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Maxell DVD-R ID code leaked by many Asian media manufacturers
Hitachi Maxell protested against many DVD-R media manufacturers of Hong Kong and Japan, for unfairly using the company’s recognition ID... -
Sony announces portable DVD±RW drive
Sony announced a new portable dual DVD±RW recorder. The PCGA-DDRW1 supports 2x /-R/-RW and 2.4x DVD+R/+RW writing , 5x DVD-ROM... -
Pioneer considers selling video content unit to Dentsu
Audio equipment maker Pioneer Corp. is in talks with ad agency Dentsu Inc. to sell a majority stake in a... -
Mitsumi CR-485FTE review
Our hardware section is updated with a new hardware review. We test the Mitsumi... -
CloneDVD preview at cdr-zone.com
CDR-Zone.com has released a preview of the new CloneDVD DVD backup software. The article is available here. NULL... -
321 Studios release DVD X Copy GOLD
321 Studios has released a new package of the famous DVD X Copy suite. The DVD X Copy GOLD includes... -
BenQ to launch 8x half-height DVD+RW and DVD-Dual drives in 2H
BenQ recently started shipping a 4x half-height DVD+RW drive and expects to launch 8x half-height DVD+RW and DVD-Dual drives in... -
DVD rentals top videocassettes for first time
Weekly rentals of DVDs outpaced videos for the first time last week, an industry group said on Thursday, as movies... -
Infogrames CEO upbeat on Matrix sales
Europe's largest video game maker, Infogrames/Atari said on Thursday it was confident it would reach and even beat a sales... -
Asia releases new StarForce Professional v3.0 protected games
“Fantasy Sango” is a new RPG, protected from copying with StarForce Professional 3.0. It is published in Taiwan and Hong... -
Nintendo wins piracy case against Hong Kong firm
Japanese videogame maker Nintendo said on Thursday it has won one of its "most significant anti-piracy judgments ever" against a... -
Software Architects announces Blu-Ray disc file system developer toolkit
Software Architects announced the commercial release of its Blu-ray Disc File System developer toolkit for MS Windows.. Targeted at developers... -
Microsoft looks to boost slow Japan Xbox sales: CEO
Sales of the home-use Xbox game console are sluggish in Japan, but console developer Microsoft Corp plans to keep its... -
Mitsui Chemicals to withdraw from optical disk business
Mitsui Chemicals announced June 18 its decision to withdraw from manufacturing and selling CD-R/DVD-R disks. The company left the European,... -
Pacific Digital bundles Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Basic with its DVD+R/+RW burners
Pacific Digital is now bundling Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Basic with its new DVD burners, beginning with... -
Nero Software included in Pioneer's latest Multi-Format DVD/CD writer
Nero, has announced that Nero Express 5.5, the easy-to-use DVD/CD application software, is to be included with all U.S. retail... -
Lite-On IT expects to ship up to one million recordable DVD drives in 2003
In 2003, Taiwan-based optical storage drive makers are expected to ship between two million and 2.4 million half-height recordable DVD... -
Ritek claims No. 1 position in recordable DVD disc market worldwide
Taiwan-based Ritek has maintained the number one position in the recordable DVD disc market since the second half of last... -
Prices for CD-RW and combo drives plunge
Prices for both half-height CD-RW and combo drives have dropped sharply since early 2003. Contract manufacturing prices for 52x half-height...