Europe Day 1 - Munich

Greetings from the Hofbrauhaus.

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The High-Definition format war is over

It's all over but the cryin'. If you've been following the battle between Sony's Blu-Ray and Toshiba's HD-DVD as the fight to replace the DVD as the universal standard, you know it's been a long fight (and a rematch of VHS vs. Betamax). 

Over the past several weeks, Toshiba has been dealt some significant blows; First, Warner Bros. jumped into the Blu-Ray camp, leaving only one major studio with HD-DVD (Universal). Then, video giant Netflix announced that they would stop carrying HD-DVD (Blockbuster did the same thing last June). That same day, Best Buy announced that they would begin training their employees to recommend Blu-Ray. Yesterday, rumors began to surface that Toshiba is getting out of the business of making HD-DVD players. 

But the final blow comes this morning, when WalMart, owner of the free world, and ruler of all kings, announced that they are dropping the HD-DVD format.

If you own an HD-DVD player, congratulations: you now own a collectable. 

USA Today has a nice recap.

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When awesome meets amazing

While I'm a remarkable cynic, apparently, I can still be impressed. First, there were the Voyager probes - the little spaceships that could. Launched in 1977, they have now left our solar system. More recently, I was under the firm belief that mixing the two greatest things on earth (Star Wars and Legos) into a video game was the pinnacle of mankind's abilities.

Now I see that mankind is capable of far, far greater things. I present to you the Wii/Nerf gun. That's right, a Nerf gun that also works as a gun for your Nintendo Wii. I have no clue what this thing will actually be good for, and frankly, I don't care. My little brain simply can't understand such greatness.

Oh, and they're releasing an Indiana Jones/Lego game later this year.

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How fast?

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Comcast internet is fast!*

*No it's not.

Think your internet is running a little sluggish lately? It may be that Comcast is limiting the speed of your connection - especially if you use the inter-tubes for music or videos. Now that's Comcastic!

Wash Post had the skinny.

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Finally it looks like you iPhone-ers will have Flash support. About time, I was beginning to think Apple was a bunch of flash haters.
Flash the iphone here.

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Garmin Targets the iPhone

Wednesday night surprised the cellphone industry by taking its own leap into smartphones. The Nuvifone aims both to compete with the iPhone as well as to bring Garmin's experience with GPS navigation to the forefront. Check it out here.

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