Topic: News

Plextor have launched their latest 20x DVD-ReWriter drive in two separate internal formats - the PX-820A is IDE/ATAPI and PX-820SA is SATA.

NEC expects to control over half the sales of Blu-ray products in the next two years by offering deep price cuts, which other companies have stated are necessary for the market to grow.

Radiohead has released the video to House of Cards, the latest single from the band's pay-what-you-want album In Rainbows on Google's Code site.

Sony and broadcaster Sky have finally televised details of their joint subscription TV-on-PSP service, which is now available to the portable console's punters.

The once familiar cry of peddlers selling pirate DVDs on the streets of Beijing is disappearing as the government finally acts on pledges to end the practice – at least until after the Olympics.

Disney's October Blu-ray release of “Sleeping Beauty” will showcase their new BD Live features, which are geared toward a generation of viewers that embraces interactivity and social networking.

Pioneer have unveiled the DVR-116D dual-format ATAPI DVD writer, the DVR-216D (SATA version) and the DVR-216 that adds DVD-RAM writing capabilities.

Seagate have unveiled wopping 1.5TB desktop and half-terabyte notebook hard drives, claiming industry firsts for both.

Cable & Wireless is blaming the crash of Sainsbury's website on thieves nicking the copper from a computer network centre run by the outfit.

Microsoft is expected to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model to $299 from $349, according to sources in the retail business.

Honestly, how many of you rip, copy, and burn your DVD rentals and then send them right back for another?

A new survey shows that roughly two-thirds of broadband households regularly use a PC to play music while at home, and one-third said they use a television to listen to music, equal to Mp3 players.

An anonymous source has passed along images of the Blackberry Thunder to blackberrysync, showing off its new OS and media player for the very first time.

Philips will stop producing new DVD recorders after 2009 because they are not profitable enough, according to Financieele Dagblad.

LightScribe DVDs are now available in red, orange, yellow, blue and green.

Samsung has begun mass producing 1.8- and 2.5-inch multi-level cell (MLC)-based solid state drives (SSD) with a 128 Gigabyte (GB) storage capacity.

CD and DVDs sales may be going down the dumper, but downloads of DRM-free music are going through the roof.

Fujitsu's vice president of business development has dismissed solid state hard drives (SSD) as pointless and says his outfit will not be making any for at least two years.

Half year figures from the British Video Association (BVA), which represents the video home entertainment market, show total DVD sales have risen 3.3 per cent compared with the same period a year ago.

Japanese consumer electronics maker Pioneer plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle.