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Consumer & Gadgets Apr 27, 2006

HD DVD titles emerge in marketplace

For the most part, major changes are never planned for. They just happen. This is especially true with technology, the next generation of DVD players and titles having been quietly released this month.

Mar 29, 2006

Panasonic heats up next-generation DVD war (Update)

The Panasonic brand maker said Wednesday it will start selling its first Blu-ray high-definition DVD player in North America in September as electronics makers prepare to go to battle over two rival formats.

Jan 11, 2006

The Web: 'Digital home' comes of age

The "digital home" came of age in the last year as global revenues from sales of Internet-related products surged past the $100 billion mark for the first time, experts tell United Press International's The Web.

Jan 5, 2006

Panasonic develops world's biggest plasma TV

The Japanese maker of the Panasonic brand today announced it has developed a prototype of a 103-inch (2.6 meter) plasma display panel with 1080p (progressive) HDTV resolution. The prototype can deliver more than two million ...

Dec 27, 2005

Pioneer to Ship PC-Based Blu-ray Disc Drive in Q1 2006

Pioneer Electronics today announced one of the industry’s first Blu-ray Disc computer drives. The new BDR-101A will utilize shorter wavelength blue lasers in order to store up to 25 gigabytes of information on a single ...

Sep 29, 2005

Sony continues DVD battle with Toshiba

The beginning of the end of the global DVD war may be looming, but Sony is far from conceding defeat. What's more, its business allies have remained loyal to the Japanese electronics giant despite some industry analysts expecting ...

Sep 9, 2005

Dolby Debuts Dolby TrueHD, 'Picture-Perfect' Sound for Next-Generation HD Discs

Dolby Laboratories announced its latest advancement in lossless audio technology, Dolby TrueHD, which is designed to complement the recent developments in high-definition optical disc formats. With Dolby TrueHD, home theater ...

Nanomaterials Jul 25, 2023

A nano switchable polar column system that allows high-density data storage

In today's world of digital information, an enormous amount of data is exchanged and stored on a daily basis.

Optics & Photonics Feb 2, 2021

Say goodbye to the dots and dashes to enhance optical storage media

Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored "digital characters" to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will help with the explosion of remote ...

Materials Science Nov 24, 2020

AI algorithm identifies new compound potentially useful for photonic devices, biologically inspired computers

When the words "artificial intelligence" (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots that perform tasks without needing any help from humans. Now, a multi-institutional team including ...

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