Thursday, October 31, 2002
Hardware Review: 52x Roundup Vol. 1
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TDK announces new DVD-R/RW media with improved protection 100 times improved against dust/scratches!
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Elby offers "Clone Attack" t-shirts!
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Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Listen.com now offers CD burning through Rhapsody
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Dolby Laboratories welcomes expansion of DVD-Audio to PC platform
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CyberDrive introduces high speed internal and external CD-R/RW drives
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Toshiba gears up for a DVD holiday with new model and free DVD rentals
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Fujitsu offers DVD-R/RW drive with LifeBook C series notebook
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Music industry pushes EU for anti-piracy CD codes
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Toshiba adds DVD burning to notebooks
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Quanta Storage ranks top in global combo drive shipments in 3Q
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Cryptography research system thwarts feature film piracy
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CenDyne gets groovy with the gruvstick MP3 recorder and player
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FREECOM enters US market
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Chairman & Chief Executive of Motion Picture Association speaks about digital piracy...
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Hollywood says it could get burned by DVD backups
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Matsushita Electric reports second straight quarter of profits
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Tuesday, October 29, 2002
Philips announces DVD+RW Mt. Rainier specifications v1.1
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VIA subsidiary predicts rising chip shipments, landing Pioneer order
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JVC announces "ENC K2" technology aimed to improve tone quality of a CD/DVD pressed audio discs
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NTI Introduces NTI CD-Maker 6 Platinum
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SunnComm rolls out its MediaMax CD-3 technology to compact disc Manufacturing plants
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Monday, October 28, 2002
Verbatim announces that 2X DVD-R media with Sony DRU500A may cause write errors...
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Mediatek: A bright 4Q
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Stomp announces RecordNow MAX DVD/CD v4.5
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Summit CD Manufacture Pte Ltd, Singapore awarded anti-piracy certification
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Universal Music Group releases its first Super Audio CD titles
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Verbatim now shipping CD-RW as mini 8cm size discs
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Daemon Tools author adds new MDS files
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Friday, October 25, 2002
End of the road for CD Burners (?)
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Fujifilm develops organic Dye coating technology for Blue-Violet laser
write-once, read-many optical discs
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WAITEC announces STORM52 (54/24/52) CD-RW recorder
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Rimage everest and prism plus! CD/DVD printers now available from MARCAN
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Intersil's Laser used in Hitachi's DVD camcorders
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GartnerG2 says music industry must mandate warning labels on copy-protected music CDs
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Listen.Com signs CD burning deal with Warner Music group for Rhapsody subscription service
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Datawrite DVD+R hits the market
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Philips introduces world's first DVD+R/+RW digital video recorder reference design
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CyberDrive announces CW-099D (52X/24X/52X) CD-RW drive!
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NEC announces new 4X DVD+/+RW recorder
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Thursday, October 24, 2002
DVD-AR (Recordable DVD-Audio) specifications!
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Macrovision launches SafeAuthenticate as multimedia content enabler for music CDs
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Driver update for EzCD Creator v5.3.1 SP4
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YAMAHA cuts price of CRW-F1UX CD recorder
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Wednesday, October 23, 2002
BenQ introduces two good-looking external CD-rewriter
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Mediatek to become UMC’s biggest customer with rise in orders
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DVD-ROM pick-up heads in shortage
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Recordable DVD format struggle comes to showdown in 2003
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Philips looks to spur recordable DVD player production
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The Birth of the Compact Disc!
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More information about WinOnCD v6.0!
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Serial ATA reaches another milestone en route to market ramp
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Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Taiwan to launch HD-DVD format
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Multi-format DVD writers launch in the UK
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National Technology alliance contract awarded to InPhase Technologies for automated Holographic media fabrication
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Anti-piracy focus on Glasgow continues...
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KiSS Technology to release first DivX compatible DVD player!
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Monday, October 21, 2002
CenDyne ships first 4X DVD recorder in time for the holidays
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Terabyte 3D storage promised for 2004
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CMC's 4.7GB DVD+RW certified by Philips
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SONY unveils new portable CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive with standalone CD/MP3 playback
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Fuji Film develops WORM Blu-Ray media!!
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House in Wigan raided for illegal CD copying business
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Pioneer's DVR-105 first review!
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Taiyo Yuden announces 4X DVD-R media
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Sunday, October 20, 2002
New Alera Technologies 48x, CD duplicator CD copy cruiser 48T
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Tiny optical disc could store five movies
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Microsoft and Panasonic unveil new HighM.A.T. technology
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Ritek cautious about 3Q performance
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IFPI launches annual recording industry yearbook
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International Recording Industry discusses anti-piracy actions with Taiwan government
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Key2audio copy control now available at SonoPress
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Friday, October 18, 2002
Western Digital Earns Eleven Cents Per Share In First Quarter
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New DVD recorders at WPC EXPO 2002
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ArrowKey announces new CD/DVD Diagnostic and CD-DVD Inspector software
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Mitsubishi Chemical Media announces world's first 4x DVD+R media
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Thursday, October 17, 2002
Pioneer unveils the DRM-3000 expands its DVD-R and DVD-RW compatible jukebox range
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CDs21 Solutions has started examinations to provide guidelines on "Optical Card".
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Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Creative launches Nomad jukebox zen-pocket-sized
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Memorex introduces industry's first 52x CD-RW drive
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Media seek to limit "Digital Copying"...
