Intel's Optical Tech May Arrive Next Year By Kevin Parrish Intel's Light Peak technology--slated to debut in Q1 2010--could combine current connectors such as USB, HDMI, and Ethernet using fiber optics.
Asus Delivering Blu-ray via USB By Kevin Parrish A cool, upcoming Blu-ray drive uses only a single USB connection.
Report: Toshiba to Launch Blu-ray Player By Jane McEntegart We all remember the great format war that was HD DVD versus Blu-ray, and we all know how it turned out. However, it seems Toshiba could finally be about to concede defeat and release a Blu-ray player later this year.
QOTD: How Often Do You Backup Your Data? By Marcus Yam In this case, being backed up is a good thing.
Calvin Klein Making Optical Storage Solution By Marcus Yam Sunglasses that conceal a 4 GB USB stick is not quite what we mean by 'optical storage,' but ok.
Sony Optiarc: Piloting Blu-ray Through the Crisis By Patrick Schmid Blu-ray adoption is still unsatisfying, price wars eliminated profit margins and the crisis hit hard. In a short interview with Sony Optiarc we learned their about their recipe to succeed.
Blu-ray Growing, but 58% Still Confused By Marcus Yam Some people still think standard-def DVD is "good enough" compared to Blu-ray Disc.
CBHD is China's Own Blu-ray Disc By Marcus Yam Selling any sort of media is tough in China due to piracy.
GE's Holographic Storage to Yield 500 GB Discs By Jane McEntegart General Electronics this week announced a breakthrough in holographic storage technology which could allow us to store up to 500 GB of data on one disc. In other words, ten Blu-ray Discs in one.
Pioneer Offers 8x Dual-Layer Blu-ray Writer By Kevin Parrish Earlier today, Pioneer introduced the BDR-2203, its internal 8x dual-layer Blu-ray writer, however general consumers may tremble at the knees by the sight of its monstrous pricetag.
OCZ Jumps On Mac Hardware Bandwagon By Devin Connors OCZ is adding Mac compatible solid state drives to its Vertex series of SSDs, and also debuted several different Apple specific memory kits.
LaCie Blu-ray Burns at 8x By Kevin Parrish For a whopping $449.99, you too can own the luxurious LaCie d2 Blu-ray drive, capable of writing up to eight times standard data writing rates.
World's First Portable Blu-ray Player By Marcus Yam Panasonic at CES introduced the world’s first portable Blu-ray Disc player. Sure, Blu-ray on-the-go isn’t completely new thanks to high-end laptops, but this one’s purpose-built for watching movies.
Samsung Shows Sexy Looking Blu-ray Player By Marcus Yam Samsung's new Blu-ray player looks like a space-age device.
Blu-ray Discs That Play in DVD Player Revealed By Amos Ngai Japanese developer Pony/Canon has successfully created a Blu-ray hybid disc that will work in standard definition DVD players.