Teac Japan announced today the shipping of a new portable CD-R/RW drive with the codename "CD-RW280PU". The drive is based upon USB 2.0 and starts...

Toshiba Japan announced today the shipping of "SD-C8002" slim-line ATAPI CD-RW drive. It supports 8x writing, 8x re-writing and 24x reading (CD). It's of thickness...

"...Elantec Semiconductor today introduced a new laser diode driver, the EL6250C, developed specifically for the violet/blue laser diode, a breakthrough in laser technology expected to...

"...Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC), Storage Device Division (SDD) today announced it will offer slim-line CD-R/RW as an extension to its line of market-leading optical...

"...The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) today announced the appointment of Dave Suden, chief technology officer of Rimage Corp., as chairman of its CD/DVD Committee...

"...Dutch Philips Electronics NV said on Monday that software giant Microsoft's new Xbox video game system will use a DVD drive supplied by Philips' Optical...

"...TDK Electronics announced today that it has raised prices for its line of Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) and ReWritable (CD-RW) media effective June 1st.
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"...Nichia Corporation announced today that its NLHV3000 series of high power violet laser diodes are moving into volume production. The NLHV3000 series laser diodes have...

"...An ultra-clear plastic material currently used for applications like precision optics and medical packaging is under consideration for next-generation DVDs, and could see introduction in...

"...Prassi Software USA announced the settlement of its long-standing lawsuit with Adaptec. The Prassi-Adaptec litigation had been pending in the San Jose Federal Court since...