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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.

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

From Cherry Red, A Latter-Day Silent Film Premiere (Post, April 14, 2005)

Podcasting: A Made-to-Order Change for Listeners -- and Perhaps Stations, Too (Post, April 10, 2005)

Cap Could Stop Adelphia Deal: Under 1992 Law, Comcast Would Be Too Big (Post, April 9, 2005)

AOL to Introduce Internet Phone Service (Post, April 7, 2005)

Comcast, PBS Plan New Service: Cable System Will Offer Children's Programs on Demand (Post, April 5, 2005)

Smithsonian Folkways to Open MP3 Music Store (Post, April 1, 2005)

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

The Corcoran in Earnest (Post, March 25, 2005)

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

PSP, I Love You: For Gamers, The Date Has Finally Arrived (Post, March 24, 2005)

Media Firms Piece Together New Strategies: Voracious Acquirers of the '90s Shifting Focus to Core Business (Post, March 22, 2005)

With a New Toy, Plenty of Titles to Play (Post, March 20, 2005)

More PR Than No-Holds-Barred On Bosses' Corporate Blogs (Post, March 19, 2005)

Beyond Steroids: Designer Genes: For Unscrupulous Athletes, Better Bodies Are a Tweaked Chromosome Away (Post, March 17, 2005)

Video Gamers Revel in Arrival Of 'Virtual' Nats: New Releases Provide D.C. Fans With Real Thrills (Post, March 14, 2005)

Blogging Clicks With Colleges: Interactive Web Pages Changing Class Participation (Post, March 11, 2005)




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