If you haven't yet seen the Bill Gates "farewell" video from the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, it's available on MSN Soapbox -- in Flash video rather than Silverlight. If you're reading this in a feed or can't see the embedded video, here's the link: Video: Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
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Warner Backs Blu-Ray: The Beginning of the End of the High-Def Format Wars?
Warner Brothers Entertainment today announced that the company plans to release high-definition movies exclusively in Blu-ray format beginning this spring, which comes as a major blow to the competing HD DVD camp. Only two major studios -- Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures -- are now providing high definition content exclusively in the HD DVD format, … Continue reading Warner Backs Blu-Ray: The Beginning of the End of the High-Def Format Wars?
At Least You Can Still Go Home.mcom.com
Here's a trivia question: Where does the following URL take you? http://home.mcom.com If you haven't already clicked it, here's the answer: It goes the Netscape home page (now AOL's netscape.aol.com). [Update: Since this post was written, http://home.mcom.com has been restored to its appearance on October 21, 1994. For the details, see the post by former … Continue reading At Least You Can Still Go Home.mcom.com
New Adobe Web Site
Just a quick note to point out that Adobe Systems rolled out a new version of their web site. This is the first major overhaul of the site since they implemented the Macromedia look and feel shortly following the acquisition.It's an interesting use of both AJAX and Flash to make the site more dynamic, while … Continue reading New Adobe Web Site
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