Sure, there are times when I want to turn off technology and just get outside. But there are also times when I want to learn about the great outdoors, and I'd rather be doing it out in the sun, than stuck in front of a screen.
Earlier this week Best Buy announced that it would offer $50 gift cards to any of its customers that purchased HD DVD players. Apparently Amazon wanted in on the good PR and has come up with its own way to hook up its HD DVD customers.
A good overview of the latest news from major companies now offering -- or planning to offer very soon -- DRM-free music.
Mike over at Hacking Netflix is contemplating selling his "slightly used" HD DVD player while Robert Scoble apologizes for betting on the wrong format.
This makes Amazon's MP3 download store the first to offer DRM-free music from Warner Music and brings Amazon's library up to 2.9 million songs, all without restrictions.
An article on Ars Technica linked to an Amazon deal for a Blu-ray player w/ 5 movies for $279 calling it a steal. In short, comparing HD DVD to Blu-ray via Amazon's current best deals for each has HD DVD players coming in $40-$60 cheaper.
Millions of people love watching Internet video on their PCs. So why can't the tech industry figure out how to get them to watch Internet video on their TVs?
Fox is shifting its strategy in fighting movie piracy in China. Rather than pushing legal action, the studio will release and sell inexpensive, legal DVDs of its films. Warner Bros. is also trying this move.
Is it just me, or did these two giants start adopting each other's more classic tactics? Microsoft has recently been innovating more while Google is acquiring more. Microsoft is a first mover with its Xbox Live Marketplace whereas Google is late with Google Mobile, etc.
Metacafe is now the largest independent online video site but has only one tenth as many video views as YouTube. BUT, comparing the two sites just by the video views of each site's top 200 videos, Metacafe actually wins...
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