Tech Briefs: HD DVD delay, Google on Mars, more

Not coming soon to your home theater will be the first wave of HD DVD movies from Warner Home Video. The only studio that had set a firm date, which was March 28th for their release of titles on the new high-definition video format, has now backed off and won't commit to any specific timetable. … Need directions to a landing site on Mars? Google Maps will show you the way to pretty much every good vacation spot on the Red planet from images snapped some 250 miles out by a series of orbiting instruments. … Motorola's RAZR mobile phone has returned to some store shelves after T-Mobile and Cingular Wireless pulled the popular handset from store shelves. A defect in some models will cause the phone to hang up unexpectedly, but Motorola managed to get a new shipment to Cingular last Friday, and it's rolling out to stores this week.