HyCD’s play&record 1.3 – Product Announcement David Doering learning software is just too darn hard. All too often, I get my hands on a seemingly wonderful product, then discover that the bloated number of options on multiple screens, scant help, and lack of tech support make the product unusable. Sure, a techno-junkie like me can […]
Norsam introduces 165GB “Pancake Disc,” using particle beams instead of lasers – Brief Article Norsam Technologies, Inc. has announced the Norsam HD-ROM (High Density Read Only Memory) digital data storage system, a “write once, read many” product designed for electronic media users requiring compact storage and retrieval of large volumes of data. The HD-ROM is […]
software – Ahead Software’s Nero Burning ROM 5.0, HyCD’s HyCD PlayandRecord 3.1.0503 and Adaptec’s Toast 4.0 CD-ROM mastering software – Product Announcement Ahead Nero Burning ROM 5.0 Now Available Ahead Software has announced the release of Nero Burning ROM 5.0 CD recording software. New features in version 5.0 include the ability to write to more […]
And Justice For All: The Napster Chronicles – Company Business and Marketing Michelle Manafy Since digital music hit the Web, it has spawned Pandora’s boxes like Russian nesting dolls. Every time one box is opened, some controversial issue is unleashed and, the instant it seems controlled, another appears more tenacious than the last. Napster, digital […]
Prassi Software’s CD Right! Plus – compact disc recording software – Evaluation Robert A. Starrett There is something right about CD Right! and CD Right! Plus, a pair of recording programs from Prassi Software. You get this feeling right from the beginning. Maybe it’s the fact that the entire program comes on one floppy disk, […]
Smart and Friendly’s CD Rocket Mach 12 – Hardware Review – Evaluation Hugh Bennett Smart and Friendly never seems to have trouble eclipsing its past glories with its new recording bundles. The CD Rocket Mach 12 is no exception to the rule, being the first 12-speed CD recorder on the market. Propelling the Mach 12 […]
WATCHING THE TOWERS: stand alone CD DUPLICATION ROUNDUP Hugh Bennett although robotic disc-handling systems with integrated label printers may look cool and get all the attention at the trade shows, without a doubt, the Minivan of the CD duplication market is the standalone CD-R duplication tower. When it comes to straight-ahead, no-nonsense disc duplication, nothing […]
optibase’s DVD fab! xpress Jan Ozer While DVD authoring has conquered Hollywood, it hasn’t quite breached the boardrooms of corporate America. It shouldn’t be long, however, before DVD becomes pervasive in corporate sales, marketing, and training, as several trends are making DVD authoring and playback much more accessible. On the playback front, cheap DVD-Video drives […]
Kingston Technology forms NEW company, StorCase Technology Kingston Technology Company, Inc. announced plans to launch a new storage-dedicated company, StorCase Technology, formerly known as Kingston’s Storage Products Division. The company believes the move will give Kingston’s storage product line greater exposure and further reach into the growing international data storage market. “The formation of this […]
Pioneer proposes DVD-R/W – read and write format proposed for digital video disk standard – Brief Article Dana J. Parker Pioneer has unveiled a DVD-based rewritable format that promises to do what DVD-RAM, the Forum-approved rewritable specification for DVD, cannot: be readable on existing DVD read-only hardware. DVD-RAM isn’t the exception, since DVD+RW, MMVF, and […]