Sony Wants 50% Market Share for Blu-Ray Products |
Sony Corp. said on Monday it would like to dramatically boost its share on the market of Blu-ray disc (BD) supporting devices and would integrate Blu-ray optical drives into wider range of pro... |
Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-Fi 2 Incoming with Windows Vista Drivers Ready |
As many consumers are furious about the lack of fully-functional SoundBlaster X-Fi drivers for Windows Vista from Creative Technology, the company is quietly preparing to roll-out its new Soun... |
Ex-Executive of Microsoft Thinks Video Game Console Will Die in a Decade |
A high-ranking ex-executive of Microsoft Corp. said in an interview that dedicated video game consoles will face their dusk in five to ten years time. But while the claim may sound strange, it... |
Creative Labs: The Lack of Functionality Under Windows Vista Is Business Decision |
Creative Technology, the world’s leading supplier of discrete audio cards for personal computers, has been under fire for many months due to the lack of drivers for Windows Vista that ex... |
HD DVD Format Backers Dissovle Promo Group |
Following Toshiba Corp.'s cancellation of HD DVD support, other companies involved in promotion of the format have decided to cease their efforts as well. On the 28th of March the HD DVD promo... |
Blue Skies for Blu-Ray, Says THX |
THX, a Lucasfilm subsidiary, said on Friday that its chief scientist never said that the future of Blu-ray disc format in the movie industry was doomed. Instead, THX fully supports the Sony- a... |
Asustek Defends Its Software-Based Support of EAX Technologies |
Asustek Computer, a leading maker of computer hardware and notebooks, admitted in a statement on Thursday that accusations of Creative Technology regarding software-based support of video game... |
Too Late For Blu-Ray, Says THX |
Just when it became pretty clear that Blu-ray dic (BD) format will become dominant high-definition movie format in the coming years, a scientist from THX, a Lucasfilm-owned company that deals ... |
Creative Technology Claims That Asus Audio Cards Do Not Support EAX |
Asustek Computer, a leading maker of mainboards, graphics cards and other computer components, recently unveiled its new Xonar DX PCI Express 7.1 discrete audio card claiming that its new devi... |
Software Can Disable BD+ Copyright Protection on All Blu-Ray Discs |
Even though copyright protection technologies are meant to exclude possibilities of copying, they do so for a limited time only. Throughout the rest time of their lifespan such technologies us... |
BD Players by Denon, Panasonic and Philips Get DivX Certificate |
In an attempt to popularize Blu-ray disc (BD) players among consumers, several makers of these devices have decided to enabled playback of content encoded using DivX codec on their BD equipmen... |
Best Buy to Provide Gift Cards to HD DVD Onwers and Buy Back HD DVD Players from Customers |
Best Buy, a large retail chain in the U.S., this week announced trade-in plan under which customers who acquired HD DVD players from one of its stores can bring them back and receive a certain... |
Amazon Apologizes for Low Availability of Kindle |
Despite of skeptical expectations around the industry, Amazon Kindle device that enables people to read electronic books and texts faces unexpected demand that Amazon cannot meet. As a result ... |
Sony to Make PlayStation 3 the World's First Blu-Ray Profile Player in Days |
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that a new firmware for Sony PlayStation 3 game console will enable new Blu-ray playback capabilities. In particular, the PS3 will support Blu-ray... |
Apple Negotiates with Music Labels about iPod and iPhone with Lifetime iTunes Subscription |
Apple, a leading producer of portable digital media players, is reportedly in talks with music labels regarding a new business model under which buyers of certain iPod and iPhone devices will ... |