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DVD makers mulling 4% patent royalty with China
Six Japanese and U.S. companies with DVD-related patents are negotiating with Chinese makers to charge about 4% of the price... -
Fujitsu Develops Record-Breaking 300Gb/in² HDD Technology
Fujitsu, a world leader in hard disk drive technology, has developed revolutionary new read head and media technologies that will... -
BenQ announces CRW 2410EU
BenQ Europe posted today the specs of CRW 2410EU. It supports 24x writing, 10x re-writing, 40x reading and Seamless Link... -
Roxio provides CD Label creation for Pressplay music subscription service
Roxio will provide the CD label creation functionality for the pressplay online music subscription service. Roxio's Basic Label Creator software... -
New PC models to Feature DVD Multi-Drives...
From the end of April through May, various PC makers are announcing their new models for Japan's coming summer sales... -
CD-R disc makers are not planning to increase contract prices
Taiwan’s CD-R disc manufacturers, though suffering from surging raw material costs this year, said they are not planning to lift... -
Slip in DVD-ROM pick-up head prices drag DVD-ROM contract prices to under $40
The price of pick-up heads (PUHs) used in DVD-ROM drives has slipped to a historic low of US$8, dragging per-unit... -
40x CD-R media now being shipped by Verbatim
Verbatim are now shipping 40x CD-Recordable media which can burn a full 700MB in 3 minutes (actual time varies on... -
Value-provider program lets Hard Drive resellers tap into IBM's technical elite
A new IBM value-provider customer program, introduced today, will give resellers access to IBM's most skilled engineers and marketing staff... -
Elantec sampling new Laser Driver for notebook CD-R/RW drives
Elantec Semiconductor is now shipping a new laser driver IC developed specifically to enable CD-R and CD-R/W optical disk drive... -
Canadians make new rules about media tariffs...
As the decision says: "...Application to vary the tariff of levies to be collected by CPCC, in 2001 and 2002,... -
Japanese and South Korean optical disc makers accelerate push into DVD-R discs
After having largely exited CD-R disc production in the face of cost-competitive Taiwanese rivals, Japanese and South Korean optical disc... -
Optical lens used in pick-up heads in high demand
A jump in demand for audio-video devices since late last year is leading to a shortage of pick-up heads (PUHs),... -
Global recordable DVD G-8 meet at RITEK
Recordable DVD Council (RDVDC) 6th Promotion Meeting and Secretariat Meeting took place on April 25 and 26 in Taipei. RITEK... -
Plextor Europe announces PX-W4012TU
Plextor, one of the leading companies for the development and production of CD-ROM drives, CD-Recorders and CD-ReWriters is expanding its... -
Archos MiniCDRW 2, First Slimline 16X CD-R Writer, for Fast Transfer of Music, Photos, Data to CDs
Archos MiniCDRW 2, the industry's fastest and first slimline 16X CD writer that is USB 2.0 compatible, has been introduced... -
Freecom announces "FS-1"
The Freecom FS-1 is the Slimline counterpart to the FX-1 that was presented at the beginning of this year. The... -
Sanyo announces CRD-1500U40X
Sanyo Japan announced today a new external USB 2.0 CD-RW drive with the codename "CRD-BP1500U40X". The drive supports 40x writing,... -
SmartDisk introduces mew model of its Portable, bus-powered FireWire CD-R/W drive
SmartDisk Corporation today announced the availability of a 16 x 10 x 24-speed version of its portable FireWire(TM) CD-R/W. The... -
Vietnamese authorities make largest seizure of pirated CDs
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City seized about 30,000 pirated compact discs and VCDs, the largest amount in a single...