Dell, HP back new Blu-Ray DVD standard
US computer makers HP and Dell said they would support the Blu-Ray DVD standard with much higher storage capacity which is being promoted by 10...
Microsoft pushes for a million live users, Sony considers online video chat
Chief Xbox Officer Robbie Bach has announced that Microsoft hopes to have one million Xbox Live users by June this year - but new plans...
EVD drives displayed at CES – LSI Logic estimates one million to four million units to be sold in China this year
Nine Chinese manufacturers displayed EVD (enhanced versatile disc) drives at the Consumer Electronics Showlast week in Las Vegas. Beijing E-World Digital Technology, the China-government-sponsored consortium...
Toshiba and Samsung Electronics announce details of integration of optical disk businesses
Toshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronicsrevealed the details of their new joint venture for optical-disk drives (ODD), as initially announced in a memorandum of terms announced...
DVD+RW Alliance: DVD+RW DL (double-layer) products to reveal this year
The DVD+RW Alliance announced at CES the establishment of the "DVD+RW DL" format. The new format features dual layer recording (8.5GB) on DVD. The recording...
RWPPI demonstrates two-layer DVD recording at CES
Pioneer demonstrated two layer DVD recording on DVD-R in the RWPPI booth at CES, Las Vegas. The technology development was announced in October 2003. The...
Sharp fabricates blue laser diodes using MBE
UK-based Sharp Laboratories of Europe has made the first blue-violet laser diodes to be grown using MBE. Scientists at Sharp Laboratories of Europe (SLE) have...
HP announces LightScribe direct disc labeling
LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling is a new technology, invented by HP, that enables CD and DVD images and disc labels to be etched onto discs...
DVD-RAM to reach 16x by 2005
In a DVD-RAM booth in CES, Las Vegas, new 5x DVD-RAM media were demonstrated by Maxell and Matsushita Electric Industrial. The 5x DVD-RAM writing specifications...
Cyberlink PowerDVD ups protection of recordable media
CyberLink announced its flagship product, CyberLink PowerDVD, is the world's first DVD software to support Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) on the PC. Users...
