All you disgruntled cable customers out there - in other words, anyone who is not a cable executive - now is the time to rejoice. With the latest improvements in technology and growth in online content, you can disconnect the cable box without giving up TV. In fact, the number of cable TV and satellite subscriptions fell last year for the first time in the history of the business.

A recent survey by Nielsen found that 56 percent of U.S. households have at least one HDTV. They also found that the vast majority of total viewing is still standard definition. That's right, many people who own an HDTV aren't actually watching HD. Just because you have an HD set, doesn't mean everything you watch is suddenly HD. Follow these steps to know you're getting the full effect.

Netflix streaming movies now fill more of the U.S.'s internet tubes than any other service, including peer-to-peer file sharing, which long held the top spot -- to the consternation of Hollywood.

That means for the first time perhaps in the internet's history, the largest percentage of the net's traffic is content that is paid for.

In the United States, we don't vacation often. And thanks to our ever-growing cadre of mobile gadgets, some experts fear that we don't vacation very well, either.

Smartphones, laptops, tablet computers and other devices make it easier than ever to stay plugged in all the time. That's not exactly news.

But there's a growing awareness, and concern, that the same items designed to keep us engaged and entertained around the clock can also make it harder for us to ever actually relax.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Google is teaming with MasterCard, Citigroup and Sprint to launch a new phone-based mobile payment system.

The project, called Google Wallet, will enable special chips embedded in many future Android devices to be used for payments. Instead of swiping a credit card, customers will be able to wave their Android phone in front of a reader to make a payment.