We saw big news for a holiday week, with more on the EU’s investigation of Intel, earnings from Dell and HP, NAND flash on 34nm technology, and a camera that offers 720P video. Read More…
By Cindi Nobles and Mary Kincy Benefield education@couriernews.com managingeditor@couriernews.com Shoppers turned out in droves early Friday in search of deep discounts on merchandise from flatscreen TVs to laser printers, marking the start of a holiday spending season marred by a bleak economic outlook.
After braving the crowds at Wal-Mart at 5 a.m., Josh Howell and Brandon Riley were relaxing in the outdoor patio area of the Columbus Coffee Co. in the huge Bradley Park Drive shopping complex.
I got a note from downtown saying, “Lots of people were buying (Blu-Ray) in the stores today…But we don’t really know what it IS.” Blu-Ray video discs play high-quality movies (1080p) on high-definition TVs. Compared to regular DVDs, a Blu-Ray disc’s capacity is huge, even though both are physically the same size: 50 gigabytes, roughly six times to ten times more than DVD capacities. Their manufacture uses a blue laser (hence the name; DVDs use red) whose shorter wavelength can make many mo