Blu-ray DVDs struggling despite support - The Money Times
Washington — Blu-ray DVDs and DVD players are struggling to sell across the United States despite being tabbed as the replacement for average DVDs, analysts say. Analysts said while Blu-ray was dubbed as the heir apparent in the high-definition DVD

Microsoft: Blu-ray not taking off - TG Daily
Redmond (WA) Once again, Microsoft has squashed rumors that a Blu-ray drive for a refreshed Xbox 360 may be in the works. The company believes that DVD will remain the more important optical format at this time and that the real format battle may

Retailers: Blu-ray Will Soon Top DVD Player Sales - TVPredictions.com
Washington, D.C. (May 26, 2008) — Blu-ray players will outsell standard-def DVD players by this August, according to several high-end electronics retailers, as reported by Video Business. The research firm NPD said this month that sales of

May 26, 1908: Mideast Oil Discovered There Will Be Blood - Wired News
1908: A British company strikes oil in Persia (now Iran). It’s the first big petroleum find in the Middle East, and it sets off a wave of exploration, extraction and exploitation that will change the region’s — and the world’s — history. Englishman