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Today on E-Gear

- The format war is over- who didn’t see that one coming? Now that HD DVD has given up its useless fight, can Hillary be far behind?

- If you have one of those old, gigantic, first-season-of-“X-Files”-style cell phones, as of yesterday it no longer works, thanks to the recent analog shutoff. So sorry Mulder, you’re outta luck.

- They’re opening an Apple store at Caesar’s Palace in Vegas, matching the one already at the Pier at Caesar’s in AC. So if you’re looking for somewhere to blow all your winnings before you make it to the strip club, there will now be iPods standing in your way. The Apple Store is also rumored to be on its way to- the wonder of it all- Foxwoods.

- And here’s my boss, E-Gear editor Grant Clauser, being interviewed on Philadelphia’s 6ABC on the one-year-away digital TV transition.