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Chinese firms to pay DVD patent fees to 7 makers
About 50 Chinese makers have agreed to pay a total of 1.5 billion yen in patent royalties for DVD players... -
VIA moves up CD-RW chip production to October
VIA Technologies recently confirmed that due to faster-than-expected development progress, its new 48x CD-RW drive chips will be introduced this... -
CEATEC: Toshiba demonstrates next-generation DVD 'Advanced Optical Disk'
Toshiba Corp. for the first time displayed a next-generation DVD system that Toshiba and NEC Corp. have jointly proposed to... -
DVD+RW Alliance announces "compatibility and convergence group"
Invitation to the first meeting of the Recorder Group of the DVD+RW Compatibility and Convergence Group (DCCG-RG). The DVD+RW Alliance... -
ML Recording technology ready for market
Calimetrics is pleased to announce two recent developments in ML technology and an upcoming appearance at Photonics Asia 2002 in... -
Lite-On IT posts 3Q revenues of NT$9.25 billion
Lite-On IT said third-quarter revenues fell short of its original target of NT$10.1 billion at NT$9.25 billion, as launches of... -
Acer takes a tough line on Benq over branding
Acer may consider legal action against Benq’s distributors if they do not move to resolve disputes concerning the use of... -
DVD copying software sparks new legal battle
321 Studios is set to release a product that it claims will allow consumers to make perfect copies of their... -
SecuROM copy control available at DiscTronics
Sony DADC announced today the availability of SecuROM™, its CD-ROM copy control solution, at the UK based replicator, Disctronics. The... -
NEC gives a 4x for DVD writer
NEC has launched a faster DVD writer which, it claims, is the first to author both DVD+R and DVD-R rewritable... -
Taiwanese companies halt launch of rewritable DVD drives
Faced with sluggish economic conditions and the battle among DVD drive standards, several Taiwanese optical storage device makers have decided... -
CEATEC: Philips shows off coin-size optical discs
Koninklijke Philips Electronics is using the Ceatec 2002 exhibition to give a recently developed miniature optical disc and drive its... -
Media-Tech show report
The first Media-Tech Showcase in the United States, featuring a tabletop exhibition of replication and duplication equipment alongside the co-located... -
Jahsir - "kEEp It RE@l" (5.1CS2CD)
Kiera Records releases Jahsir - "kEEp It rE@l" the single on a revolutionary new CD format called "5.1CS2CD". This format... -
StarForce Technologies expanding copy protection services in Asia
StarForce Technologies, the expert in copy protection solutions, and MicroGraphics, the #1 provider of software development tools in India, announced... -
Sanyo Electric Japan announces collaboration with NEC for optical storage devices
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (head office : Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, representative director president : Yukinori Kuwano) builts the PDM (Product Data... -
NEC announces "ND-1100A" 4X DVD±R recorder!
NEC UK today announced the launch of the NEC MultiSpin ND-1100A, the world’s first DVD drive able to write both... -
Firmware allows 2X writing at Ritek media for DVR-A03/103
A new *patched* firmware is out that allows to Pioneer DVR-A03/103 users, 2X writing with RITEK DVD-R media. The original... -
Toshiba says some DVD players may malfunction
Some of Toshiba Corp's DVD players equipped with hard-disk drives (HDDs) produced by Fujitsu Ltd are liable to malfunction because... -
LiteOn announces LTR-52246S (52/24/52) CD-RW drive
LiteOn posted the specs of the upcoming LTR-52246S CD-RW drive that supports 52X writing, 24X re-writing, 52X reading and the...