HD-DVD group claims success against Blu-ray in Q2

HD DVD is outpacing Blu-ray in hardware sales growth, the North American HD DVD Promotional Group said today.Referring to sales estimates from NPD and Nielsen Netratings, the HDVD group said that overall HD DVD hardware sales were up 37% from Q1 to Q2 2007, while software sales experienced a 20% increase in growth. During the same time-frame, overall Blu-ray hardware sales saw a 27% decline from Q1 to Q2, and Blu-ray software sales were down 5%.According to a spokesperson, these numbers include...

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Oldest DNA shows earth warmer than previously believed

A team of international researchers used oldest DNA to show that Greenland was much warmer at some point during the last Ice Age than most people have believed. The DNA samples were collected by the scientists from the bottom of a two kilometer thick ice sheet and from the trees, plants and insects of a boreal forest estimated to be between 450,000 and 900,000 years-old. Previously, the youngest evidence of a boreal forest in Greenland was from 2.4 million years ago. The DNA samples suggest...

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Ubisoft apologises for Rainbow Six pricing cock-up

Ubisoft has apologised that Xbox 360 gamers were initially charged for the recently released Black Edition map pack for Rainbow Six: Vegas when it was "was originally intended to be free".Black Edition was released to Xbox Live Marketplace toward the end of June and, featuring five multiplayer maps, the pack was priced at 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80).It was quickly removed, however, Major Nelson subsequently letting it be known that the map pack should have been a freebie and that those who had...

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