Taiwan's output of CD-RW drives is expected to grow in 2004 as the markets for PCs and traditional CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives are becoming saturated...

BenQ released a firmware update for the DW800A DVD+RW enabling 2x2 DVD-R/RW writing to the drive. Unfortunately, the company offers upgrade for a US$10 fee...

Global demand for DVD recorders will soar by 205% from 4.42 million units in 2003 to 13.5 million units in 2004, according to Digitimes. In...

Pegasys released an AC-3 plug-in for the latest version of the TMPGenc DVD Author (1.5.19.59). The software adds Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding/decoding capabilities to the...

Philips Electronics announced a reference design for DVD+R/+RW hybrid HD recorder. First samples are expected to be ready in July and mass production will begin...

Panasonic has announced the release of two new models of MD recorders. Slated to hit the market on February 25, the SJ-MR240 portable MD recorder...

Microsoft has agreed under pressure to change its Windows software to resolve complaints by the US Justice Department that it unfairly influenced how customers buy...

Orban announced the immediate availability of Opticodec-PC, the first MPEG-4 aacPlus encoding software providing high quality streaming audio. The software lets streaming providers supply content...

Verbatim announced today shipments of engineering samples of its new DataLifePlus 8X DVD-R media to DVD burner manufacturers for compatibility testing. With the new 8x...

Japan's Sony Corp will use image-reading software from IBM in its DVD recorders and flat-panel TVs to be launched in the next business year. Sony...