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VIA files local lawsuit against MediaTek; sues Lite-On IT in the US
Following its patent litigation against MediaTek in the US, VIA Technologies has again brought its competitor to court over the... -
ESS Technology becomes DivXNetworks first certified DVD chip partner
ESS Technology today announced that DivXNetworks has certified ESS's Vibratto family of DVD decoder chips, making ESS the first official... -
Malaysia thumbs nose at U.S. over disc prices
Malaysia will force down prices of original film and music discs to win a battle against cheap fakes despite a... -
ArcSoft delivers esay DVD authoring and video editing application to the home PC
ArcSoft announced the availability of ArcSoft ShowBiz® DVD, a complete DVD authoring and video creation application, providing users with everything... -
Sentinel begins with mass production of DVD+RW media
Sentinel, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of data storage media for data, audio and video, officially starts with the production... -
Prices of DVD Dual recorders low
Prices for DVD-Dual drives have continued to drop amid intensified competition as a number of manufacturers have recently launched the... -
New anti-piracy checks on Terminator 2 DVD
A recent reissue of the blockbuster Terminator 2 contains a DVD-ROM version of the movie with a new anti-piracy technique:... -
Ogg Vorbis firmware Beta released
Open source foundation Xiph.org, founders of the Ogg Vorbis codec, released the first beta of Neurosetta, the firmware upgrade that... -
Sony Music Entertainment to release hybrid CD on September 3rd
Sony Music Entertainment plans to launch the first “hybrid CD” music releases in the beginning of September. Hybrid CD is... -
New external Dual DVD-Burner from Freecom
With the new FX-50, Freecom has brought out a new range of external CD and DVD drives to replace the... -
Proposal of basic specifications for HDV (Tentative Name) format that realizes consumer High- Definition Digital Video Recording
Canon Inc., Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) announced a joint proposal of basic specifications... -
Alera Technologies DVD copy tower with DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW support
Alera Technologies, developer and manufacturer of Advanced DVD and CD Recording Solutions, unveils its new DVD Copy Tower Dual(tm) family... -
Tvia completes sale of software assets to MediaTek
Tvia announced today the completion of the sale of its software business and software-related assets to MediaTek, Inc. of Taiwan... -
Mitsumi announces the DW-7802TE DVD+/- ReWriter
Mitsumi announced the new DW-7802TE dual DVD recorder. This drive can write to both DVD formats currently available in the... -
Blu-Ray discs by Maxell
Hitachi Maxell announced a series of Blue Ray discs based on Blu-ray disc rewritable format Ver.1.0. The new discs offer... -
BenQ announces the DW400A DVD+RW writer
BenQ released the specifications of the new DW400A DVD+RW IDE recorder. The drive supports 4x DVD+R/+RW writing speeds. The drive... -
Intersil introduces new family of dual laser drivers allowing 52X CD-R and 8X DVD-R writing speeds
Intersil introduced a new family of dual laser diode drivers (LDDs) optimized for low power, slim CD and DVD recordable... -
Taiwan disc maker shares soar
Investors are scrambling to buy Taiwan's loss-making computer compact disk makers amid signs of a turnaround in the US$2 billion... -
32x CD-RW standard slightly delayed
The release of Orange Book part III Vol 3 v1.1 describing both 24x and 32x CD-RW media is slightly delayed... -
Sanyo to sell key DVD Recorder parts to outside firms
Sanyo Electric will start selling key components for DVD recorders to outside companies, by the end of the year. Sanyo...
