New & Noteworthy: DVD formats; iPod imitation?; Netscape

Sony hedges bets with DVD formats Sony is straddling the fence in the struggle over which DVD rewritable format will eventually dominate the market. Details are in this cnet article.

iPod "imitation"? A new MP3 player from eDigital resembles Apple's own pocket player and controversially shares its name with Handspring's upcoming handheld. This zdnet story has more details.

Netscape 6.2.1 is out.