Digital Trends

Yes, we're back. And for good! This week we cover a wide variety of topics as we get back into the swing of things. Shazzam!

Hands on:

• AMS Venus T5 5xSATA enclosure, Patriot 32GB flash drive, Logitech G9, Wacom Bamboo
• Installing XP and Ubuntu. Ph3@r my triple booting wunderkind! Okay, maybe not, but a quick listen is in order.

Big stories:

HD-DVD is dead. Yeah, we know you know, but there are other things worth knowing you should know that we know - Blu-Ray problems, CC allowing return, being branded as upconverting DVD players

MS bid for Yahoo rips the world's biggest philanthropist's fortune. Whaaaa! I don't wanna work for Microsoft! Whaaaaa! I have principles! I DEMAND the right to make useless, unimpressive miniapplets and buy out anything of merit rather than create something innovative! (Read: Shut up, Yahoo!. And stop forcing people to use double punctuation when they end a sentence with your name.) Shareholders (rightly) revolt.

Pioneer leaving plasma PANEL business. Bad? Good? We'll let ya know.

iPhone SDK - Games, Carmack, Apple's cut, One app at a time, VOIP, comparison

MacBook Air hands on/our review. You know what it is, but apparently the TSA doesn't.

• Don'tforgetthecompromises

Apple TV did not meet their projected movie numbers, and they're not REALLY HD. Yeah, let's rain on Apple's parade a little. Here's a nice comparison to other download movie services.

 - Why HD downloads are not the next thing also covered

Dell no longer proprietary parts with the XPS 630. Final-fricking-ly!

Smaller HDDs from Samsung - 500GB 2.5". This IS the standard height 500GB laptop drive. The Fujitsu will be slightly thicker. Buffalo already announcing external products based on the Samsung version.

IE 8 says it might be more standards compliant, but you know how that goes…

Nine Inch Nails releases Ghosts I-IV for free with several pay-for options. $750,000. Bam!

Turns out people do like music, but they need something more than that in an age where obtaining said music is easier than starting their car.

Walmart stop selling gOS PCs in B&M stores.

SXSW's trainwreck? Puuuhlease. I'd try throwing curveballs if all the material was obnoxious pre-written marketing babble. Do you people watch network TV at all?