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“Considering the real facts of the matter, presumptions that the High-Def format war could be won by either side anytime soon were seriously misguided. The truth is that both Blu-ray and HD DVD are losing the real battle, which is to supplant DVD as the next mainstream optical disc standard. They’re just losing it to different degrees.”

Nice little easter-egg in the latest version of Google Earth.

DirecTV is beta-testing a new video-on-demand service on their High-Def PVRs. Since there’s only one-way communication via the satellite dish, they require you to plug an ethernet cable in the back of the PVR. Interesting approach.

Slides for Chris Brogan’s talk on presenting from PodCampPittsburgh.

How to explain a paradigm shift…

Your guide to what’s currently getting the most edits on Wikipedia. Non-gay congressmen and videogames are popular, and it appears that The Moon’s entry is a prime target for vandalism and reversion.

Apple make good use of their new high-resolution application icons in OS X Leopard. “Here’s to the crazy ones…”

Joy just got one of these, and it’s pretty impressive. A feminine-looking tote bag, which gives no indication that inside is plenty of padding and pockets for your laptop, powerpack, and assorted other gadgetry.

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Baratunde Thurston on being shut out from messaging the group he founded on Facebook for the specific purpose of messaging. “I invested a lot into Facebook, but I’ve discovered, painfully, that Facebook doesn’t value me nearly as much as I’d hoped.”

Fake Steve takes on the Scots: “The real winners in all of this are the phone sales reps who work for Apple in California. Until now they been given the unlucky job of trying to take orders over the phone from Scotland. They’ve never been able to understand what the fuck these miserable Scots are asking for. Have you ever actually talked to a Scottish person? And not one that’s been living in America for a while and has learned to speak English, like Bono”

Lenovo offering disks to let you “downgrade” your newly-purchased Vista-running laptop to XP. Prediction: These will be very popular.

Impressive shattering of all stereotypes about beauty queens *and* South Carolina.

“QUEEN’S CHICKENS STABBED TO DEATH”, “TV CROCODILE AND CAMILLA TO WED” and other randomly generated news-stands.

Creation of one of the best video games of all time. They’re absolutely right about the perfection of the learning curve in the first game.

IM IN UR WALL STREET JURNAL, etc.