Topic: News

Following price increases by first-tier optical disc makers in Taiwan, second-tier makers including Prodisc Technology, Gigastorage and Lead Data all raised prices of their CD-R discs by 3-8% since the beginning of this month, according to sources.

Pioneer is expected to release its second generation of Blu-Ray drives as well as a series of red-laser DVD burners in the following months.

The first of Europe's gamers got their hands on Nintendo's new video games console on Friday after stores across Europe opened their doors at midnight to end die-hard fans' long wait for a Wii.

Copyright criminals in Britain must face far tougher regulation to protect the entertainment industry, a government report says.

News stateside suggests that a bad year for Sony has taken a festive upturn as the outfit's bottom line has been bolstered by a sudden demand for flat panel televisions and digital cameras.

UK TV Channel 4 is launching a download service to allow punters to download its shows online.

A week after Windows Vista's official launch hackers have devised their first attack, targeting pirates trying to install illegal copies of Microsoft's operating system.

A long-term study, carried out by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, has found no increased incidence of cancer among mobile phone users.

More than 2,000 pirate DVDs and CDs have been seized from a suspected DIY counterfeiting factory.

Counterfeit versions of Sony's DW-G120A, a 16x Super Multi DVD burner, have been found in Beijing, according to industry sources in Taiwan. In response, Sony Taiwan indicated that no such knockoffs of Sony DVD burners have been found in the Taiwan market.

Toshiba claims another industry first by becoming the first hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturer to reach the 100GB milestone for small form factor, 1.8-inch hard disk drives.

Sony has updated the PS3 firmware to ver 1.3, the update includes support for the upcoming BD Remote controller which goes on sale in Japan tomorrow.

A man convicted of recording films using a camcorder in cinemas has been sentenced in the US to seven years in jail. The man was the first to be charged in a nationwide campaign against video piracy.

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Provider of Digital Rights Management kit, Secure Digital Container, has today announced plans to bring next-gen DRM gear to over a hundred different mobile devices.

BT said it expects to sign up hundreds of thousands of subscribers for its Vision TV over broadband service within the year, with two to three million subscribing in the medium term.

A British man who traded counterfeit DVDs on the internet auction site eBay has been fined £55,000.

Leading Taiwanese optical disc drive ODD makers, including BenQ, Asustek Computer and Lite-On IT, have reduced Taiwan retail prices of their external 16x DVD burners by an average of over 20% to around NT$2,000 (US$61, £31), but despite the price cut, internal drives are still expected to remain the mainstream.

The Japan Recording-Media Industries Association, announced its forecasts for global demand and production of recording media products based on its estimates for 2006.

The newest console from Sony, the PlayStation 3 (PS3), is in high demand around the world.