Feb 19, 12:34 PM EST Toshiba Quits HD DVD Business By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi Watch Related Video Toshiba Quits HD DVD Business Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Political Ads, E-Mail’s Hyphen TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba’s decision to no longer develop, make or market high-definition HD DVD players and recorders will mean consumers can start feeling more confident about buying the victorious rival technology - a Blu-ray disc player. Analysts say competition is expected to heat up among the manufacturers of Blu-ray players and recorders, which include Japanese makers Sony Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Sharp Corp. as well as Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea. In making the announcement, Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida said he wanted to avoid confusion among consumers. The decision was relatively quick, coming just several years after the competing technologies arrived. In the last video format [From Wired News - AP News]

I’m pretty excited that there has finally been a decision in the format war. Not that I’m in the market for a high definition entertainment system anytime soon, but I would expect Apple to finally introduce Macs with Blu-Ray drives here shortly and stuff can really get exciting.

I was just browsing though Obama’s website and noticed how well connected he is. There is a box at the bottom right of the home page listing several ways to keep up with him, including Twitter. I think it’s pretty cool that Barack is that technologically savy!

Also to note, Barack has several other ways to connect with voters, including facebook and being a digg user. And of course, Hillary is on facebook as well!

Barack on Twitter

Barack on Facebook

Hillary on Facebook

I find it rather funny that Apple has made an official iPhone ad showing how cool facebook is on the iPhone. Mainly because I absolutely love the iPhone version of facebook and use it about 50 times a day (something ridiculous). It’s really the only “webapp” that I consistently use on the phone, and it’s one of the things that I show to friends when they want to play on the phone. How very appropriate to have an official commercial demoing facebook!

iPhone Facebook Ad