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Ritek plans to invest in CD-R subsidiary in China
"...Ritek announced that it plans to establish a subsidiary in China to produce CD-Rs and optical-communication products by injecting funds... -
Purple Book version 1.0
"...Distribution of version 1.0 dated july 2001 of the Double Density specifications (Purple Book) has started. This includes Double Density... -
Sharp flat-panel TV doubles as digital photo frame
Sharp Corp , Japan's biggest maker of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), unveiled on Tuesday a flat-panel television that can also... -
DVD players in 20% of TV households
Strong sales of DVD players in the first half of the year pushed the 4-year-old format into nearly 20% of... -
Toast 5 Titanium for OS X, Preview #1
"...Welcome to Toast 5 Titanium for OS X, Preview #1, the first application to allow users to burn data CD... -
Memorex to ship 185MB/21 minute 'Pocket' CD-R
"...Memtek Products, Inc., the U.S. distributor of the well-known Memorex branded media products announced today that it is expanding its... -
Lite-On IT ships 24x/10x/40x recorder in August
"...Lite-On announced that it has started trial production of 24x CD-RW drives and expects to begin formal shipments in August... -
OSTA releases Multiplay test discs
"...The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) today announced that test discs for its recently approved MultiPlay Compact Disc compatibility specification... -
LG announces new models
Translation comes from German press release:
"...LG Electronics presents three new internal drives: The 16X DVD ROM drive DRD-8160b,... -
Iomega takes drubbing, slashes jobs…
"...A product transition has hit computer drive maker Iomega Corp., which Thursday announced a net loss of $35.9 million --... -
Roxio sees 1st quarter results exceeding expectations
"...Roxio on Monday said its first-quarter results should exceed expectations due to strong consumer demand for recording products. The company... -
MARCAN Introduces Rimage Producer II CD-R/DVD-R duplicator
"...The Rimage Producer II CD-R/DVD-R publishing system, with new offset quality printing, is now available from leading CD/DVD solutions provider,... -
AOpen announces CRW1632
"...AOpen CRW1632, except powerful Just Link, this drive also include a new technology called Just Speed which will smartly detect... -
Matshushita announces the release of "Thin Center Speakers" suitable for in-vehicle DVDs
Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. has succeeded in commercializing the "Thin Center Speakers" suitable for in-vehicle DVDs, which have been... -
Copy-protected CDs quietly slip into stores
For the last several months, consumers in ordinary record stores around the world have unwittingly been buying CDs that include... -
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... -
TraxData London closes operative trade
This is the official english press release that came from E&K Data:
"...TRAXDATA Ltd., London, closes operative trade. The... -
Constellation 3D Announces Cooperative Development and Licensing Agreement With Warner Advanced Media Operations (WAMO)
Constellation 3D announced that the Company has signed a Cooperative Development and Licensing Agreement with Warner Advanced Media Operations (WAMO),... -
SmartDisk Introduces New 8X-Speed FireWire Portable CD-R/W and FireWire Portable Thin Drive Designed to Match Titanium PowerBook G4
SmartDisk announced new versions of its SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable Thin Drive and SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive, both... -
U.S. Arrests Russian Cryptographer as Copyright Violator
In one of the first cases of criminal prosecution under a 1998 federal digital copyright law, a 27-year-old Russian cryptographer...