Anti-piracy system could damage loudspeakers
"...CD pirates beware - the music industry has a new weapon up its sleeve. It is called the Cactus Data Shield, and it is designed...
Label cops to copy-protected CD
"...Charley Pride has become the first artist to admit selling a copy-protected, Napster-proof CD. Music City Records said Tuesday that "Charley Pride -- A Tribute...
Fungus, Sulfur attack CDs
"...The U.K.'s Daily Telegraph, and later, Nature reported the discovery by Spanish scientists of a fungus in Belize that ate through portions of a CD's...
CD destroyer hits the market...
Do you have important files in CDs that must not fall in the wrong hands? Are you a CD destroyer maniac? The Personal Media Corporation,...
CD-RW drive producers expect buoyant first-half sales to continue
"...Thanks to brisk demand from consumers, local CD-RW drive producers outperformed most of their electronics counterparts in their business results up to now, and they...
New CD Protection "Ring PROTECH"
A Japanese company has revealed details about a new CD copy protection scheme, which is aimed at eliminating CD piracy:
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FBR identifies investment potential in optical disk equipment makers
"...Friedman, Billings, Ramsey International Limited said today that makers of equipment used to manufacture optical disks -- including CDs and DVDs -- are positioned for...
Standoff on CD-R royalties nears end in Taiwan
"...Taiwan's top recordable compact disk (CD-R) maker is nearing a deal with Royal Philips Electronics on royalty payments, signaling an impending conclusion to a drawn-out...
Taiwanese lab applies new plastic as substrate for high-density DVD
"...A Taiwanese chemical lab is in the early stages of commercializing a new class of plastic material aimed at making high-quality, yet lower-cost substrates for...
Windows 2K SP2 update
Not a direct CDR related update but it fixes several problems of Win2k with ATA100 and DirectCD.
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