-
Sony Europe announces DRU500A supporting DVD±R/RW formats!
Sony Semiconductor Electronic Solutions Europe launches the world’s first truly multi-format DVD ReWritable (DVD RW) drives to support the DVD+RW,... -
Mediatek posts strong sales for August
Mediatek saw a 20% sales gain in August from July, due to higher demand for its single chips used in... -
Roxio provides Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 series CD recording capability
Roxio announced that it is providing the CD recording capability for versions of Microsoft's new Windows Media Player 9 Series... -
CD manufacturers ordered to pay largest ever music piracy damages!
Two Brazilian CD manufacturers have been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay record companies over R$3 million (US$1m) in... -
SONY introduces first drives to support recording of popular DVD formats
Sony Electronics today introduced its Dual RW drives, the first combination drives for the PC to support the DVD+RW, DVD+R,... -
Recording industry faces music: CD prices may need to fall
Brace yourself to see something startling next time you go to a record store. You might see some reasonably priced... -
Plextor explains "The progress of writing"!
Plextor Europe posted recently, an interesting article that explains various elements of recording and what Plextor believes for high-speed reading/recording:... -
Calimetrics and Philips demonstrate 34 GB ML Rewritable System Using Blue Laser
These are some interesting news from the near past. Calimetrics and Philips, demonstrated the feasibility of ML technology to obtain... -
Toshiba Europe targets home movie makers with DVD-R/RW read/write DVD recorder
Toshiba Europe GmbH Storage Device Division today announced the SD-R5002 DVD-R/RW, a high quality optical disk drive that comes complete... -
NTI adds powerful new features to Backup Now! 3.0 Deluxe
NewTech Infosystems, Inc. (NTI) today announced NTI Backup NOW!® 3.0 Deluxe, the newest version of its award-winning backup and disaster... -
DaTARIUS buys CD Associates, Inc. assets
Orange County, 5th September 2002. DaTARIUS Technologies, manufacturers of test systems for the optical disc industry, is pleased to announce... -
Philips announces alliance with Intersil to make 4X DVD+R/+RW recording a reality
Royal Philips Electronics announced an alliance with Intersil Corporation to jointly develop a reference design based on a Philips chip... -
First specs of Sony's super combo DVD recorder!
The basic specs of Sony's new super combo DVD recorder have become known, at least to AVLand website. According to... -
New cube design DVD package for data recording to be released from Sept. 20th.
New large 3D picture cube design on packages to easily recognize disc for data recording. (The TDK cube is to... -
Primera Technology introduces "All-in-One" CD/DVD duplication and printing system
Primera Technology, Inc., the world's leading developer and manufacturer of CD/DVD disc duplication and printing equipment, announced its Bravo Disc... -
CD Associates ceased business operations!
CD Associates, one of the biggest manufacturers of CD/DVD testing equipement ceased all business operations on 4th of September. We... -
Test the DAE Quality of your drive!
The EAC people, have un-veiled a new testing method for checking the so called "DAE" quality of optical storage devices... -
CD-R disc makers ramp up China production
Taiwan’s three largest CD-R disc makers, after receiving Chinese government approval for their China facilities, are aiming to beef up... -
Microsoft debuts new Windows Media Player 9 series
This evening at the Hollywood and Highlands Complex, Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate beta availability of the new Windows Media... -
Pioneer Australia releases new CD & DVD recording kits
Pioneer Electronics has launched two new retail upgrade drive kits in response to the growing demand for drives offering both...