R.I.P, HD DVD - Engadget.com's coverage

It's finally over. Blu-ray has won. Here's the complete coverage Engadget.com did on the news in the last a few days. I wonder what will happen to Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. Has the stock market already digested the news and adjusted the MSFT price?

Feb 15
Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June
11:39AM

HD DVD deathwatch: we're making it official
3:36PM

Niveus pledges allegiance to Blu-ray, bids adieu to HD DVD
5:17PM

Feb 16
Toshiba pulling the plug on HD DVD already? - Yup it's over.
8:29AM

So, what are you HD DVD early adopters going to do?
12:40PM

Feb 17
Announcement of HD DVD's death expected in short order (duh)
11:46PM

Feb 18
Toshiba shares surge ahead of HD DVD abandonment
4:42AM

Xbox 360 Blu-ray player rumor returns right on cue
5:41AM

Toshiba claims "no decision" on HD DVD strategy as desertions continue
8:16AM

Microsoft holding off on HD DVD reaction, thinks "games" sell consoles
11:40AM

Toshiba expected to announce death of HD DVD tomorrow, stop sales by March
2:01PM

BDA sez Toshiba and Microsoft are "more than welcome" to go Blu
4:02PM

Feb 19
Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over
2:59AM

Live from Toshiba's HD DVD press conference in Tokyo
2:46AM

Toshiba: "no plans" to adopt Blu-ray
3:30AM

HD DVD casualty report: over 1m players, recorders, and drives lost to the format war
4:03AM

Paramount and Universal to publish films on Blu-ray
11:19AM

Top ten things to do with your now-defunct HD DVD player
12:04PM

In case you missed it: peace broke out in the format war, HD DVD is dead
3:21PM

LG not ditching HD DVD just yet, hopes to accommodate early adopters
5:32PM

Toshiba sez it wouldn't change a thing, still thinks HD DVD is better
6:47PM

GameStop no longer taking HD DVD trades, possibly not taking 360 HD DVD drive either
9:02PM

Onkyo pulling the plug on future HD DVD development
10:10PM

Feb 20
So it begins: Toshiba's HD-A3 falls to $99 at Circuit City, comes with 7 free HD DVDs
9:26AM

Two years of battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray: a retrospective
11:48AM

Yingying & Loklok live video

Panda lovers,

You don't need to go to Ocean Park to see Yingying & Loklok. You can go here to see their live feed.

Enjoy!

Somehow I liked it

I was surfing the TV channels at dinnertime and ran into this movie in which an Indian-looking guy (actually a Filipino) played a western gunslinger. Not special, one would say. What caught my eyes was a Caucasion lady who fell for that Indian guy. Really, when was the last time you found a Caucasion fell for an Indian/Filipino in a movie? And that indeed was a fine guy--gave me a very reliable impression. He helped her not wanting anything in return. I guess that's the reason the lady fell for him. (But it's just a movie after all, isn't it?)

Hmm... not wanting anything back in return. What does that mean? He did secretly loved her. Maybe in a sense, that already was his reward. Hmm... But again, maybe the simple willing mind to secretly love a person was exactly why she fell for him? Lou Diamond Phillips--that's an actor I like.

The Trail to Hope Rose was just a simple movie. But somehow it moved me at a few scenes, though I watched only the second half of it...