Blu-Ray is out selling HD-DVD 70% TO 30%

News from the front in the format wars: just two weeks after its release, 100,000 copies of the Blu-ray edition of Casino Royale have shipped, the first time any high-definition DVD title has hit that benchmark. This is where people start kicking the word "milestone" around because this comes just nine months .......................................



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Why can't you e-file to the IRS for free? Ask Intuit and HR Block

The IRS recommends that taxpayers file electronically, but it refuses to set up its own Web portal to receive the filings because of pressure from the tax-preparation industry.



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Why I think you should spend £425 on a Sony PS3

Here are 9 Reasons why you should spend £425 on a Sony PS3. An example is Price of games - Sony are charging £39.99 for games, the exact same price as Wii titles, but the graphics are far superior on the PS3, as anyone can admit. Xbox 360 games are ten quid more at £49.99, a huge amount for titles also available on the PS3.



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Playstation 3 is Folding Up a Storm, Now Accounts for 3/4 of all TFLOPS!

"Today I glanced at the leader board, which breaks out the calculations by platform, updated hourly, and realized that the PS3 has taken the program to a completely new level, now accounting for 666 of the total 920 TeraFlops (72%!) of total distributed computing power. And it's probably increased since I checked. How crazy!"



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Funny things people actually said in court, word for word. Hilarious!

Q: What is your date of birth? A: July fifteen. Q: What year? A: Every year.



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Ubuntu - Command Not Found

You have just tried to open some program note installed in your machine, amazingly, the machine answers you with a simple command line on how to install it. Dream? Or just open-source evolving?



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YouTube to Present Video Awards

Step aside, MTV. Next week, YouTube will present awards for best user-generated videos of 2006. Starting Monday, YouTube members can browse through videos and rank their favorite short-form videos.



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