Bad news for our French viewers:

"...France is planning to slap levies on the sale of computers and digital recording devices to...

"...Compaq Computer Corporation today announced the inclusion of a combination DVD/CDRW drive on selected Presario notebook PCs, when purchased through Compaq's "Built for You" program...

Two stories from Philips today:

- The Comprehensive CD Disc Patent License Agreement, Video CD Disc Patent License Agreement, and the CD-R...

"...Constellation 3D and Lite-On today announced the completion of a formal letter of intent for Lite-On to license C3D's Fluorescent Multilayer Disc (FMD) technology in...

Here are the first news about the coming Plextor PX-W1610A. Coming this February! There will be both retail and bulk versions and the price would...

I-O Data today announced their latest 16x recorders. They are based upon Sanyo CRD-BP1400P ,which already have tested, and they will start selling from February...

From Roxio Homepage:
"...DirectCD 5.0 is the new generation of DirectCD for the PC and is currently shipping in Germany with WinOnCD 3.8PE...

"...Oak Technology announced that LG Electronics is in volume production of a CD-RW drive integrating Oak's leading OTI-9795 CD-RW controller and OTI-9071 Analog Front End...

"...LaCie has announced a full complement of products ranging from a DVD-RAM drive to FireWire tape backup, this week at Macworld Expo in San Francisco:...

"...Under public pressure to pay what they consider excessive royalties on DVD products, manufacturers in China are threatening to roll out their own specification for...