Microsoft to open owned stores
Apple has had a successful run with their own retail stores.
Now, Microsoft is going to copy that idea by opening their own branded retail stores.
The company has hired David Porter, a former DreamWorks executive for this new initiative.
Porter has been named Microsoft’s new vice president of retail [...]

HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation launched
Hewlett Packard has announced the launch of a new mobile workstation which they claim offers creative professionals exceptional color accuracy.
This new product is the HP EliteBook 8730w. HP has developed this notebook model in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation SKG.
The company also launched some other products including the less expensive EliteBook [...]

DreamWorks Animation to stick with HD DVD for now
DreamWorks Animation has said in a statement that they would stick with the technically dead HD DVD format.
The developers of the format Toshiba has already stated that they have no plans to continue supporting this format.
DreamWorks said that they are currently locked into an exclusive deal to [...]