Entries for August 2007

Getting ready to write about GPS devices, I am anxious to try the mapping function of my new BlackBerry 8830 from Verizon Wireless. I fumble for about an hour, figuring I am doing something wrong as the phone has no idea where I am. Only later do I learn that Verizon quietly, in the dark of night, without a high sign or the kindness of an alert, had turned the blessed thing off.

There was hope recently that the format war in high-definition disks might be ending. Forget it. We're in this for the long haul after the announcement this week that Viacom's Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation would exclusively support HD DVD. That's the competitor to Blu-ray, whose HD disks appeared to be winning the war.