YaZ, GristyMcFisty and Siswell used our news submit to tell us that the HD-DVD format received support from two big players in the technology industry. Both Microsoft and Intel have announced they will support the HD-DVD format. According to an article on Reuters both companies are supporting HD-DVD because they think it's the format that has the biggest chance of making the the multi billion market the new format is expected to be to take off. Besides the financial reason they also have technical reasons that support their choice. 

Support from these two big technology companies must be a blow for the Blu-ray format. However this format still has the support of Sony what will use the format in its Playstation (but Microsoft might pick HD-DVD for its Xbox) and support of several big movie companies. Could Microsoft going for the HD-DVD format have something to do with its competition with Apple and the Playstion?

Source: Reuters