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General Electric creates new 500GB holographic disc
By utilizing a holographic recording technique that it calls "micro-holographic storage," General Electric researchers have managed to cram some 500GB of data onto an optical disc the size of a DVD.
ALSO NOTED: Beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 released;Toshiba could lose $1 billion as a result of HD DVD;
> Microsoft acquires desktop virtualization management software firm.
ALSO NOTED: Dell to refresh OptiPlex desktops; An interview with Apple VP Phil Schiller;
> Geek pr0n: taking apart the new iPod Nanos and Classics.
ALSO NOTED: HP to buy Neoware for $334 million; Windows Home Server RC1 gets tested;
> The Apple Bluetooth headset gets unboxed. Photos > HP to buy Neoware for $334 million.
ALSO NOTED: HP to buy Neoware for $334 million; Windows Home Server RC1 gets tested;
> The Apple Bluetooth headset gets unboxed. Photos > HP to buy Neoware for $334 million.
ALSO NOTED: Intel preps quad-core mobile chip; Jobs to only speak for 1.5 hours after all;
> Intel is prepping a quad-core chip for high-performance laptops. That's gonna be one hot tamale.
Sony/NEC ready Blu-ray burners
Optiarc, a joint venture between Sony and NEC, has unveiled five new desktop and laptop drives for the storage gluttons among us. In a move that will surprise no one, they're all Blu-ray burners,
Hitachi-LG to unite Blu Ray and HD DVD in PC drive
As you'll recall, LG brought us the world's first Blu Ray/HD DVD combo player for the living
HD DVD, Blu Ray format war over?
Has a clear victor already emerged in the war for high-definition optical disc supremacy? A not-so-impartial judge seems to think so: Sony. Citing sales statistics from January, Sony claims that Blu Ray discs outsold the other guys by a factor of 2:1. Sony also sold more Blu Ray players during the month--thanks no doubt to the PS3 Trojan Horse game console. Finally, Sony shipped 25 Blu Ray titles during the month of January while HD DVD only saw 11 new releases. "We have …
HD DVD and Blu Ray copy protection cracked
It was bound to happen sooner or later (but probably sooner): mere months after the the hackers over at the Doom9 forums discovered volume keys for decrypting individual Blu Ray and HD DVD discs , they've also unearthed the processing key that's used to encrypt all HD DVD and Blu Ray films. What does this mean for the movie industry? Well, it means that with the right tools, you can now …
