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  • Intel P965, Microsoft Vista to boost adoption of SATA optical drives
    November 28, 2006 – 11:32 AM
    Intel's P965 chipset and Microsoft's Vista operating system are expected to speed up adoption of SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) and displace ATAPI (ATA packet interface) as the mainstream interface standard for optical drives in the second half of 2007, according to optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers in Taiwan.
  • Nano-optical switches to restore sight?
    November 6, 2006 – 3:20 PM
    Californian researchers are now using light to control biological nanomolecules and proteins.
  • AIST develops optical control device structure for quantum computers
    December 19, 2005 – 7:00 PM
    The Ultrafast Optoelectronic Devices Group of the Photonics Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed a basic structure of an optical control device for use in quantum computers.
  • Taiwan optical disc makers: OEM prices of 4x, 8x DVD discs drop to below cost
    November 17, 2004 – 10:12 AM
    Anticipating that 16x DVD+R/-R discs will soon become the mainstream optical-disc product, leading optical-disc makers have begun lowering OEM quotations for 8x DVD+R/-R discs to US$0.30 and for 4x DVD+R/-R discs to US$0.22-0.24, which is lower than production cost for other makers as the price of the key component polycarbonate (PC) has been driven up to US$3.1 per kilogram, according to Taiwan optical-disc makers.
  • DVD Formats Expected To Remain Optical Storage Mainstream Over Next 3-5 Years
    February 22, 2008 – 9:38 AM
    Although Blu-ray Disc (BD) has won the blue-laser format war, the current mainstream status of red-laser DVD formats, including +R/-R and +RW/-RW, in the global storage market will continue over the next three to five years, according to representative director Koki Aizawa for the Rewritable Products Promotion Initiative (RW PPI) under the Japan-based DVD Forum.

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  • Optical Mice: The Fall/Winter Collection
    October 26, 2001 – 1:06 PM
    Only 59 shopping days to Christmas so, it's safe to start thinking about treating yourself to a bag full of goodies. This week we take a look at the optical mouse, both from a gamers and general user perspective.
  • Optical Mice: Microsoft and Logitech
    October 20, 2003 – 1:02 PM in Build Your Own
    The optical mouse sector has become a two-rat rat race, dominated by Microsoft and Logitech. We tested MS' and Logitech's newest and brightest gear to counter marketing hype with hard testing data. We also threw in for good measure performance results for the Razer Boomslang, touted by Terratec as the latest and greatest gaming mouse. For those of us who don't know enough about what optical mice benchmarks mean, but are afraid to ask, we have included an optical mice tutorial.
  • Magneto-Optical Storage: Fujitsu DynaMO 1300 Pocket
    April 16, 2004 – 1:00 PM
    Fujitsu claims that hard drives, writeable DVDs and tape drives fall far short for viable and safe backups. So what is the alternative? The DynaMO 1300 U2 Pocket magneto-optical storage system, Fujitsu says.

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