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• ACARD Releases S/W & H/W for Data Backup in the Era of Blu-ray

  “The newest recording software Ha! DVD Burner and the hardware Copy Controller support the Blu-ray recording technology and offer various applications.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-21
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  Sunday, September 24, 2006

• LG: No go on combo of Blu-ray, HD DVD

  “Cnet reports that LG spokenman refused any rumours about a combo drive that would support both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD movies, at least at the near future” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-20
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• Warner Considers DVD/HD DVD/Blu-Ray Hybrid Disc

  “According to a patent filled by Warner at the U.S. Patent Office, the company is considering of creating a multilayer optical disc, which consists of several layers, including at least one layer conforming to a first format, and a second layer conforming to a second format. The formats can include CD, DVD, HD and BD formats.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-19
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• Sony Blu-ray Disc Drive Available in Europe

  “Sony Europe's IT Peripherals division has launched of its first Blu-ray Disc (BD) drive retail kit for PCs, available for 949 euros including VAT.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-18
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• Blu-Ray Disc Association Updates BD-RE and BD-R Format Specifications

  “The Blu-Ray Disc Association released the BD-RE format specifications version 3, and the BD-R format specifications version 2.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-15
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• Warner Home Video Makes a Triple-Play in Three Formats With Release of The Lake House

  “Marks the first Title to be simultaneously released on standard DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-14
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• Panasonic DMR-BW200 and DMR-BR100 Blu-ray Digital Recorder

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  Panasonic announces the DMR-BW200 and DMR-BW100 Blu-ray disc recorder with hard-drives in Japan.
  
  
  The Panasonic DMR-BW200 comes with a 500GB HDD and the DMR-BW100 comes with a 200GB hard-drive. When recording HDTV a 200GB hard-drive becomes very smal...

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• Audio/Video: Sony unveils prototype hybrid Blu-ray, headphones, Bluetooth devices

  “Sony held the "Dealer Convention 2006" on the 13th, and Impress Watch was of course on hand to see what they had available. The company demonstrated several of their Blu-ray products, including a hybrid recorder with both hard drive and Blu-ray drive, as well as new Sugo Roku recorders, new LocationFree products, and new cameras and projectors. (pictures in this article).
  
  
  
  Also shown by the company were several new audio products including several new models of headphones. Perhaps more interesting was the "HWS-NEW" Bluetooth unit that can act as both a transmitter and a receiver. They also showed a few models of headphones that could be used wirelessly, an a transmitter called the "TMR-NEW." Finally, they showed the "SRS-NEW" 2ch Bluetooth speakers. Pictures of all the above products are available here” source: 'Techjapan'
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• CD-writer.com Ltd agrees to transfer .EU to MicroBoards Technology

  After several months of negotiations between the two companies CD-writer.com Ltd processed the transfer of www.microboards.eu to MicroBoards Technology Ltd. MicroBoards UK had previously failed to register the domain name within the allowed control period thus allowing third partys and no-trademark holders to register any un-registered domain. Fortunately Microboards Technology Ltd (the UK are of MicroBoards) benefited from the fact that their technology and business partner CD-writer.com Ltd registered the name on their behalf.
  

  
  Nic Ranshaw MD of CD-writer.com Ltd had this to say, "When we saw that the MicroBoards domain name was unregistered we had only one option. At CD-writer.com we pride ourselves on our proactive approach to the internet and if we see an opportunity we take it. Our intention was never to warehouse the MicroBoards domain name and we recognised that Microboards would be gratefull that the name had been secured by a friendly party". Ranshaw continued, "We would like to think that the goodwill represented by CD-writer.com by securing and transferring the domain to MicroBoards without cost will help to strengthen the relationship between our two companies".
  

  
  No one from MicroBoards Technology was available for comment.
  

  
  CD-writer.com Ltd are the UK's largest independent supplier of CD and DVD Duplicators, Publishers and Printers.

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  Thursday, September 21, 2006

• CD-writer.com Ltd agrees to transfer .EU to MicroBoards Technology

  After several months of negotiations between the two companies CD-writer.com Ltd processed the transfer of www.microboards.eu to MicroBoards Technology Ltd. MicroBoards UK had previously failed to register the domain name within the allowed control period thus allowing third partys and no-trademark holders to register any un-registered domain. Fortunately Microboards Technology Ltd (the UK are of MicroBoards) benefited from the fact that their technology and business partner CD-writer.com Ltd registered the name on their behalf.
  

