OQO announced a long overdue update to their Model 01 ultrapersonal computer earlier today. As its name suggests, the new model 01+ isn

According to the DVD Forum, the standardization of the HD DVD-ROM/-R/RW and the HD DVD hybrid disks has been completed, as well as for the 8cm HD DVD-ROM. Note that the HD DVD-R is a write once disc, while the HD DVD-RW is more aligned with DVD-RAM media, since it will be a Random Access […]

According to a website report, AOpen plans to introduce its first line of internal and external PC-based Blu-ray optical drives in the Asian market by the end of November. However, although the Taiwanese company will be among the OEM partners of the core manufacturers of Blu-Ray ODDs, the November launching plans are rather optimitic, at […]

Samsung just unveiled a killer DMB (Digital Media Broadcasting) player, the YM-PD1 (YM-P1 pictured right) complete with video recording and TV-out capabilities. YM-PDI giving you DVDish quality satellite TV wherever you might happen to be, as long as that place doesn

Microsoft has broken off licensing talks with the four global music companies, raising questions about the software giant’s plans to start a subscription-based music service, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. The paper reported negotiations broke down Friday over what Microsoft considered high royalty rates sought by EMI Group Plc , Warner […]

Taiwanese manufacturer PQI has rolled out two new portable media players, the mTRIX and the mPack 600. The mTRIX is yet another small flash player, with a 2-inch screen, total dimensions of 2.69-inches x 2.68-inches x 1.01-inches and a whopping 32MB of built-in memory (it includes an SD slot). The mPACK 600 is an update […]

Recently published patents at the US Patent & Trademark Office could bring some light to the so-called “ROM Mark” protection layer of the Blu-Ray format. Both HD DVD and Blu-Ray formats use the Advanced Access Contest System (AACS), in order to protect their data from unathorized replication, in an attempt to fight forgery. However, the […]

The Blu-Ray camp has defended the Blu-ray DVD format following the news that Intel and Microsoft are putting their considerable weight behind Toshiba’s HD-DVD. Sony and Philips representatives believe that there will be ‘no impact’ from decision by Intel and Microsoft to back rival format. Sony insisted that there would be “no impact” from Microsoft’s […]

The company behind the popular peer-to-peer network eDonkey has announced that the site is to shut down. In a testimony to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Sam Yagan, president of MetaMachine, said that he had informed the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that he would cease to support the network. full text: http://cdrinfo.com/Sections/…

Amoi Electronics and Sichuan Changhong Electric, the two top DVD player manufacturers in China have voiced support for the HD-DVD format. This marks the first victory for the HD-DVD group in their competition with the Blu-ray Disc (BD) group led by Sony. The major reason that has led the Chinese DVD manufacturers to support the […]

We always thought the whole idea of spending time outdoors was to commune with nature, to get away from it all. But we suppose if you must bring your television outside with you, it makes sense to get one that

Apple and the major record labels have been cruising towards a confrontation over iTunes Music Store pricing for months now, and one label head, namely Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman is responding angrily to Stevie J

It was a rough week of hazing, but it looks like both Microsoft and Intel successfully rushed and are going to be accepted as full members of the HD DVD Promotion Group. We figured these guys would at least make a pretense of staying neutral in this dogfight, but in their press release Microsoft veep […]

Well, Toshiba is totally riding high today

Sandisk unveiled the a new memory chip, contained on a storage card, which features a built-in security that prevents illegal copying. The TrustedFlash Micro SD memory cards could enable strict controls on intellectual property and at the same time, easy transfering of digital content to be to cell phones, music players, computers and other gadgets. […]