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Blu-ray high-definition movie discs outsold films on the rival HD-DVD format by 2-to-1 in the United States in the first half of 2007, Home Media Research said Tuesday.
The division of Home Media Magazine said total sales of Blu-ray discs, using a Sony Corp-backed technology, totaled 1.6 million units from Jan. 1 through July 1, compared [...]

Microsoft has joined forces with NASA to give Internet users a three-dimensional tour of the space shuttle Endeavour as it sits on the launch pad at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
Thanks to a technology called Photosynth that Microsoft developed in concert with the University of Washington, online viewers can navigate through a 3-D environment that offers [...]

For the last 14 months, high-tech insiders have been eating up the work of an anonymous blogger who assumed the persona of Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive and one of the world’s most famous businessmen.
The mysterious writer has used his blog, the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, to lampoon Mr. Jobs and his reputation [...]

At TypeCon 2007 yesterday, Microsoft and Apple have renewed an agreement under which Mac users are able to use the core fonts that are part of the Microsoft Windows environment.
As a result, Mac users will continue to be able to work with Microsoft fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial and Verdana in print and [...]

Yes, you read that title correctly. MOSH Mobile: mobile that kicks ass!
Apparently there is a new Mobile Virtual Network Operator moshing it’s was onto the scene as of Yesterday. Yep, they’re a brand new company in beta.
Taken from the official MOSH Mobile website:
MOSH mobile is the new FREE to use mobile service that let’s users [...]

Apparently author Roberto Bernocco wrote an entire 384 page novel using only his Nokia 6630 cell phone.
In case you’re not familiar with that Nokia model, it doesn’t have a QWERTY keyboard.
He used T9 (which stands for “Text on 9 keys”) to write the entire thing, which took him just 17 weeks to complete.
The [...]