  
  Nic Ranshaw MD of CD-writer.com Ltd had this to say, "When we saw that the MicroBoards domain name was unregistered we had only one option. At CD-writer.com we pride ourselves on our proactive approach to the internet and if we see an opportunity we take it. Our intention was never to warehouse the MicroBoards domain name and we recognised that Microboards would be gratefull that the name had been secured by a friendly party". Ranshaw continued, "We would like to think that the goodwill represented by CD-writer.com by securing and transferring the domain to MicroBoards without cost will help to strengthen the relationship between our two companies".
  

  
  No one from MicroBoards Technology was available for comment.
  

  
  CD-writer.com Ltd are the UK's largest independent supplier of CD and DVD Duplicators, Publishers and Printers.

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• Sony to Launch Blu-ray Recorder in Japan by Dec

  “Sony said on Wednesday it will launch a DVD recorder using Blu-ray technology by the end of the year in Japan, fortifying its lineup of high-definition optical disc products.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-13
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  Monday, September 18, 2006

• If At First Your DRM Doesn't Succeed, Try, Try Again

  “ The world's largest DVD manufacturer is bragging that a new RFID-based solution for DVDs will stop piracy and copying -- ignoring the fact that the list of DRM technologies people haven't been able to break or circumvent is pretty short. The company says that new Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players will check the tags, and refuse to play discs that don't match the players' geographic region setting. Sound familiar? That's because current DVD players have a similar sort of region encoding, which -- surprise surprise -- is pretty easily circumvented by a number of means. What's a little more striking is that the company isn't concerned about the impact this will have on its sales, as consumers won't particularly enjoy being asked to pay more for new products with which they can do less than existing ones. Why should they shell out for products that offer content providers more ways to restrict what they can do? Compare this to companies that do good business in selling DVD players based on their region-free status, or because they can be easily modified to play discs from anywhere in the world: people buy their products because they allow them to do more than similar, but locked down, ones. All this effort at coming up with new DRM isn't just a bad business decision, it's also an exercise in futility, as a single hacker is proving to Microsoft by continuing to break its PlaysForSure DRM as the company tries to patch it. It should also be noted that region-restricting DVDs doesn't have a whole lot to do with piracy (what pirate would bother to include such DRM on their product, thereby limiting their potential market?), it's about stifling the export of DVDs from one area to another. This lets movie studios better control prices around the world, by making it slightly more difficult -- but not impossible -- for consumers to play out-of-region DVDs. But movie studios and other content providers don't want to face up to the fact that it's consumers' dissatisfaction with their business models that leads them to try to find products at lower prices. After all, why confront the truth when it's so much easier to paint it as a technology problem, and just order up yet another form of DRM? ” source: 'Techdirt' 2006-09-15
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• 20th Century Fox Announces First Blu-ray Titles

  “Film studio Twentieth Century Fox announces its first eight movie titles that it will publish on the new DVD format called Blu-ray and which will be on sale by November.
  
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  Friday, September 08, 2006

• Blu-ray Camp to Offer 75 Software Titles in Japan

  “Movie and music providers supporting the Blu-ray high-definition optical disc standard said on Tuesday they would offer an initial batch of 75 software titles in Japan, in an effort to woo customers in a format battle for next generation DVD technologies.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-08-29
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• Sony's Blu-ray Player Available Late 2006

  “Sony said it plans to release a player in Japan after October, giving Toshiba at least a six-month head start.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-08-30
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• Pioneer Plans Blu-ray and HD DVD Hybrid Drive

  “Pioneer presented plans for upcoming Blu-Ray burners at the IFA 2006, saying that that they are planning a hybrid drive that can play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs for 2007.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-09-01
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• Studios Announce More Blu-ray Titles

  “Film studios Twentieth Century Fox and a MGM Home Entertainment announced a series of new Blu-Ray movie releases, available in November.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-08-31
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• TDK Stores 200GB With New Blue-Laser Disc Technology

  “TDK has reached a landmark in the development of recordable Blue-Laser technology, achieving a groundbreaking capacity of 200GB. TDK's new technology doubles the capacity of TDK's existing 100GB Blu-ray prototype.” source: 'CDRinfo' 2006-08-31
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