The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) announced on Oct. 19 the results of its "STEP 2001," an experimental evaluation project...

The PC industry is circling its wagons in preparation to fight proposed copy-protection legislation, arguing at a Monday (Oct. 22) briefing that the protection plan...

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc will launch a Linux-enabled version of its PlayStation 2 in the U.S. market, an executive from the company said Monday. In...

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd said on Friday it would release a hybrid of Nintendo Co's GameCube console that can play DVDs on December 14...

Adaptec today announced a unique and innovative solution to desktop "connectivity clutter" of USB peripherals - the XHub that will be available worldwide in mid-November...

Acer Laboratories Inc. (ALi) today announced a highly integrated USB2.0-compliant IDE Device Controller-M5621 for external storage connection and USB2.0-based PC-peripheral applications technology to the mass...

A dual-layer rewritable optical-disk technology has been developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., one of the main technology leaders in digital video disks. Using...

A Chinese government official said the country’s market for pre-recorded, read-only discs will not be opened up just yet, but foreign companies will be allowed...

The electronics maker will incorporate TiVo's personal digital recording technology into its line of consumer electronics products worldwide. Sony said Thursday that it has signed...

Microsoft Corp. plans to launch its Xbox gaming console in Europe on March 14, 2002, the software giant confirmed Thursday. The Xbox will hit 16...