By :Thomas K. Arnold | Posted: 30 Apr 2009
tarnold@questex.com,

Reports are surfacing that Macs may well go Blu-ray, even though Apple CEO Steve Jobs just last October called Blu-ray and its licensing process "a bag of hurt." If the reports, as yet unconfirmed, are true, it's even odds who the winner will be: Blu-ray for winning over a formidable new ally (think iTunes), or Apple for finally recognizing the inevitable. In truth both sides would benefit, which is why I believe official confirmation will come soon — possibly at the June 8-12 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Now if we can just get Toshiba to stop with the "upconverter" B.S. and start making Blu-ray Disc machines, like everyone else …