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Panasonic quits on the Q
Panasonic said it had halted production of its GameCube-compatible DVD player, Q. Although the Q had capabilities and extensions not... -
Canopus announces MPEGcraft DVD MPEG editing and DVD authoring tool
Canopus Corporation announced MPEGcraft DVD, a software application that combines MPEG editing and DVD authoring capabilities into an affordable solution... -
Sharp develops 6Mpix CCD for 1/1.8 type digital cameras
Sharp developed a new IC for 1/1.8 type CCD used in digital cameras. The RJ21T3AA0PT/ST offers a 6Mpixel resolution and... -
BenQ, IBM in corporate PC deal
BenQ announced that it will team up with US computer giant International Business Machines Corp (IBM) to tap into the... -
Microsoft, Disney and Sanyo to become Key members of the DVD Forum
Walt Disney Co Ltd, Microsoft Corp and Sanyo Electric Co Ltd are expected to become the leading members of the... -
Ritek upbeat for CD-R, DVD disc sales in 2004
Global demand next year could reach 11 billion to 12 billion units for CD-R discs and 1.5 billion units for... -
Sipex introduces new photo detector IC for 8x and 12x DVD recorders
Sipex Corporation announced its latest Photo Detector Integrated Circuit (PDIC), the SP8052. Optimized for 8x and 12x writeable DVD drives,... -
TEAC America introduces 8X DVD+R/RW DVD recorder
TEAC announces the launch of its new DV-W58E DVD+R/+RW DVD-Recorder drive, an 8X DVD+R/RW IDE/ATAPI DVD-Recorder drive. TEAC's new 8X... -
Samsung debuts top-capacity 8-GB flash memory
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it has rolled out an 8-gigabyte NAND-type flash memory chip, the world's largest in capacity... -
Philips will launch open digital media system soon
Philips said on Tuesday it was six months away from launching a system against illegal copying that will allow consumers... -
Sunplus ships MPEG-4 back-end image processor
Sunplus Technology has started shipping a new back-end image processor supporting the JPEG and MPEG-4 formats since October, with current... -
Toshiba creates world's smallest hard-disk drive
Toshiba has developed a hard-disk drive that measures 0.85 of an inch in diameter, smaller than the record 1-inch HDD... -
Decision on Philips CD-R/RW patents unlikely to be reversed
GigaStorage and Princo, the two Taiwanese makers accused by Philips Electronics of infringing on six CD-R/CD-RW patents, think the US... -
NEC & Samsung face recognition technology selected for MPEG-7 standard by MPEG Committee
NEC Corporation and Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) today announced that the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) Committee has... -
The 22nd RWPPI general meeting
The 22nd RWPPI general meeting was held on Dec. 10th in Japan. Introduction of new DVD-R, DVD-RW high-speed specifications; new... -
Roxio responds to Optima litigation
Roxio today responded to Optima Technology's allegations of patent infringement. "We are aware of the Optima '531 patent and the... -
ArcSoft licenses DivX technology for video software solutions
DivXNetworks and ArcSoft announced a technology licensing and marketing partnership. Under the agreement, ArcSoft will bundle the DivX video codec... -
LiteOn America announces 52x CD-ROM
Lite-On IT introduces a new 5 1/4” internal LTN-527T CD-ROM drive featuring a short loader chassis that provides enhanced heat... -
Sanyo increses Digital Camera output capacity in 2004
Sanyo Electric plans to raise its production capacity for digital cameras by 74% to 20 million units in fiscal 2004... -
Taiwanese top CD-R disc makers establish factories in China
CMC Magnetics, Ritek and Prodisc Technology – Taiwan’s three largest producers of optical discs – have all now started CD-R...