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While Blu-ray sales got off to a rocky start this year, Futuresource Consulting is projecting that consumers in the U.S. will buy more than 45 million Blu-ray discs in 2008. Futuresource also projects that Blu-ray will account for 40-50% of video disc sales by 2012 and will outsell DVD in the U.S. market.
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MemoTrek Technologies recently announced the launch of its new "eco-friendly" USB flash drive. Fusing ancient Asian values with modern state of the art technology, the "Woody Bamboo" features a carved wooden bamboo casing and up to 4GB of high-speed NAND flash memory.
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This new product, named "Woody Bamboo", has just recently been launched, and with its eco-friendliness and exquisite minimalist design it's about to become one of the flagship products of the company, and stands out among their exclusively designed Customized USB Flash Drives.

Exclusively made out of hardened and extremely durable bamboo, this wooden USB flash drive blends traditional Eastern influences with modern technology: encapsulated in a solid and beautifully carved wooden bamboo casing, a high-speed NAND flash memory from Hynix is ready to conceive important corporate data, such as company presentations or sales movies, and securely store this data for many years. Because of the long life-span of bamboo, the plant was treated as a symbol for longevity in ancient China.

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The legal battle between Philips and Princo has been going on for as long as I can remember. While both companies have had their share of victories, the latest round has gone in favor of Philips. According to DigiTimes, a local court in Taiwan has ordered Princo to pay Philips $21.1 million for CD-R licensing.
A local court in Taiwan, on August 15, announced its judgment that Princo, a Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, must pay Royal Philips Electronics a total of 2.354 billion yen (US$21.1 million) for CD-R licensing. The fees are due for the period from the fourth quarter of 1997 to the fourth quarter of 1999 plus interest for delayed payment, according to Princo's filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on August 18. Princo has decided to appeal, the company stressed.
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The SATA-IO announced this week that it will be demonstrating implementations of its new SATA Revision 3.0 specification at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). The 3.0 spec boosts transfer rates to 6 Gbits/second and offers new features such as data streaming and better power management. Best of all, the SATA-IO promises that the 3.0 spec will be backwards compatible with earlier SATA implementations.

A new specification for the popular Serial ATA storage interface will double the maximum transfer speed from three to six gigabits per second (Gb/s). This will enable large amounts of data to be moved at even faster rates, a key advantage as end-users amass ever-increasing amounts of high-resolution photos, videos, music and other multimedia files. Add a comment

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Following HD DVD's defeat, Toshiba announced that it was working on new upconverting technology that could deliver picture quality near that of Blu-ray. The company has finally unveiled its XDE, or "eXtended Detail Enhancement," technology. Available in Toshiba's new XD-E500 DVD player, XDE provides upconversion from 480i/p up to 1080p and offers user selectable picture enhancement modes that bring standard DVD quality closer to the HD experience.

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Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. ("Toshiba") today announces its new video enhancement technology for DVD with the introduction of the XD-E500. XDE, or "eXtended Detail Enhancement," is more than just DVD upconversion. XDE takes DVD picture quality to a whole new level. In addition to providing upconversion from 480i/p up to 1080p, XDE offers user selectable picture enhancement modes that allow for greater detail, more vivid colors and stronger contrast that bring standard DVD quality closer to the HD experience. XDE technology lets consumers enjoy their existing DVD libraries in a whole new way. Add a comment

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OCZ Technology recently announced its new OCZ Core Series V2 SATA II Solid State Drives (SSDs). Available in capacities up to 256GB, the Core V2 offers 170 MB/s read and 98 MB/s write speeds as well as an improved seek time of less than 0.2-0.3ms. OCZ's new SSDs also feature a mini-USB port which allows you to update the firmware to further enhance compatibility or performance with future platforms.
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Responding the demands of enthusiasts and high-performance mobile computing consumers, OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the newest addition to their industry-leading OCZ Core Series SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drives. The Core Series has established OCZ as a pioneer in the SSD market by offering consumers the benefits of solid drive technology at an affordable price. With the industry continuously shifting in this direction, OCZ strives to place its Core Series at the forefront.
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While the popularity of Blu-ray is on the rise, many consumers are still satisfied with the quality of standard DVDs. As a result, studios are having to come up with new ways to get them to go Blu-ray. According to Home Media Magazine, Paramount has launched a new promotion that will give a $10 rebate to those that upgrade select titles from DVD to Blu-ray Disc.
Paramount Home Entertainment is set to offer DVD collectors a $10 rebate when they upgrade select Paramount and DreamWorks titles to Blu-ray Disc.

Mail-in certificates will be available in the packages for Blu-ray copies of Transformers, The Godfather, Old School, Stardust, Sweeney Todd and Zodiac. To receive the $10 savings, consumers must fill out the certificate and include the proof-of-purchase tabs from both the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the title, along with the receipt for the Blu-ray version. The purchase must be made by Dec. 31, 2009, and rebate requests must be postmarked by Jan. 31, 2010.
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With its OEM contract with Asustek ending in July, Pioneer has expanded the production capacity of its two ODD factories in southern China. While Pioneer will produce its Blu-ray Disc drives in-house, DigiTimes is reporting that the company may outsource the production of older and less profitable models to manufacturers based in Taiwan.

Since the contract between Pioneer and Asustek Computer for ODM/OEM optical disc drive (ODD) production expired in July 2008, Pioneer is very likely to select one or more new ODM/OEM partners to make less profitable models, and the priority may be given to Taiwan-based makers, especially Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

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