How does a 1080p iTunes video file stack up against a Blu-ray disc? Pretty darn close, it turns out, at least to the untutored eye, though Blu-ray still comes out slightly on top. Really, though, the only sad part of this test is that they had to watch . Twice.

(YouTube)

records his dad using Mac OS X for the first time. Pretty impressive: By the end of the video, he's hacked into the Pentagon and diverted cash to his personal slush fund.

(New York Times)

Encyclopedia Britannica plans to stop producing its print version after 244 years. This is Wikipedia playing the long game, people--a paper version of the site will be on bookshelves just as soon as someone finishes printing it out.