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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... -
Future of rewritable DVDs to depend on competition over standards
The rewritable-DVD market will change beginning in 2003, with the standard for the product to be fully resolved. Confusion over... -
Yamaha and Oak further extend their partnership with all new CRW-F1 series
Oak Technology, a leading provider of embedded solutions for the digital imaging and optical storage markets, today announced that its... -
Macrovision reports second quarter net revenues & earnings
Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN) announced today that second quarter 2002 net revenues were $24.9 million, compared with $25.8 million in... -
Pioneer's portable DVD/CD/Video CD player goes anywhere...
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc., the recognized leader in industrial video/optical disc technology, today announced that it will begin shipping the... -
Plextor PX-208T review
Today we post a new hardware review of Plextor PX-208T. The drive is a portable combo and supports 8x8x24 CD-RW... -
Seven major categories of IT gear to post double-digit growth in 2002
Taiwan’s CD-RW drive unit shipments will more than triple and six other major categories of IT products will post double-digit... -
Ritek, CMC Magnetics set to start CD-R production in China in 3Q
Ritek said its new factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province (China) is on track to begin production, denying market rumors that... -
PIDA: CD-R disc demand to ease this year
Worldwide demand for CD-R discs is forecast to ease in 2002 after years of staggering growth, rising 12.3% from last... -
CD-ROM drives still going strong
CD-ROM drives will account for 42% of the estimated 188 million worldwide shipments of computer drives this year, followed by... -
Columbia TriStar Renews Contract to Use Macrovision's DVD Copy Protection
Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN) announced today that Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., has signed a... -
Sony loses ModChip case in Australia!
Owners of PlayStation consoles who modify their machines to play games bought overseas have had a win in the Federal... -
Chip sets seen lowering DVD recorder costs
Cheaper DVD recorders may not be under the tree this Christmas, but Taiwan chip makers hope to make the consumer... -
InPhase Technologies receives R&D100 fOR high performance Holographic recording media
InPhase Technologies, the leader in holographic data storage development, today announced that it has won R&D Magazine's 2002 R&D 100... -
Settec introduces a new, updated Alpha-Audio copy protection
Settec, Inc., a Korean copy protection provider, has recently introduced new version of Alpha Audio copy protection, called M3 Type,...