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SunnComm unveils "MediaMax CD-3 Technologies"
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Sonic ships world's first OpenDVD-compliant DVD player
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Hollywood vs. your PC
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Sony announces CRX215E1 (48/24/48) CD-RW recorder
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CD replacement burns out
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Tuesday, October 15, 2002
New firmware allows 2X writing with ALL DVD-R media for Pioneer DVR-103/104 series...
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Rimage increases their CD and DVD label printer offerings
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Award winning DVD+R recording solution $100 less from Alera Technologies
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CDs21 Solutions
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Pioneer launches new High-Speed DVD writer, the DVR-A05
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TEAC Japan announces slim-line DVD Recorder!
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Monday, October 14, 2002
Toshiba announces industry's first combined CD/DVD-R drive for mobile
computers
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Saturday, October 12, 2002
Adaptec Helps Notebook Computer Users Easily Connect and Manage Up to Four USB 2.0/USB 1.1 Devices Through a Single Port
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Optical drive makers report higher September revenues
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US West Coast port dispute’s impact on Taiwan electronics parts industry limited
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Disc Makers debuts "Elite Series" of CD duplicating systems at 2002 AES convention
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Sony DRU-500A makes its appearance at Japan!
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Plextor returns "back to the roots"!
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Manufacturers push DVD-Audio, SACD as next generation CDs but will buyers bite?
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U.S. takes on Taiwan for poor copyright protection...
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Friday, October 11, 2002
Mitsubishi Chemicals warns Sony DRU-500A users about compatibility problems...
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Sharp announces new notebooks with DVD-R/RW/RAM recorders!
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Thursday, October 10, 2002
DVD and Video game theft reduced by "Red Tag" security device
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Sony, Pioneer resolve DVD patent dispute in China
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Pulstec to sell DVD, optical disk tester in China
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Global sales of recorded music down 9.2% in the first half of 2002
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DVD business subscribing to cable
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Wednesday, October 9, 2002
Dat Optic announces ComboDUP- stand alone CD/DVD duplicator
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NTI Backup NOW! adds support for DVD-RAM/R OEM drive from Panasonic
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Shattered: This CD's in tatters?
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Plextor expands product range by adding CD-R Media (discs)
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DVD Forum will adopt similar technology with Mt. Rainier (DRT-DM) for DVD-RW format!
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Microsoft eases copy protection in XP
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Philips Electronics to dissolve components division
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Pacific Digital intros 7-in-1 DVD BurnerPlus drive
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IFPI welcomes Russian government's creation of anti-piracy task force
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TTR and Macrovision holding negotiations
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September sales at Taiwan CD-R disc makers set to rise
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Tuesday, October 8, 2002
Benq September sales rise on-month
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Taiwan reports shortage of key parts for DVD-RW, DVD+RW drives
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Sonic Foundry re-engineers and re-launches CD Architect
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Oak Technology reports first fiscal quarter revenue of $30.2 million
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Cirrus' Digital Audio interface products target emerging DVD-Audio market
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CEATEC: Electronics makers exhibit a plethora of Blu-ray products
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TEAC Europe announces DV-516E (16X/48X) DVD-ROM!
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TEAC Europe presents two new CD-RW drives: CD-W548E and CD-W552E!
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ASUS announces CRW-5224A (52/24/52) CD-RW drive!
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Monday, October 7, 2002
Chinese firms to pay DVD patent fees to 7 makers
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VIA moves up CD-RW chip production to October
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CEATEC: Toshiba demonstrates next-generation DVD 'Advanced Optical Disk'
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DVD+RW Alliance announces "compatibility and convergence group"
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ML Recording technology ready for market
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Saturday, October 5, 2002
Lite-On IT posts 3Q revenues of NT$9.25 billion
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Acer takes a tough line on Benq over branding
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DVD copying software sparks new legal battle
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SecuROM copy control available at DiscTronics
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Friday, October 4, 2002
NEC gives a 4x for DVD writer
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Taiwanese companies halt launch of rewritable DVD drives
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CEATEC: Philips shows off coin-size optical discs
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Media-Tech show report
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Jahsir - "kEEp It RE@l" (5.1CS2CD)
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StarForce Technologies expanding copy protection services in Asia
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Sanyo Electric Japan announces collaboration with NEC for optical storage devices
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NEC announces "ND-1100A" 4X DVD±R recorder!
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Firmware allows 2X writing at Ritek media for DVR-A03/103
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Toshiba says some DVD players may malfunction
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LiteOn announces LTR-52246S (52/24/52) CD-RW drive
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DVD Forum conference taken place in Japan
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Thursday, October 3, 2002
Toshiba Introduces 60GB 5400
RPM Super Slim 2.5-Inch Hard Drive
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Deciphering DVD 'Code' Game
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Pinnacle acquires VOB!
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US port labor dispute to have little impact on Taiwan optical storage device makers
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CEATEC: Blue-laser disc format prototypes unveiled
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Philips announces Orange book Part III CD-RW Volume 3, Ultra Speed, v1.0
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Philips announces high capacity recordable disc system, V0.9!
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Addonics converters common storage devices into high-speed SCSI
drives!
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
LaCie 48x CD-RW moves up a gear
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LaCie road-warrior pocket CD-RW burns a CD in 4 minutes
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MedioStream says neoDVD is the first software to deliver better than real-time burning of DVDs
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New VAIO notebooks offer anytime, anywhere DVD burning
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Cos. to settle CD price-fixing suit
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Labels offer cash, CDs to end antitrust case
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Intersil unveils new higher speed Laser driver for DVD/CD dual writer optical disk drives
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