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For the past few months, Amazon has been linking to a Blu-ray informational website hosted by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in their Blu-ray Disc Store. The webpage offers basic information on Blu-ray and its capabilities; it contains enough information to answer the questions of anyone looking to enter into the high definition movie arena. Fox has now moved this page to its own dedicated website: PerfectHiDef.com.As many of you know, Fox has pushed back the release of many of their Blu-ray titles. While it is rumored that Mr. & Mrs. Smith will ship in June, its unknown when other postponed titles will show up. Add a comment
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BenQ's Board of Directors convened today to approve a plan to spin-off its branded business. The plan is a continuation of BenQ Group’s “Dual Core Competency Strategy”, which is to focus on the core competencies of brand & services and manufacturing & technology to maximize competitiveness and efficiency. After the spin-off, BenQ Corporation will be renamed Jia Da Corporation (temporary translation) and the spun-off company is scheduled to succeed the name of BenQ Corporation. The spun-off company will be a 100% owned subsidiary of Jia Da Corp. and the change is expected to elevate the operating efficiency and strengthen business competence of the BenQ Group.The spin-off plan still needs to be approved by BenQ's shareholders. If approved, the spin-off is expected to take place on September 1, 2007. More information is available on BenQ's website. Add a comment
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Axiom M3ti Bookshelf Speaker @FuturelooksAdd a comment
Gigabyte Aurora 570 Black Tower ATX Computer Case @Tweaknews.net
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500GB External Hard Drive @ThinkComputers.org
Samsung CLP-300 Colour Laser Printer @The TechZone
Kingston KHX9600D2K2/1GB Memory Kit @HardwareLogic
nForce 680i SLI vs. RD600 @ChileHardware
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Plasmon (LSE: PLM), the trusted source in archiving systems, today announced the launch of their second-generation UDO2 (Ultra Density Optical) archival storage solutions. UDO2 drives and media will be generally available at the end of April and the full range of UDO Archive Appliances and G-Series UDO libraries will be available by the end of May 2007. Plasmon has recently announced an £8m ($16m) new fundraising to support increased promotional activities and raise market awareness of UDO2 archive solutions.If you'd like to read more, Plasmon's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Building on the success of UDO1 blue-laser storage technology, 60GB UDO2 offers customers double the capacity and a 50 percent performance increase over first generation UDO products. In combination with Plasmon’s flagship UDO Archive Appliance, customers can now consolidate and scale their archives from 1TB to over 76TB in a single Archive Appliance.
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No word on price yet. However, the PX-AV200U is scheduled to ship in May 2007. More information is available on Plextor's website. Add a comment
Transfer analogue footage to DVD easily and cost-effectively - from VHS tapes and footage captured on an analogue camcorder. Plextor's new ConvertX PX-AV200U is a digital video converter with the emphasis on ease of use.
Plextor's ConvertX preserves old and treasured analogue footage by digitising it for posterity. Everything is included to get consumers up and running immediately - simply plug it into a PC via USB, attach the analogue source and let the powerful software do the hard work. It enables editing of digital files, creating Hollywood-style movies including professional transitions and titles, and sharing of CDs, video CDs and DVDs with family and friends.
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Super Talent T1000UX2G4 2GB PC2-8000 Memory Kit @ThinkComputers.orgAdd a comment
Tuniq 3 Case @HardwareLogic
Razer Tarantula Keyboard @DV Hardware
ViewSonic VX2245wm Black 22" Widescreen LCD w/ ViewDock @Tweaknews.net
Crucial 2GB Kit ECC DDR2-533/PC2-4200 Memory @Redaktion ocinside.de
Thermalright HR-03 Plus VGA Heatsink @Madshrimps
Spire Rocketeer VI - SLI Series SP-600W PSU @Metku.net
ASUS M2A-VM HDMI (AMD 690G) Motherboard @HardwareZone
Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1000W @Overclockers Online
A-Data PD7 4GB Flash Drive @BCCHardware
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Sony Shiroishi Semiconductor Inc. (hereafter Sony Shiroishi), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation (hereafter Sony), today announced that as of March 2007, cumulative shipments of laser diodes have reached 2 billion units since it started production in 1986.Sony also plans to ship a low cost (~$8) blue-violet laser diode for Blu-ray Disc players in June. If you'd like to read more, the entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
As of April 2007, Sony Shiroishi has also established industry-leading monthly production capacity of 1.7 million blue-violet laser diodes, offering a comprehensive product lineup of blue-violet laser diodes for the wide-ranging needs of external customers as well as for use in Sony products. Furthermore, with Sony Shiroishi scheduled to start mass production of high-power output 240mw diodes from November this year, Sony and Sony Shiroishi will continue to stand at the forefront of the technological development and market for laser diodes going forward.
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Sony said the problem was due to an update of its ARccOS copy-protection system, an additional layer of protection meant to prevent ripping. The studio has included ArccOS on its DVDs for the past two years. The copy-protection is continually updated to keep ahead of hackers.While I'm sure this will give Sony haters one more reason to go off, you have to give the company credit for making things right. It's too bad they didn't do the same with the whole rootkit debacle. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
"Recently, an update that was installed on approximately 20 titles was found to cause an incompatibility issue with a very small number of DVD players (Sony has received complaints on less than one thousandth of one percent of affected discs shipped)," the company said in a statement. "Since then, the ARccOS system has once again been updated, and there are no longer any playability problems."
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Netgear Wireless-N RangeMax Package @BCCHardware.com
In Win Alpha 360 mATX Case @ThinkComputers.org
Flexiglow Cyber Snipa Tracer Mousepad @Tweaknews.net
Cooler Master GeminII @Overclockers Online
Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 @BlueTomorrow.com
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Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Computer Speaker System @Tweaknews.net
Lexmark P450 Compact Photo Printer With CD Burner @Bigbruin.com
Sapphire Pure Innovation HDMI PI-AM2RS690MHD (AMD 690G) @HardwareZone
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS @HardwareZone
ECS NF650iSLIT-A vs. MSI P6N Platinum @ChileHardware
