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With the exception of ~1 million owners, the HD DVD story pretty much concluded when Toshiba pulled the plug today:

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe

Yep, ZNF finally gets a redesign.

If you happen to live near a Micro Center, swing by this month for a great deal on USB memory sticks. I picked up an 8GB model yesterday for $30, although they also have 4GB ($20, black) and 2GB ($14, blue) capacities available. These aren’t a sexy as some of the major brands and don’t provide a retractable USB connector, however they’re dirt cheap. Lately I’ve rediscovered the efficiency in sneakernet-ing content, and this 8GB thumb drive will help me overcome my 1GB memory card inadequacy when moving large files - feeding my Xbox and Catcher, too.