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Samsung's New External DVD Drives are ThinJul 25, 2014 - in News
Samsung's new external DVD drives are very thin.
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Sony & Panasonic Optical Archival Disc Stores 300GB to 1TBMar 10, 2014 - in News
Sony and Panasonic talk more about their 300 GB optical disc.
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New Encoding Tech May Bring Billions of Color to Blu-rayJan 27, 2014 - in News
One company is looking to bring 12-bit color encoding to Blu-ray.
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4K Ultra HD Coming to Blu-rayJan 18, 2014 - in News
The BDA is currently working on a 4K/UHD format.
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Pioneer Intros External "Picture Frame" Blu-Ray BurnerNov 1, 2013 - in News
This external Blu-ray burner features a clear side for mounting photographs.
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Sony, Panasonic Developing 300GB+ Optical Disc StandardJul 30, 2013 - in News
Sony and Panasonic want a 300 GB optical disc by 2015.
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Tom's Guide: Tips for Living Without the Optical DriveJun 13, 2013 - in News
Check out Tom's Guide's latest article on surviving without an optical drive.
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SilverStone Releases Slim Slot-Loading Blu-ray Burner For Mini-ITX EnclosuresApr 22, 2013 - in News
Silverstone released a thin form factor Blu-Ray drive, which is no different from the alternatives except that it is slot-loading.
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Asus Releases Ultra-Slim External DVD Writer for UltrabooksMar 27, 2013 - in News
Asus has introduced its new SDRW-08U5S-U external DVD writer with details not found on more common competing products.
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Pioneer Rolls Out Portable Blu-ray DriveMar 17, 2013 - in News
Pioneer releases a sleek Blu-ray burner.
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Sony Will Cease Shipping MiniDisc Devices in MarchFeb 7, 2013 - in News
Sony will cease shipping MiniDisc devices in March.
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Rumor: Xbox Infinity Will Have Blu-ray, DVRNov 23, 2012 - in News
The Xbox Infinity may have a Blu-ray optical drive, DVR capabilities, 8 GB of RAM and more.
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Apple Says Optical Drives Were Holding It BackOct 30, 2012 - in News
Senior VP of global marketing stressed that competitors are afraid to ditch optical drives technology.
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Transcend Debuts 13.9-mm High Portable CD/DVD WriterOct 19, 2012 - in News
Here's the perfect companion to your Ultrabook or super-thin notebook that doesn't have a built-in DVD burner.
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Hitachi Says Data Lives Forever in Quartz GlassSep 24, 2012 - in News
Hitachi has found a way to store data in quartz glass.
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Sony Bailing Out of Optical Drive MarketAug 28, 2012 - in News
Sony is closing Sony Optiarc Inc. by March 2013 due to fierce competition.
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Fujitsu Recycles Old CDs and DVDs Into Notebook PCsAug 20, 2012 - in News
Finally putting those AOL trial discs to good use!
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IBM Patents Optical Disc With Embedded Flash MemoryAug 3, 2012 - in News
Just about when the HD wars were settled between HD DVD and Blu-ray, IBM submitted a patent for yet another disc format.
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Google: We Really Didn't Delete All Street View DataJul 27, 2012 - in News
Google has admitted that it hasn't completely eradicated the personal data it collected via Street View cars.
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Self-Assembling Chips Could Push Production LimitsJul 25, 2012 - in News
Researchers have found a way to enable the creation of circuitry with self-assembling rectangles.
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Asus Teases Stylish BDXL Burner with 6x Max WriteMay 15, 2012 - in News
Asus teased a new 6x Blu-ray burner supporting BDXL on Facebook.
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Samsung Intros ''World's Thinnest'' Optical Disc DriveApr 25, 2012 - in News
Here's the world's slimmest optical disc drive, ideal for ultrabooks without an optical drive, and tablets for watching movies on the go.
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Intel HDCP Cracked Using $350 Hardware KitNov 29, 2011 - in News
An FPGA development board was used in a man-in-the-middle attack in obtaining and transmitting an encrypted signal from an HDMI port.
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Useless Fact: Each Sperm Carries 37.5 MB of DNA DataNov 26, 2011 - in News
Did you know that each sperm carries the equivalent of 37.5 MB of DNA data? Imagine the throughput of hundreds of million sperm!
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Sony Announces External 100 GB Blu-ray BurnerOct 22, 2011 - in News
Sony just announced an external Blu-ray writer that is compatible with 100 GB BD XL discs.
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Flooding in Thailand Disrupts Tech Supply ChainOct 13, 2011 - in News
The ongoing severe flooding in Thailand appears to have impact on the availability on the overall supply in the region.
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Q2 HDD, SSD and ODD Shipments Climb SlightlyOct 13, 2011 - in News
Hard drive (HDD), optical disk drive (ODD) and solid state disk drive (SSD) manufacturers shipped 248.8 million storage devices in the second quarter of this year, 4.5% more than in Q1 and 5.6% more than in the second quarter of 2010, according to IHS.
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Three External USB And eSATA Blu-ray Burners TestedSep 5, 2011 - in Reviews
The advent of affordable, high-capacity media could bring a renaissance in optical storage, but only if the performance is adequate. We tested a few of today’s fastest drives with USB and eSATA connectivity to find out where this technology stands.
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Sony Vaio Z Has External Radeon Light Peak GPUJun 29, 2011 - in News
The best of both worlds for the roadwarrior and desktop replacement.
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Seagate Takes Over Samsung's HDD for $1.375bnApr 19, 2011 - in News
Samsung and Seagate this morning announced a “broad strategic alignment” that will see Seagate take over Samsung’s hard drive disk division.