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DVDs Came Late to the High-Def TV Party
You can now watch high-definition television on sets as cheap as $500, with plenty of programming from a variety of channels. But HDTV is missing from one crucial corner of the home-entertainment business -- the DVD. Companies are still developing and promoting two different, incompatible high-definition versions of the DVD, neither of which will have any consumer relevance (read: tolerable prices) until next year at the soonest.

Airline Computer Guru Philip Fellows, 83, Dies
Philip W. Fellows, 83, whose work creating the earliest computerized airline reservations systems made it possible for customers around the world to book travel instantly, died of congestive heart failure March 22 at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington.

In the News
Firms Paid TV's Tech Gurus To Promote Their Products (Post, April 20, 2005)

Yahoo, Intel Post Strong 1st-Quarter Earnings: Consumer Spending Is Driving Growth In Technology Sector (Post, April 20, 2005)

Intel Unveils Long-Range Wireless Technology (Post, April 19, 2005)

IPod Devotees Rocked by Thefts: Victims of Growing Crime In Area Say Loss of Playlist Makes Them Feel Violated (Post, April 16, 2005)

OMB Orders Halt to Brand Name Procurement (Post, April 15, 2005)

For Libraries, a New Chapter in Computer Woes: Windows-Based Program for New Audiobooks Does Not Work With Industry-Leading iPod (Post, April 14, 2005)

Apple's Profit Up On Sales Of IPods: Music Players Help Increase Interest in Macs (Post, April 14, 2005)

Price Cuts Drag Down Circuit City Earnings (Post, April 12, 2005)

Gadgets Coax Radio Into the Digital Age (Post, April 10, 2005)

At the Top, Pennies Per Share Add Up: Companies Boost Dividends After Tax Cut (Post, April 8, 2005)

Privacy Advocates Criticize Plan To Embed ID Chips in Passports (Post, April 3, 2005)

HP Giving Hurd $20 Million 'Golden Hello' (Post, March 31, 2005)

Hewlett-Packard Picks NCR Executive as CEO: Hurd's Style Contrasts With Fiorina's (Post, March 30, 2005)

Stinky the Robot, Four Kids And a Brief Whiff of Success (Post, March 29, 2005)

Pay Judgment Or Game Over, Sony Warned (Post, March 29, 2005)

Nanotech Is Booming Biggest in U.S., Report Says (Post, March 28, 2005)

Printers With Built-In WiFi Looking Good (Post, March 27, 2005)

Sony Begins Handheld-Game Adventure: PlayStation Portable Goes on Sale Today in Search of a New Market (Post, March 24, 2005)




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