U.S. antitrust regulators probing Sony unit Oct 27, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Sony Corp.'s U.S. subsidiary, Sony Optiarc America Inc., received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division seeking information about its optical disk drive business. The Japanese electronics giant said in a statement issued Oct. 23 that the Justice Department and agencies outside the U.S. are investigating competition in optical disk drives ... According to a the subpoena to Sony's subsidiary is part of a larger criminal antitrust investigation into the... (EETimes)
* Acer initiates worldwide recall of notebook lines Oct 13, 2009
Although shortages of key components such as optical disk drive, DDR III and 500GB HDD will likely continue, Acer remains confident to achieve 10 percent sequential sales growth in the fourth quarter, Citigroup said in a report yesterday. One of the driving forces came from China, where Acer indicated that its market share should easily reach 10 percent by years end, from 8 percent in the first half of the year, the report said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* [ TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS ] Jul 15, 2009
Gone is the tiny Universal Media Disk, the optical disk format that Sony developed for use in the PlayStation Portable. Sony says it will try to make older UMD titles available as downloads, and starting Oct. 1, most UMD titles will have a downloadable equivalent. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Pioneer and Sharp Sign Contract for Optical Disk Joint Venture Jun 26, 2009
Tokyo, June 25, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Pioneer Corporation and Sharp Corporation today signed a formal contract for the establishment of an optical disk joint venture. The goal of the new joint venture is to make more effective use of the management resources of the two companies in the optical disk business field, and to further expand the business in this area, especially in the highly promising Blu-ray Disc market ... The new company will develop, design, manufacture and sell optical-disk... (JCN Network, Japan)
Bridgestone, Lawson, Inpex, Nippon Oil, Pioneer, Suzuki: Japan Stocks Jun 26, 2009
Japan Stocks: Bridgestone, Nippon Oil, Pioneer, Sumitomo Trust - Bloomberg. Updated: New York, Jun 26 04:17 London, Jun 26 09:17 Tokyo, Jun 26 17:17. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Japan stocks gain for third day on earnings hopes Jun 26, 2009
4 percent to 297 yen after announcing Thursday a new optical disk joint venture with Sharp Corp. It also benefited from a ratings upgrade from JP Morgan Securities. Investors shrugged off data showing that consumer prices dropped at a record pace in May. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Anatomy of a laptop May 19, 2009
Optical driveAside from the battery, the biggest element underneath the Portg R600 bonnet is a 24x DVD optical disk drive, capable of reading and writing to CD-R and DVD-R disks. This is probably one of the smallest laptops to include an optical drive - if any smaller mini-notebooks have such a device, it's likely to be an optional, external drive. (Accounting Web, UK)
LG plans to ramp up India play May 12, 2009
The company already exports optical disk drive, GSM mobiles, AC, washing machine and PC monitor. We also plan to export premium products from India, as and when we expand their manufacturing, he said. (India Times)
Creating professional directors May 9, 2009
Consider the Malaysian cases of air express cargo operator Transmile Group Bhd and optical disk manufacturer Megan Media Holdings Bhd in 2007. While corporate leaders have been entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining the standards of ethics in the corporate world, they have sometimes failed to carry them out effectively. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
GE holographic disk said to top 500 Gbytes Apr 29, 2009
Optical disk drives with vastly more data storage than current storage media promise to harness the third dimension to write holographic patterns. Last year, GE said it had successfully used 405-nm wavelength blue lasers to enable its next-generation holographic disks to be backward compatible with existing high-density Blu-ray disks. (EETimes)
Japan Stocks: Aeon, Daikin, Funai, Gree, Ibiden, Marubeni, Softbank, Usen Apr 13, 2009
Pioneer and (6753 JT), electronics makers, reached an agreement to form a venture to make optical disk drives, recorders and players. Sharp slid 0. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Fast Retailing, Sharp, Nippon Mining, Isuzu, Sumitomo Mitsui: Japan Stocks Apr 10, 2009
The electronics makers reached an agreement to form a venture to make optical disk drives, recorders and players. Seven & I Holdings Co. (3382 JT) dropped 2. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
HOW TO: Repairing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server using a Rescue CD Feb 8, 2009
When the GRUB menu from the optical disk shows, select the Rescue System option to load the Rescue environment from the installation disk. It will take about two minutes to load -- it needs to probe all hardware on your server. (Search Enterprise Linux)
