• Rumors persist on Blu-ray drive for XBox 360 | Crave : The gadget blog

• How to order your iTunes around | Crave : The gadget blog

• A way to keep the CPU cool in style | Crave : The gadget blog

• Live blog from Apple’s iPhone SDK announcement | Crave : The gadget blog

• EFF Takes on RIAA Lawsuit Strategy in Wednesday Court Hearing | Electronic Frontier Foundation

• EFF Lawsuit Demands Records of Contacts Between Former Justice Department Official and Google | Electronic Frontier Foundation

NOW PROUDLY REPOSTING FROM EFF.ORG

Alright already, enough with the Blu-ray hype.  My god it seems like everything under the sun now has to have a blu-ray player.  I really hate hype.  This seems very similar to when cell shading first came out for the gaming community.  Every game production house was lining up to use the technology, and in the end the results were mixed at best.  Listen even though the High Def standard has now been set most people will still continue to watch their old Standard Def DVD’s.  Therefore there is no real reason to flood the market with Blu-ray capatible devices yet.  Plus most people are not willing to pay the current going rates for this tech.

• When will Toshiba put out a Blu-ray player? | Crave : The gadget blog

• Photos: Cracking open the MacBook Air | Crave : The gadget blog

• First Look: Skyfire mobile browser | Crave : The gadget blog

• Report: Pioneer ending production of plasma panels | Crave : The gadget blog

• Slashdot | Moore’s Law Is Microsoft’s Latest Enemy

• Home gadget to study your sleep patterns | Crave : The gadget blog

• A threshold for wireless home gadgets | Crave : The gadget blog

• How good can your speakers sound? Play a MA Recordings CD and find out | Crave : The gadget blog

• Get a GPS navigation system for $84 (after rebate) | Crave : The gadget blog

• Slashdot | Canadian Regulator CRTC Saves Independent ISPs

• Slashdot | Using Excel As a 3D Graphics Engine

• Slashdot | Underground Freight Networks

• Slashdot | Aussie Cops Want Powers To Search Any Computer

• Intel Montevina chip is branded Centrino 2 | Crave : The gadget blog

• LG’s Flatron monitor: Super-high contrast? | Crave : The gadget blog

• PSP gets pampered | Crave : The gadget blog

The race for the “White House” is still complicated, at least on the Democrat side. There is still no clear front runner for the nomination. As of the time of this post Barack Obama has 1,520 pledged delegates, and Hillary Clinton has 1,424 pledged delegates. With a total of 2,025 needed to secure the democratic nomination. It was said that this round of caucuses and primaries would probably be the end of the Clinton campaign, but it appears that she is still in the running. This sequence of events is rather odd if you look at the history of the nomination race, by this time there is usually a front runner, but this race is proving to be the exception to the rule. Things on the Democrat side are still hot.

Now as for the republican side it is well, stagnate.   Sen. John McCain R. Arizona has all but won the nomination of his party for the presidential run. However with all the press and activity that is going on in the Democratic camp these days I am sorry to say that he probably doesn’t have a chance of actually becoming the next president of the United States.

• Photo industry braces for another revolution | Crave : The gadget blog

• Sony: $200 Blu-ray players next year | Crave : The gadget blog

• Blu-ray beaten by a dead format (for one week) | Crave : The gadget blog

• TomTom GO 930, GO 730 make their debut | Crave : The gadget blog

• CD ‘Ripserver’: The pack rat’s worst enemy | Crave : The gadget blog

• How to play ‘Transformers’ with your phone | Crave : The gadget blog

• One-wheeled motorcycle of the future | Crave : The gadget blog

• ‘World’s smallest’ RC copter is no less annoying | Crave : The gadget blog

As posted in my previous WebCandy Gary Gygax passed away yesterday. He was probably best know for his work on the ever popular Dungeons and Dragons .   Having played this role playing game my self, I can tell you that it was a way to connect to others such as myself.  You see when I was young, and even today most people don’t really understand me, and as such most of the events that people find fun I don’t.  Such as high school your average teen loves the school dances, I did not.  So when I went to D&D parties with my friends not only was I legitimately having fun, but I was strengthening friendships with the other players that continue today.  Also I can still vividly remember events from campaigns.  Now you may say how is that possible you are just playing from a piece of paper.  Well as they said in the Matrix “Your mind makes it real”

• Slashdot | Aging Security Vulnerability Still Allows PC Takeover

• Blu-ray and laptop battery just don’t mix | Crave : The gadget blog

• DARPA plans craft for five-year flight | Crave : The gadget blog

• Meridian’s $16,000 CD player | Crave : The gadget blog

• HP printers can’t stop, won’t stop | Crave : The gadget blog

• Samsung: HDD and SSD will continue to coexist | Crave : The gadget blog

• Slashdot | Domains Blocked By US Treasury ‘Blacklist’

• Slashdot | Probe Captures Avalanche on Mars

• How Donald Trump might install a ‘Surface’ | Crave : The gadget blog

• Gary Gygax, 1938-2008: Rest in peace, Dungeon Master | Crave : The gadget blog

• An homage to the man behind Dungeons & Dragons | Crave : The gadget blog

• Sobbing widow recalls actor’s final moments – CNN.com

This week may be slow in the story posts.  We are being audited here at work and as such I may not be able to post on a regular basis.

Sorry guys since I did not work today, I also did not read any interesting stories for WebCandy.

As some of you may have noticed I post during work hours (AKST) but I only post on the days when I am working.  Needless to say I did not go to work today.  I needed to get a few things done personally.