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Ashampoo released "Ashampoo CD Recording Suite 4"
Ashampoo released the CD Recording Suite 4, a fast a convenient way to burn and copy data CDs, video CDs... -
Fujitsu, Sumitomo electric launch chip joint venture
Japan's largest computer maker Fujitsu and electric cable maker Sumitomo Electric Industries said they have launched a joint venture to... -
Cinram to pick up CD, DVD production from EMI
U.K. music company EMI Group announced plans to cut 1,500 jobs, close two CD and DVD production plants and contract... -
Gigabyte teams up with Foxconn to counter Asustek
Gigabyte Technology has reached a strategic agreement with Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) and... -
Samsung expands use of SRS Labs' WOW Technology for its digital audio players
Samsung has expanded their use of WOW in their popular line of Yepp digital audio players. WOW creates powerfully vivid... -
Nokia mixes radio, TV and cellular
A new business group inside Nokia announced it is working with FM radio stations on a service that blends broadcast... -
European music pirates face new wave of lawsuits
Music industry bosses announced a new wave of lawsuits against suspected online music pirates in Europe and Canada, targetting nearly... -
New Tablet PC with CD-ROM from NEC
NEC has begun marketing the LOOKCLUB Series, a new tablet PC that comes with a built-in 4x CD-ROM drive. The... -
Hitachi drive gears up for hard knocks
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies plans to announce a 40GB drive for notebook computers meant to better withstand harsh treatment. The... -
Ritek to introduce the RIDATA brand to U.S. market
Advanced Media, the American subsidiary of Taiwanese RITEK Corporation, will unveil the company's RIDATA branded line of optical products at... -
CyberLink InstantMPEG promises faster video encoding times
CyberLink introduced InstantMPEG, technology that saves hard disk space and time during real-time conversion of digital video (DV) into MPEG... -
Pioneer pulls the plug on VCR
Combining leading edge technology with user-friendliness, the Pioneer DVR310 DVD recorder is providing consumers with the next generation of DVD... -
Ricoh and Hitachi reach basic agreement on Ricoh's acquisition of Hitachi printing solutions
Ricoh and Hitachi today announced that they have signed a basic agreement to the effect that Hitachi will transfer all... -
Panasonic releases portable DVD player
Panasonic's new potable DVD player, the DVD-LX8, has got a fairly big screen — 9 inches — for outdoor use... -
New 8x Multi-drive by I-O data
DVR-UH8CDB is the product name of the new I-O data’s external multi drive. The drive is capable of DVD+/-RW, DVD-RAM... -
Acer, Asustek and BenQ stand firm on using AMD processors for notebooks
Acer, Asustek Computer and BenQ seem to be standing firm on their decisions to launch notebooks built using processors from... -
Philips to move out of front projector business
Philips today announced its decision to stop its front projector business. As a consequence, Philips will cease to be an... -
Sanyo officialy announces development of 12x and 16x recording DVD Dual Drive IC
Sanyo has now developed the LC897491 12x DVD dual drive signal-processing IC that includes 8 Mbits of flash memory in... -
Apple is trying to patent the interface for its iPod music player
In its patent application 20040055446, published on Thursday, Apple describes a graphical user interface "and methods of use thereof in... -
Xbox price drop to boost sales
Microsoft has reduced the price of its Xbox games console in North America by $30. The cut, which had been...