Microsoft finally announced Saturday that it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba announced the end of the high-definition video format battle with Sony’s Blu-Ray format.
“HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers [...]
A Princeton University group has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks.
The technique is as easy as chilling a computer memory chip with a blast of frigid air.
In a technical paper that was published Thursday on the Web site of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, the group demonstrated that [...]
Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer manufacture HD-DVDs, effectively ending the long-running battle with the rival Blu-ray for a dominant high-definition format.
Toshiba said it made the decision to cease developing, manufacturing, and marketing HD DVDs after “recent major changes in the market.” It promised to continue offering support and service for all existing Toshiba [...]
In a statement today, Microsoft said “We do not believe the recent reports about HD-DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace, As we’ve long stated, we believe it is games that sell consoles, and Xbox 360 continues to have the largest next-gen games library with [...]
In what has to be the weakest press release in recent history, Toshiba denied that any decision had been made yet regarding the future of HD-DVD.
“The media has reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD-DVD business. Toshiba has not made any announcement concerning this,” the company said.
“Although Toshiba is currently assessing its business strategies, no [...]
Toshiba is planning to drop the HD-DVD format, ending an intense battle over next-generation optical formats against Sony’s Blu-Ray technology. The Kyodo News agency said Toshiba is reviewing its operations, with the timing of the withdrawal to be decided later.
News of Toshiba’s decision emerged just one day after U.S retail giant Wal-Mart announced it would [...]
There’s a general house cleaning going on at Microsoft these days. However, like most corporate purgings, it leaves the biggest problem remaining at the top.
The announcements were part of a broad management reorganization involving seven new senior vice presidents and seven new corporate vice presidents.
We’ve elaborated about the lack of vision and leadership at Microsoft, [...]
It’s official.
That is, it’s official if you live in the Bay Area (maybe nationwide?) and use Comcast cable for your internet service.
Let me review.
In December, I grew tired of paying about $45 per month to Comcast for internet access at home. After all, $540 per year is a lot of money for something that I [...]
Yahoo turned down Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid.
Yahoo deemed the offer inadequate.
Never mind that it is a stupid idea and will ruin both companies while providing no increase in shareholder value.
Never mind that it would put “America’s worst CEO”, Steve Ballmer in charge of the number 2 and 3 internet search companies. Steve doesn’t [...]
Customers who’d like to carry more music, photos, and videos with them now have new models of iPhone and iPod touch with double the memory from which to choose. The revolutionary iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499. It joins the 8GB model for $399. And the iPod touch now comes in [...]
