It was a good strategy for the computer manufacturers to sit it out until the format war was over. They didn’t have to waste valuable time and resources on machines that weren’t going to sell – sorry Toshiba! Now that they are sure where to focus their efforts, one of the industry’s biggest names and our new best friend, Dell, tops it off with cheap prices! The Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook with Blu-ray Disc (BD) playback retails at a consumer friendly price of ... Read More

SlySoft, one of the leading “crackers” of the industry (and makers of the infamous CloneDVD software – don’t you dare say you don’t know) just cracked the Blu-ray code! Originally, SlySoft was actually only focused on cracking the “easier” and less secure HD DVD format and its Advanced Access System (a protocol for managing content stored on HD DVDs) – cracked! They did this last year and soon enough they were ready for shipment! That is, until Toshiba got its behind whooped by ... Read More