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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, v1.50

•	Pioneer BDR-209DBK, v1.50

•	Pioneer BDR-209EBK/UBK, v1.50

•	Pioneer BDR-211EBK/UBK, v1.50

•	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

Top News

China's Pushes into Semiconductor Market

China's ambitions for its semiconductor industry are high, and local chipmakers are trying to break the dominance of American, South Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese semiconductor companies, backed by the Chinese government. >>>

Opera Launches New Opera Touch Mobile Browser

Opera is releasing the new Opera Touch Android web browser today, designed to fit the way people actually use the web: on the move. The new mobile browser also connects with the updated Opera PC browser without the need of establishing a password or login. >>>

Updated GMail Brings Security and Intelligent Features

Google unveiled on Wednesday its first Gmail redesign since 2013, in expensive overhaul two years in the making aimed at security and offline functionality features, moving closer to rival's Microsoft Outlook platform. >>>

LG Touts Extreme Brightness of New G7 Smartphone

LG Electronics on Wednesday said that its upcoming flagship smartphone, the LG G7 ThinQ, will have the brightest display in the industry. >>>

Optical Storage

•	CyberLink PowerDVD 18 Supports Ultra HD Blu-ray and 4K HDR CyberLink today released PowerDVD 18, the latest version of its flagship movie and media player for 4K high dynamic range (HDR), Ultra-HD Blu-ray, virtual reality (VR), 360o and online streaming content. >>>

•	DVDFab Trumpets AACS 2.0 Decryption Solution for 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays

•	DVDFab UHD Creator 4K UHD Authoring Software Released

•	CES: Blu-ray Disc Association Starts Licensing of 8k/4K Broadcast Recordable Blu-ray Format

•	DVD6C Lowers Royalty Fees for DVD Players

Graphics Cards

•	ASUS Announces the AMD-Exclusive 'AREZ' Brand for Radeon Graphics Cards ASUS today announced AREZ, a new brand identity for ASUS Radeon RX graphics cards. >>>

•	Nvidia Climbs Top 10 List of Chip Sellers

•	AMD's Radeon RX 500X Series Is Nothing Than Rebranded Older RX 500 Cards

•	NVIDIA Quadro GV100 GPU Announced for the Age of Deep Learning

•	Futuremark Releases DirectX Raytracing Tech Demo

General Computing

•	Hotel Room Keys Can be Hacked, F-Secure Says Security firm F-Secure has found design flaws that allow attackers to open hotel room doors without being noticed. >>>

•	Twitter Increases User Base, Ad Revenue

•	LG Display Posts First-quarter Loss on Low LCD Prices

•	Samsung Brings 10nm-class 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM for Automobiles

•	Samsung Unveiled New Onyx Cinema LED Screen at CinemaCon

PC Parts

•	Nokia Launches Edge Cloud Data Center Solution for the 5G Era ‌Nokia has launched a new Edge Cloud data center solution to meet the low-latency data processing demands of Cloud RAN and advanced applications. >>>

•	Samsung's Fastest 970 PRO and EVO NVMe SSDs Are Launching Worldwide

•	AMD Details New 35W Ryzen 3 2200GE, Ryzen 5 2400GE APUs With Graphics Built in

•	Apple to Replace Some MacBook Pro Laptop Batteries

•	2nd Generation AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors Arrive to Offer Great Value

Mobiles

•	New Wi-Fi Capabilities Provide Context-aware Services The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced new enhancements to Wi-Fi Aware, enabling more opportunities for personalized social, local, and mobile experiences. >>>

•	Xiaomi Takes the Lead in the Indian Smartphone Market

•	Google Chat Launches to compete with Apple's iMessage

•	ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 Brings Great Value Priced at Just $165

•	Meizu 15 series Phones Unveiled With No Notches

Consumer Electronics

•	Amazon Alexa and New Echo Dot Speaker Target Kids Amazon.com Inc. is promising to entertain children with a device that spits out knock-knock jokes on demand and will also teach them good manners. >>>

•	Amazon is Working on Home Robots: report

•	LG CineBeam Laser 4K Beam Projector Available For Preorder

•	Samsung QLED TVs Receive '100 Percent Color Volume' Certification

•	LG SmartThinQ Home Appliances Get Amazon Alexa Connectivity

Games

•	April Xbox Update Brings Gamers Closer to PC Monitors April is here, and it comes with a feature-packed update to Xbox One, ith updates to focus on support for features and technologies met in the latest PC monitors. >>>

•	Nintendo Labo Kits Now Available

•	Sega Mega Drive Mini Coming This Year

•	PlayStation VR Now Available at $299.99

•	CyberLink Screen Recorder 3 Streams and Records Captures Gameplay Footage

Digital Cameras

•	GoPro Launches the $200 HERO Camera GoPro has added a new HERO camera to the family. On sale now, HERO is a $199 camera, coming in at the same price tag as the HERO5 Session while boasting several features that are reserved for the company's regular line of action cams. >>>