CMC Magnetics (HK) Limited has completed the internationally approved Anti-Piracy Compliance Program developed by the International Recording Media Association (IRMA)...

Creative Technology Ltd today announced several key breakthroughs in PC audio with the introduction of the new Sound Blaster® Audigy™...

The key patent for gallium nitride-based blue LEDs and laser diodes belongs to Nichia Corp., the Tokyo District Court ruled...

Intellikey Labs announced some days ago, the results of their study about DVD recordable/re-writable format compatibility "war". Pioneer hired Intellikey...

IFPI today announced the introduction of a new, optional logo that record companies may use to inform consumers that a...

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced a new red semiconductor laser diode (ML1XX20), supporting 140mW light output that enables writing up to...

The proposed increase of CD-R disc prices is taking a more definite shape in Taiwan, as two second-tier disc companies...

Gary Shapiro, CEO and president of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), urged the content community to work with, not against,...

Sonic Solutions announced today that Adaptec, Sonic's retail partner for its popular MyDVD software, is now shipping MyDVD Video Suite...

CenDyne Inc. is now shipping two new external DVD burners to major retailers in North America. The new DVD burners...

A music industry group has proposed a logo to identify CDs that include anti-copying features, saying the feature could help...

AOpen announced a new 48X recorder with the codename "CRW4850". The drive supports 48X writing, 12X re-writing, 50X reading, JustLink...

Pioneer Electronics said Tuesday that its DVD-rewritable drives overheat when recording on certain high-speed disks. Representatives from Pioneer Electronics USA,...

Computer companies, consumer electronics vendors and Hollywood studios have failed to meet a self-imposed deadline for agreeing to a watermarking...

After a long period of intense negotiations, agreement has been reached about the licensing conditions for Chinese DVD manufacturers for...

A US record company has issued reviewers with portable CD players that are glued shut to prevent two new albums...

Pioneer Corporation today announced that its DVD Recorder (DVR-7000) and DVD-R/RW writers (DVR-A03-J, DVR-A04-J, DVR-S303) may malfunction, if used with...

MedioStream today announced the release of neoDVDstandard 4.0 and neoDVDplus 4.0. The new versions of MedioStream's popular neoDVD suite of...

Oak Technology announced today that John Squire has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of Oak's Optical...

Hexalock, Ltd., a leader in CD-ROM copy protection technology and digital rights management solutions announced today the release of version...