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TEAC Japan annnounces CD-RW2240PU (24/10/24) external USB2.0 recorder
TEAC Japan announced today a new external portable recorder with the codename "CD-RW2240PU". The drive supports 24X writing, 10X re-writing,... -
Alpine begins shipping DVD-based multi-format head unit
Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., the industry-leading manufacturer of high performance mobile electronics, today announced that it is now shipping... -
More games come in smaller packages
For years, purchasers of computer software have taken home Wheaties-sized boxes, pulled off the shrink wrap and torn through yards... -
Plextor to announce PX-W4824A (48/24/40&48) CD-RW drive!
Plextor plans to ship a new CD-RW drive with the codename "CD-R PX-W4824A". The drive supports 48X writing, 24X re-writing,... -
ALi expects rising DVD player and USB 2.0 chip shipments in 2H
ALi Corporation (formerly Acer Laboratories) expressed optimism towards its second-half multimedia and peripheral chip businesses. The company predicts that its... -
Macrovision awarded CD copy protection patent
Macrovision Corporation announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent #6,353,890 for a method of copy protecting CD content (“Method... -
Panasonic adds PC card slot to DVD recorder
Matsushita Electric, better known by its Panasonic brand name, rolled out Thursday the second generation of its popular DMR series... -
DVD-Rs dip under $1!
General-purpose 4.7GB DVD-R media could easily be found on the Internet last month selling for as low as 88 cents... -
United States urges Russia to combat software piracy
The United States has urged the Russian government to take stronger action against software piracy, saying that Russia has become... -
Sony Music says it may cut 100 jobs...
The music arm of Sony said on Friday it may cut about 2 percent of its staff, or 100 jobs,... -
StarForce CD-Rs certified by Orange book, part II
Rewritable StarForce discs, a component of StarForce CD-R copy protection system, are quality certified by “Orange book, part II” PHILIPS/SONY... -
Lite-On IT gaining ground in South Korea optical drive market
Lite-On IT, Taiwan’s largest computer drive maker, is grabbing share in the clone PC market in South Korea with its... -
Interim DVD CCA passes selection of video watermarking standard
Macrovision Corporation announced that the Company has been informed that no agreement was reached by August 1st, as previously anticipated,... -
News: Reviews found elsewhere...
Below are several new hardware reviews found elsewhere:
- RICOH MP7400A (40X/10X/40x)@HardwareZone
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Forgery Bill could criminalize copying!
Anticounterfeiting bill S2395 introduced in April by Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) exited many groups' radar screens by the time it... -
Pioneer USA and IDC release study about DVD formats
Technology industry analyst firm IDC and Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. jointly released a new industry study today that identifies DVD... -
Pioneer to launch a recordable DVD drive for notebooks!
Pioneer Electronics is aiming to give the recordable DVD and PC markets a boost with a drive for notebooks. The... -
SANYO Electric releases first quarter 2002 performance report & financial results
Beginning this year, we at SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. have decided to release the company's consolidated results on quarterly-basis. By... -
16x DVD-ROM retail prices drop to US$35
Per-unit retail prices of 16x DVD-ROM drives in Taiwan have fallen below US$35, a level that some optical-storage drive makers... -
Where is DataPlay?
Record labels and retailers line up in support of a tiny new media format that's almost, but not quite, ready...