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• Sony apparently delays Blu-ray player release until late October
  Monday 26 June 2006 – 08:07
  Without any announcements or warnings in advance, the release date posted on the Sony Style Web site for its upcoming BDP-S1 Blu-ray Disc player was updated last Wednesday to read, "On or about October 25, 2006.
• DVD burners expected to remain dominant ODD tech until 2011
  Thursday 21 June 2007 – 11:47
  Analysts from IDC said that they expect DVD burners to remain the dominant volume product of the optical/removable storage market until 2011, mainly because of their low prices and “almost universal compatibility”
• Microsoft delays consumer editions of Windows Vista until January 2007
  Wednesday 22 March 2006 – 01:39
  In what Microsoft called an update to its road map, doused with a liberal dose of the term "on track," the company announced today a delay to the release of its consumer editions of Windows Vista, until at least January 2007. It may be to the company's credit that no one saw this coming. But could this be the worst conceivable delay that Microsoft has ever made?
• Windows Vista to be delayed until September / October 2006
  Wednesday 31 August 2005 – 02:39
  It looks like Microsoft has revealed the projected release dates of Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 in a phone conversation with French publication SVM.
• Intel's Prescott might be delayed until Q2 2004
  Monday 27 October 2003 – 12:43
  An article on the Akiba PC Watch site yesterday suggests that Intel may be in such trouble over its next generation Prescott microprocessor that it could be pushed back to the second quarter of next year.

• Blockbuster holds off on high-def, in-store rentals*
  Thursday 13 April 2006 – 09:47
  In a walk towards progress, Blockbuster announced today it would be making HD DVD titles available for online rental. The program will serve as a market sample, to determine whether a healthy market exists for high-definition video rentals from Blockbuster stores. Could Blockbuster's tentativeness to make high-def videos available through its retail outlets, be interpreted as a signal to the industry?