Toshiba quits HD DVD ‘format war’

“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.” Well I guess it is about time, but I just think the name ‘Blu-ray’ sounds funny. Come on.. it made/make sense when one says “I’m going to go buy/rent a video/dvd” and I can see where saying the same with highdef-dvd sounds good, but “Hi I’d like a Blu-ray” sound like a fruity cocktail drink.

read more | digg story

Toshiba quits HD DVD ‘format war’

“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.” Well I guess it is about time, but I just think the name ‘Blu-ray’ sounds funny. Come on.. it made/make sense when one says “I’m going to go buy/rent a video/dvd” and I can see where saying the same with highdef-dvd sounds good, but “Hi I’d like a Blu-ray” sound like a fruity cocktail drink.

read more | digg story

Coincidental timing

Mixx To Cluster Related Stories – Digg Should Have Done This

The above link is for a story posted at TechCrunch about Mixx adding a feature that yesterday I complained didn’t exist in Digg. So I guess I’m not the person who had this complaint.

Well anyways… I took a swing by Mixx to take a look. While yes they now have the option to mark related stories, they are missing the main feature that is why I’ve stayed away from StumbleUpon and Reddit. The feature I like from Digg is the ‘Blog this’ feature. Basically rather than have to post to a share site and then post to my blog, I can choose to post from with in Digg. Now yes there could be improvements made to the blogging client, but it is there. Maybe they all have this feature, I just haven’t been able to find it. Oh well I guess no app is perfect….