Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Blu-ray battled HD DVD to the death to win the high-def format war. What's ahead now for the average user? Here are our expert's pros and cons.

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The battle for high-def video dominance began in 2000; here's a look at how Blu-ray bested HD DVD.


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A handful of leading technology companies formed the PC Gaming Alliance to promote gaming, development and peripherals. 20-Feb-2008

A distributed denial of service attack plagued the blogging service through the weekend and into Tuesday. 20-Feb-2008

Cellular service competitors followed Verizon with unlimited monthly voice plans for $99. 20-Feb-2008

These creative prototypes take advantage of flexible, foldable screens, unusual designs, and materials that can mold themselves into new shapes. 19-Feb-2008

Apple quietly discontinued its Xserve RAID enterprise storage product line today after the introduction of XSan 2. 19-Feb-2008

A new laptop-protection system can automatically wipe hard disk data on machines taken from authorized locations. 19-Feb-2008

Joins rivals AT&T and Verizon in offering unlimited $99-a-month plans. 19-Feb-2008

Microsoft plans to authorize a proxy fight to oust Yahoo's board, according to The New York Times. 19-Feb-2008

Some systems are thrust into endless reboots after receiving Vista SP1 updates, according to messages posted to the company's support site. 19-Feb-2008

Blu-ray battled HD DVD to the death to win the high-def format war. What's ahead now for the average user? Here are our expert's pros and cons. 19-Feb-2008

What's next for Toshiba and for HD DVD consumers? The answers may be hidden in Toshiba's own words. 19-Feb-2008

While ISPs advertise ever-increasing broadband speeds, download speeds for users in the UK don't match the claims. 19-Feb-2008

Excel Software's MarketBuddy for Mac OS X and Windows increases contact capacity, cuts memory requirements. 19-Feb-2008

Apple's 1GB iPod Shuffle is getting a price cut, plus a 2GB sibling that ships this month. 19-Feb-2008

Intel's new powerhouse motherboard goes public at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. 19-Feb-2008

Sybase has entered the cluster-database market with Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition. 19-Feb-2008

Video game publisher Electronic Arts says China will soon be one of its top three markets in Asia. 19-Feb-2008

New service, co-founded by hacker DVD Jon, lets users share copy-protected files from iTunes. 19-Feb-2008

The battle for high-def video dominance began in 2000; here's a look at how Blu-ray bested HD DVD. 19-Feb-2008

New 'Turbo-3G' HSPA mobile services from AT&T Wireless and 3 Sweden feature fast upload speeds. 19-Feb-2008

Toshiba and SanDisk will build a state-of-the-art NAND flash memory factory and share the chips. 19-Feb-2008

Microsoft won't say if it will support Blu-ray for the Xbox; continues selling HD DVD external add-on. 19-Feb-2008

UPDATE: Toshiba says it will no longer develop, manufacture, or market HD DVD players and recorders. 19-Feb-2008

Unisys describes its broad services strategy, jockeying for a bigger role in the datacenter. 19-Feb-2008

Mozilla Messaging opened Tuesday, and will initially focus on Thunderbird 3. 19-Feb-2008

The DreamSpark program will provide programming tools to high school and college students worldwide. 19-Feb-2008

The new xVM Ops Center can automate operations workstations running Linux and Solaris. 19-Feb-2008

Shortage of skilled workers means firms would be smart to address women's workplace concerns, according to research. 18-Feb-2008

The Xbox 360's HD DVD support is by add-in, not built in, and Microsoft expects no changes. 18-Feb-2008

Congress urged to require standards in health care databases so private firms can exchange information as needed. 18-Feb-2008

Save the Children recreates a Freetown slum on its site to show donors how they make a difference. 18-Feb-2008

Here's a timeline of the format battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. 18-Feb-2008

A California court has shut down the U.S. version of Wikileaks.org, where whistle-blowers anonymously post documents. 18-Feb-2008

The maker of the BlackBerry claims Motorola has infringed on its patents and charges 'exorbitant' royalties. 18-Feb-2008

A file described as the database for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Web site shows up for sharing. 18-Feb-2008