Yes, Toshiba, one of the main companies behind the now defunct HD DVD standard, announced this morning that it was finally switching teams to the Blu-ray disc format. The move was seen as inevitable after Blu-ray defeated HD DVD back in 2008 and the world of high definition discs has gradually gone "Blu." Along with announcing it has applied for membership in the Blu-ray Disc Association, Toshiba said in a brief press release that it "plans to introduce products that support the Blu-ray format" such as "BD players and notebook PCs intergrating BD drives." Though some have seen Blu-ray's victory over HD...

Speaking of Blu-ray, an Australian news site has posted a great photo essay on how Blu-ray discs are made. The essay, which walks you from the very beginning when each disc starts its life as "a collection of small polycarbonate granules," was shot at a new Sony Blu-ray factory that opened up near Sydney, Australia. Some sample images from the essay are below but to see the whole slide show, click here. (via Gizmodo.)

I just finished writing a story about the "Five Best Blu-Ray Players Under $200" when Universal Studios announces it's added some new Blu-ray bells and whistles to the forthcoming release of Fast & Furious. The latest trick? If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch and a Blu-ray player that can connect to the Internet, you can control some of the features on the two-disc Fast & Furious release. For instance, there's a Fast & Furious "Virtual Garage" feature on one of the Blu-ray discs that'll let you adjust the cars using the accelerometer in your iPhone -- just...