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Optorite introduces the DD0401 8x Dual DVD burner
Optorite continues its successful DVD recorder product line with the new Optorite DD0401. The DVD±RW drive will offer 8x DVD+R... -
The end of the line for EMTEC Magnetics?
On September 30, the German Federal Customs Office ("FCO") issued a statement regarding the legality of the proposed purchase of... -
Teac launches new CD-RW combo drive
Teac revealed a new ATAPI CD-RW / DVD combo drive, offering 48x CD-R, 24x CD-RW writing and 16x DVD-ROm reading... -
Blu-Ray members to release two-layer 2X recording standard next summer
The Blu-Ray disk related session was held in CEATEC, Japan, and the representatives of the related companies revealed the upcoming... -
DVD Forum conference Japan: The next generation DVD
The DVD Forum Japan Conference 2003 was held yesterday in Tokyo. According to statements during the greeting speech, worldwide shipments... -
Napster reborn as Music store
It's been nearly a year since the Napster brand was rescued from the ashes of the ruined file-swapping service to... -
MediaTek to introduce its first mobile-phone chips
MediaTek, the world's largest maker of semiconductors for DVD players, said it will introduce its first mobile-phone chips in the... -
Sony says 90nm PS2 chip production to start in Oct
Sony Corp's game division said it plans to start mass production of a new chip to power the PlayStation 2... -
NEC and New Core Technology to develop the MPEG-2 codec kit
NEC electronics and New Core Technology jointly developed a new low power LSI kit for MPEG-2 compression. The MUPD61151 can... -
Protocom delivers single chip MPEG-4 Audio Video CODEC
Protocom Technology, announced the introduction of the PR818 single chip MPEG-4 A/V CODEC. Supporting both NTSC and PAL video formats,... -
Sanyo introduces Digital Camera/Video Cam with MPEG-4 Codec
Sanyo Electric introduced a new concept camera called Xacti DMX C-1, combining digital movie and digital camera capabilities in one... -
Toshiba and NEC demonstrate new AOD recorders
Visitors of CEATEC Japan have the chance to see a working prototype of the new Advanced Optical Disc recorder, by... -
TDK introduces four-layer recording
TDK demonstrates a purple-blue laser diode in CEATEC Japan, promising recording capacities that reach the 100GB on a single disk... -
Microsoft and Pioneer announce first AV multichannel amplifier featuring Windows Media Audio 9 Professional
Today at the 2003 Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) show, Microsoft and Pioneer announced a new top-of-the-line AV amplifier... -
Maxtor Quickview Hard Drives in new Toshiba HDD & DVD Video Recorder
Maxtor Corporation, announced that Maxtor® QuickVIEW® Consumer Electronic (CE) hard drives have been chosen for Toshiba's HDD & DVD Video... -
Dual-layer 8.5GB recordable DVDs
There is optimistic news at this week's Ceatec Japan 2003 exhibition for users looking to squeeze extra data onto a... -
Sony PSX/hybrid recorder
Sony has announced the new "PSX" platform, a device that combines the features of the well known PS2 with those... -
CEATEC 2003: New Blue laser DVD recorders
Ceatec 2003 opened its doors today in Chiba Japan. In the booths of many major manufacturers such as JVC, Sharp... -
Princeton researcher debunks copy protection
Princeton computer science student Alex Halderman has released a paper describing a one-click method to bypass the "copy... -
NEC and Sony demonstrate 8x DVD burners
The upcoming 8x DVD writers by NEC and Sony where demonstrated in CEATEC, Japan. In the booth of DVD+RW Alliance,...