootings on October 9 in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, authorities said. Donaldson was arrested Tuesday evening and is accused of killing Benjamin Mitchell, 22, Monica Hoffa, 32, Anthony Naiboa, 20, and Ronald Felton, 60. Donaldson was captured on grainy surveillance footage but neither the video, 5,000 tips nor a hefty award of $100,000 led to his capture.