Never mind those fancy BD-R critters, how’s about a 42GB DVD? Researchers with a good deal more intelligence than us over at Tohoku University have reportedly figured out a way to “multiply the amount of data that can be stored on a DVD or CD by 9.” Based on our best guess at translating a [...]

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Do you remember Betamax? The VHS / Betamax format battle was won by VHS just as the tussle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD has chosen Blu-ray as the victor.
All is not yet certain for Blu-ray however. In the VHS / Betamax battle there were really only two formats with little competition from alternate mediums. Things are [...]

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Now that you’ve already picked up one of those Metal Gear Solid 4 headsets, what on Earth are you to do with another? We’re hearing that the Blu-ray retail version of SOCOM Confrontation will indeed include a Bluetooth headset, and as you can clearly see above, it’s a PlayStation-branded one at that. You’ll also find [...]

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In a move sure to annoy Microsoft but really surprise no one, Sony today confirmed it’s planning to offer downloadable movies on the PlayStation 3 sometime this summer. Japan and Europe will follow suit at a later date, and we’ll get the official rollout schedule sometime next [...]

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