Trends & Innovations - Monday (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - High-definition TV owners prefer to watch shows using Blu-ray discs rathern than downloading or streaming movies from the Internet because they like having physical copies of movies, a survey by researcher SmithGeiger found. While 96% of Blu-ray disc users were familiar with downloading a streaming service, two-thirds favored watching a movie on Blu-ray. 90% of Blu-ray users would recommend it to others. A format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD ended last Feb. when Toshiba dropped its longtime support for HD DVD. Publ.Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:45:16 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
TiVo, KLA-Tencor cut jobs, join growing list (Reuters) Reuters - Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc and microchip-equipment maker KLA-Tencor Corp on Tuesday became the latest in a growing list Silicon Valley companies to shed jobs. Publ.Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:05:55 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
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