Napster reborn as Music store
It's been nearly a year since the Napster brand was rescued from the ashes of the ruined file-swapping service to be used as a revamped...
DVD Forum conference Japan: The next generation DVD
The DVD Forum Japan Conference 2003 was held yesterday in Tokyo. According to statements during the greeting speech, worldwide shipments of DVD players have reached...
Blu-Ray members to release two-layer 2X recording standard next summer
The Blu-Ray disk related session was held in CEATEC, Japan, and the representatives of the related companies revealed the upcoming plans for the future of...
Teac launches new CD-RW combo drive
Teac revealed a new ATAPI CD-RW / DVD combo drive, offering 48x CD-R, 24x CD-RW writing and 16x DVD-ROm reading. The DW-548D is currently available...
The end of the line for EMTEC Magnetics?
On September 30, the German Federal Customs Office ("FCO") issued a statement regarding the legality of the proposed purchase of EMTEC’s data-tape assets by Imation...
Optorite introduces the DD0401 8x Dual DVD burner
Optorite continues its successful DVD recorder product line with the new Optorite DD0401. The DVD±RW drive will offer 8x DVD+R recording as well as improved...
Sony says 90nm PS2 chip production to start in Oct
Sony Corp's game division said it plans to start mass production of a new chip to power the PlayStation 2 (PS2) game console this month,...
Toshiba and NEC demonstrate new AOD recorders
Visitors of CEATEC Japan have the chance to see a working prototype of the new Advanced Optical Disc recorder, by Toshiba and NEC. The recorder...
NEC and New Core Technology to develop the MPEG-2 codec kit
NEC electronics and New Core Technology jointly developed a new low power LSI kit for MPEG-2 compression. The MUPD61151 can be used in various AV...
Sanyo introduces Digital Camera/Video Cam with MPEG-4 Codec
Sanyo Electric introduced a new concept camera called Xacti DMX C-1, combining digital movie and digital camera capabilities in one device. Sanyo claims that this...
