Microsoft addresses possible end of HD DVD

Microsoft pulls plug on HD DVD players
Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format...

HD DVD now the Highly Dead DVD
The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD. Toshiba Corp., creator of the HD DVD, dropped out of the battle Tuesday over the next generation of movie-disc...

Universal will now switch to Blu-ray
General Electric Co.'s Universal Pictures, one of a few studios using the Toshiba Corp.-backed HD DVD format, said on Tuesday it will switch to the...

Forget HD: Toshiba focuses on plain old DVD
After losing out in the battle to define the high-definition successor of the DVD, Toshiba Corp. has turned its attention to the next best thing: the...

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules...

Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's...
With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible is the...

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction...
This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author’s practical...