Happy Friday, my fellow geeks. Let's get to this week's headlines...

Market share of Blu-ray DVDs has unexpectedly shrunk this week to 8% as consumers look more toward high-def TV content options. When asked about the numbers, HD-DVD proponents laughed so hard coffee came out their noses.

The Nintendo DS game Brain Training has been shown to increase math scores of players. Children rejoiced at the knowledge of being allowed more video-game time until they realized that this game is boring.

Computer co. Dell announced that it has created the first laptop with a built-in privacy screen that whites out content viewed at anything greater than a 15-degree angle. Take that, nosy airplane-seat neighbor!

In the battle between Facebook and MySpace, Facebook is gaining ground fast, but MySpace still owns upwards of 70% of the market share. I'm such a hardcore hypocrite now, but you'll never make me switch from Facebook.

Almost 100,000 gamers voted in an XBox Live presidential poll, and 55,000 gamers registered to vote using the Microsoft service. The results? "43% voted for the Obama-Biden ticket vs. 31% for McCain-Palin. The rest were undecided or voted for obscure candidates." Very cool -- now we just have to get them to get out and actually vote.

Catch you on the flip side!