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File-sharers fight legal moves
File-sharers can find out if they are being targeted by the US record industry via a website created by civil... -
Sunplus starts shipping single-chip solution for DVD players
Taiwan-based IC designer Sunplus Technology recently shipping a single-chip solution that integrates servo and MPEG-2 decoder ICs for DVD players,... -
LSI Logic integrates Super Audio CD for Volume DVD player market
LSI Logic today announced that it is addressing the needs of the high-volume DVD playback market with its newest products,... -
Condre announces distribution agreement with Ricoh for DVD +RW/+R
Condre a leading manufacturer and distributor of storage and interchange systems for audio, video and data applications, announced today a... -
Microsoft unveils Xbox Live in Japan
Microsoft is seeking to broaden the appeal of its Xbox video game console, by adding chat functions to its online... -
Logitec announces new DVD-RAM±R/RW recorders
Logitec announced three new multi-DVD recorders supporting 3X DVD-RAM and 4X DVD+R/-R recording. The new drives are based on the... -
New Blue-Ray disks by Mitsubishi Chemicals
Mitsubishi Chemicals announced the availability of the company's first Blue-Ray disk for video recording (rewritable). The "BR23V1" Blue-Ray disk series... -
PlayStation fights falling sales
Sony will have to face up to falling demand for its PlayStation 2 games console in the future, say analysts... -
Pioneer to use Philips SACD chip solution in advanced DVD
Royal Philips Electronics announced that Pioneer Corporation will use Philips’ Super Audio CD (SACD) single-chip solution, the SAA7893HL chip. Pioneer... -
CyberLink introduce disc defragmentation for DVD media in PowerProducer 2
CyberLink introduced a unique utility, disc defragmentation, which moves all of the content on a DVD to one location so... -
MET launches two new DVD recorders
MET Technology introduced two own-brand consumer-use DVD recorders – the CyQ’ve PV 2400i and PV2400ie – with suggested retail prices... -
CMC targets to lead in worldwide recordable DVD disc market
CMC Magnetics expects to challenge for the lead among worldwide recordable blank DVD disc makers by year-end, according to DigiTimes... -
Taiwanese Optoelectronics sector grows rapidly
Taiwan's optoelectronics industry production is forecast to exceed over NT$500 billion (US$14.5 billion) for 2003, National Science Council Vice Chairman... -
New firmware releases for Philips DVD players
Philips Syndicate has released new firmware versions for its various DVD player series. You can download the firmware for your... -
Sony's cutting prices on 4X DVD+RW drives
Sony Electronics is lowering prices on the two new Dual RW drives that support 4X DVD+RW recording. The new prices... -
Taipei Computex 2003 expected to be largest ever
The Computex 2003 exhibition, which will be held from September 22-26, is expected to be the largest ever, according to... -
Electronic Frontier Foundation asks Copyright Office to allow consumer CD/DVD uses
Copyright Office today posted comments from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) requesting protection for certain consumer uses of DVDs. EFF... -
Gigabyte to release DVD-Dual drive
Although Gigabyte Technology was the last among first-tier motherboard makers to enter the optical storage arena, it will be the... -
BTC announces 4X DVD dual DVD recorder
BTC launches the brand new BTC DRW 1004IM 4X DVD Dual Recorder, build with optical pick up heads & chip... -
Maxell releases 4x DVD+RW and 3x DVD-RAM media in Japan
Hitachi Maxell announced the availability dates for 4X DVD+RW for video and 3X DVD-RAM discs. The DVD+RW discs are conformed...