Philips N. American electronics CEO sees turnaround
The North American consumer electronics business of Dutch giant Philips Electronics NV (PHG) is well on its way to a turnaround over the next three...
U.S. imposes sanctions on Ukraine in CD Piracy row
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on $75 million worth of metals, footwear and other goods from Ukraine in retaliation for piracy of music...
Oak Technology signs OEM Agreement with LG Electronics
Oak Technology today announced that LG Electronics has chosen to include Oak's SimpliCD recorder software with its new DVD players. SimpliCD software has an easy-to-use...
Yamaha adds AudioMASTER Quality Recording System to CRW70(!!!)
Yamaha announces the addition of the Audio master quality recording system to its popular slimline CD-R/RW drive CRW-70. The Compact CRW-70 will soon feature Yamaha's...
All In One: DVD+RW Writer From Freecom
Freecom is launching an internal DVD+RW drive which can be used to upgrade every PC quickly and easily. With the Freecom DVD+RW users can write...
EU decides anti-dumping tariffs for CD-R disc companies
The European Union (EU) announced its preliminary decision for new anti-dumping tariffs on CD-R discs from Taiwan companies. Ritek and Prodisc have both been ordered...
Copy protection on new audio CD excludes Macs totally
Universal Music Group has employed a controversial copy protection scheme on a new audio CD this week. Designed to prevent the music on the CD...
Philips may scrap U.S. consumer electronics business
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV will ax its U.S. consumer electronics unit if that business fails to meet short-term targets, Chief Executive Officer Gerard Kleisterlee has...
Roxio, EasyCD and Windows XP - the true story (?)
As the "The Register" claims: "...Roxio has come under sustained fire from users (and indeed The Register) for its failure to get apparently simple things...
CenDyne announced 32X CD Burner
CenDyne today invites consumers to join the digital media revolution and purchase the CenDyne internal IDE 32X12X40 CD-RW drive for storing digital video, music and...
