News Roundup

The big news of course is Toshiba’s decision to drop HD-DVD. I’ve got mixed feelings on this, my preference would have been for HD-DVD because looking at it independently I believed it to be the better format. However I’m very happy that the ‘war’ is over and I can buy with some semblance of confidence.

The was an update for Folding@Home very minor just some improvements to uploading/downloading of data. Click on the update link for more info.

After the apparent publication of PSP phone in an official Sony magazine the rumour mill that is the Internet has gone into full swing. This is a very obvious place for Sony to go with the PSP especially given the recent inclusion of Skype my favourite is the image below which looks very cool but I fear is just a magazine mockup.