Talk about Technologies, Software Architecture and Management

HD DVD v Blu-Ray: The King Is Alive! Long Live the King

After yesterday announcement that Warner Brothers to drop support of HD DVD format, more news to come today – rumors are that Paramount and DreamWorks Animation are to follow. Looking at original list of supporters for HD-DVD there is not much left… Marketing misfire? Or just a fact that “Blu-ray discs are more expensive, but hold more data—there, that’s all.” And now HD-DVD team is not happy at all. Will Microsoft release Blu-Ray DVD for XBox now? Back in 2006 it was said that “a Blu-ray Xbox 360 peripheral could appear for the system if the need arises”. Did time came? With current DVD-drive for XBox available it should not be to hard to provide option for another external DVD. Smart original design or Read more

By Serguei Dosyukov, ago

Bill Gates to retire – last big public speech

As it was announced earlier, 2008 is a last year for Bill Gates as a head of Microsoft. And it might be his last big speech for software community, so lets read or listen what he has to say… http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2008/01-062008CESBillGates.mspx Post note: Buttons on the MS Surface are slugish though, but Surface is great!!!! Not that great as PerspectivePixel version – read more here.

By Serguei Dosyukov, ago

Be careful what you wish for or using .htaccess

In one of the prior posts, I have mentioned that it is very good practice to take advantage of functionality provided by .htaccess file. Well… almost good… but one has to be careful what to put in it and how. Without realizing it, I have managed to enable global redirect to main page for the site from any page… If you have visited our main site in last few days, you might notice that. I am very sorry. It is now fixed and all pages are accessible as they should be.

By Serguei Dosyukov, ago