On top of last week's shock announcement of Paramount and Dreamworks going HD DVD exclusive, HD DVD has pulled ahead on Amazon.com. From eProductwars.com:

Average sales rank of the top 10 products for HD DVD (in black) and Blu-ray (in blue).

Number of HD DVD and Blu-ray titles in the top 100 "DVD"s. A sign of things to come I hope, let's get this format war over and done with quick, looks like the media are running some stories of Blu-ray losing already.

The prison workers are today out on strike. Most of the press are blasting the strike action as being illegal, and will cause chaos in the prison system.

Why are the prison workers on strike? Because 9 out of 10 members of the Prison Officers Association voted to strike, they're being run into the ground like so many other public service workers, privatisation looms on the horizon, this year they were given a pitiful 1.5% pay rise in April, and are due to get 1% in October. This is utterly pathetic, this is the fifth year running they've had a pay cut, due to below inflation pay "rises".

All the Tory press can say is its illegal and the government is taking the Prison Officers Association to court over its illegal action. Let's not forget why it's illegal. It's illegal because the Tory government made it illegal in 1993. So forgive me if I consider such laws to be oppressive and worthy of being thrown out onto the scrap heap of bourgeois reaction. Labour's 12 month notice is a joke.

The way they are being treated by this so called Labour government is disgusting.