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Amazon Officially Backs Blu-ray

Amazon is going to take the unusually forward-thinking step of promoting Blu-ray "more prominently" on its site over HD DVD. The good news for those of you who wanna expand your movie collection for dirt cheap is that they're going to keep selling HD DVD stuff for the time being. [CNN Money]

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Universal Turns Blu

Universal smartly wants its movies to be on the HD format that still exists, so it's switching to Blu-ray. If you would like to further delve into their rationale, here's their statement: More »

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Fake UFO in Haiti Video Creator Uncovered

Remember the badass "UFO in Haiti" video that was all the rage last week? Big surprise, guys: It was a fake. The LA Times did some investigating and figured out just who was behind the convincing video.

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Universal's DRM-free tracks will have watermarks that will allow them to be tracked over P2P networks. Whether each copy of a track is uniquely marked or they all simply sport generic "Universal" tats is still a question. [Listening Post]

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We Aren't Boycotting the iPhone, Obviously

Attn: stupidheads. There are a couple articles out there saying that Gizmodo is calling for a boycott of the iPhone. We are not. More »

NYT Breaking News Again: Loud Music Makes You Deaf From the Duh section of today's Gray Lady. Hazards: A Study Gauges the Risks for Ears With iPods [NY Times]

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WSJ Discovers Wi-Fi Flavors

Sometimes its so cute to watch the big guys discover the Interwebs. Take this story from the WSJ, for example. The news peg, as they call it in the biz-snazz, is that 802.11n is coming out sometimes soon. But in order to churn up a whole feature, they rock the old "something new is happening, but are YOU ready" ploy so popular with nightly news broadcasts ("Next, something new just came out that could kill your kids and castrate your husband... are YOU ready?") More »