Posted on February 11, 2008 by Dan
Boy, not a very good day for HD-DVD. First the Netflix announcement and now this.
Best Buy has announced today that it will be promoting Blu-ray as the HD format of the future.
Beginning in early March, Best Buy will be showcasing Blu-ray hardware and software both in stores and online, and recommending the format to customers [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Dan
Apple has just released the 10.5.2 update to their OS X Leopard operating system and its available right now in Software Updates.
What’s new?
Looks like mostly bug fixes, including some fixes to AirPort and support for more third-part routers for the [so far pretty useless] Back to my Mac feature.
For a complete list of what’s new, [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Dan
As expected, the Yahoo! board has officially turned down Microsoft’s $44.6 billion acquisition offer.
Yahoo’s board of directors voted unanimously to reject the offer, saying it “substantially undervalues” the company’s worth.
No response as of yet from Microsoft about the decision.
UPDATE: British newspaper The Times is reporting that Yahoo is in talks with US investment banks Goldman [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Dan
Danger, Inc., designers of the popular T-Mobile Sidekick, has just received an offer they couldn’t refuse.
Microsoft has just announced in a press release that they have acquired Danger.
“The addition of Danger serves as a perfect complement to our existing software and services, and also strengthens our dedication to improving mobile experiences centered around individuals and [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Dan
If you’ve ever tried to use WiFi at any one of your local 200 or so Starbucks locations, you’ve no doubt found that the service is actually T-Mobile’s HotSpots service, but it looks like that’s about to change.
Starbucks has just announced that they have signed a deal with AT&T to deliver tiered WiFi access to [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Dan
The Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona has opened and a couple of companies are showing off new chips running Google’s Android mobile phone operating system.
Texas Instruments is showing off their 500MHz OMAP3430 multimedia applications processor running Android. There wasn’t any Internet connectivity but based on what was able to be tested things seemed very [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by Dan
If you have an HD DVD player, you may not have much luck renting discs from your local video store but at least you’ve been able to count on Netflix to fill your need for high definition movies. Since the beginning of the Blu-ray and HD DVD format war, Netflix has stocked both formats but [...]
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