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Latest Updates

Software

•	Exact Audio Copy: v1.1

•	Exact Audio Copy: v1.0 beta 4

•	Alcohol 120%: v2.0.3.6839

•	AnyDVD HD: v7.4.8.0

•	AnyDVD HD: v7.4.7.0

•	AnyDVD HD: v7.4.4.0

•	AnyDVD HD: v7.4.3.0

•	VSO ConvertXtoDVD: v5.1.0.14

Firmware

•	Pioneer BDR-S09XLB/XLT, v1.34

•	Pioneer BDR-209DBK, v1.34

•	Pioneer BDR-209EBK/UBK, v1.34

•	Pioneer BDR-XD05S / XD05B / XD05TB / XD05TS / XD05CB, v3.01

•	Pioneer BDR-XS06 / XS06C / XS06T, v1.01

•	Pioneer BDR-S09XLB/XLT, v1.33

•	Pioneer BDR-209DBK, v1.33

•	Pioneer BDR-209EBK/UBK, v1.33

Top News

Imagination Announces New PowerVR Series9XE and 9XM PowerVR GPUs, PowerVR 2NX NNA Hardware Neural Network Accelerator

Imagination Technologies announced a new generation of PowerVR GPUs that raises the bar on graphics and compute in cost-sensitive devices. The company also released new category of IP - the PowerVR 2NX hardware neural network accelerator. >>>

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Introduces New 12nm FinFET Technology

GlobalFoundries announced its new 12LP (leading performance) FinFET semiconductor manufacturing process designed to increase transistor density and improve frequency potential compared to GlobalFoundries' current-gen 14LPP tech. >>>

New Nero 2018 Adds More MultiMedia Functions

Launching today is the latest version of Nero 2018, the popular multimedia software for burning, copying, creating, editing, ripping, converting, playing and streaming media content. >>>

Google Officially Acquires Part of HTC's Smartphone Team

Google and HTC have signed an agreement to send some of HTC's employees over to Google, while HTC gets a $1.1 billion cash and Google gets a non-exclusive license for HTC's intellectual property. >>>

Optical Storage

•	Panasonic Touts 1TB Optical Disc For Storing Cold Data Panasonic plans to increase disc capacity the the "Archival Disc" from 500GB to 1TB and start mass production sometime in the near future. >>>

•	Roxio Toast 16 For Macs Get New MultiCam Capture Features

•	One-Blue Launches Licensing Program for Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Products

•	New Optiarc 5290S-PLUS Writer Drive Overburns 8.5GB DVD+R DL Discs to 8.7GB

•	CyberLink Launches Major Update With Media Suite 15 Release

Graphics Cards

•	GPU Shipments Increased from Previous Quarter The impact Bitcoin, Ethereum and other coin miners is important when it comes to GPU shipments, a research firm says. >>>

•	AMD Radeon RX Vega Graphics Cards and Radeon Packs Available Now

•	Nvidia Chips ride Cryptocurrency Boom

•	NVIDIA Supercharges Rendering Performance with AI and Titan Xp Update

•	AMD's Radeon RX Vega 64 will cost $499, Radeon RX Vega 56 is $100 Cheaper

General Computing

•	Facebook to Provide Congress With Ads Linked to Russian Internet Research Agency Facebook will share with U.S. congressional investigators some 3,000 political ads that it says Russia-based operatives ran on Facebook in the months before and after last year's U.S. presidential election. >>>

•	AMD Said to Make AI Chip for Tesla

•	Mercedes to Invest $1 Billion in Alabama Electric Vehicle Factory

•	Europe Plans to Increase Tax on Internet Giants

•	The State of Music Mid-Way Through 2017

PC Parts

•	Bose QC35 II Headphones are Optimized for the Google Assistant Google Assistant is already available to help on phones, speakers and more. Now Google and Bose announce headphones that are optimized for the Assistant, starting with the QC35 II. >>>

•	GLOBALFOUNDRIES and IBM Develop Custom 14nm FinFET Technology That Leverages both FinFET and SOI

•	Rambus Runs First DDR5 Silicon in its Labs

•	New Amazon Fire HD 10: 1080p Full HD Display, Faster Performance, for $150

•	AUO Presents 85-inch 8K4K Bezel-less TV Display

Mobiles

•	Casio Announces Connected Watches For Men's G-SHOCK G-STEEL Line Today, Casio G-SHOCK unveiled its latest Bluetooth connected models with the new BLE Connected G-STEEL. >>>

•	Your Next Smartphone's GPS Will be Extremely Accurate

•	Google Brings Affordable moto x4 to Project Fi

•	Apple to Fix Watch Series 3 Battery and LTE Connectivity Issues

•	HTC Expected to Announce Deal with Google

Consumer Electronics

•	Nest Unveils Home Alarm System, 'Hello; Video Doorbell and the Cam IQ Outdor Camera Nest today unveiled at an event in San Francisco the Nest Hello, its first-ever video doorbell, a rugged verion of the regular IQ camera, and a Secure alarm system. >>>

•	Pimax Launches First 8K VR Headset

•	Pioneer Introduces New CDJ-2000NXS2-W and DJM-900NXS2-W

•	Fujitsu Develops Wearable, Hands-Free Speech Translation Device

•	Sony Unveils 4K HDR Palm-style Camcorders with Phase-detection AF

Games

•	Xbox One X Console Pre-orders Available Today Microsoft says that the Xbox One X standard edition pre-orders begin today at local retailers around the world, including Microsoft Store and Microsoft.com. >>>

•	Angry Birds Maker Targets $1bn Valuation

•	Nintendo NES Classic Edition Returns to Stores in 2018

•	Nintendo Ordered to Pay $10m For Infringing Patent Related to Wii Motion Controller

•	Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation VR

Digital Cameras

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Canon Launches Three New Compact 4K UHD Video Camcorders: The XF405, XF400 And VIXIA GX10

Canon today announced three new additions to the company's video camcorder lineup: the XF405 4K UHD Video Camcorder, the XF400 4K UHD Video Camcorder and the VIXIA GX10 4K UHD Video Camcorder, three compact video camcorders that feature 4K/60p video recording. >>>