HD DVD Death Watch

This is how it ends:

Super ginormous world-conquering retailer Wal-Mart is ditching flailing high-def home video format HD DVD in favor of rival Blu-ray.

Soon to be official:

Given recent marketplace advances made by rival Blu-ray in the format war, the word on the street is that Toshiba could be about to surrender and give up on HD DVD.

Good. A little history.