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Pioneer Announces 500GB Optical Disc: The Ultimate in Sneakernet Piracy?

LetItBleed.jpg What would you store on Pioneer's new 500GB optical disc? The monster platter consists of 16 layers sandwiched together, each one of which can store the same 25GB as a single Blu-ray disc. It even uses the same kind of lens as a Blu-ray player, so in theory it could be compatible with existing technology.

Pioneer develops 16-layer, 400GB optical disc

In this press release, Pioneer announced that they've succeeded in developing a 16-layer, 400GB read-only optical disc:

Pioneer Promises 400GB Optical Discs

schliz writes "Pioneer has developed a 16-layer read-only optical disc which it claims can store 400GB of data. The per-layer capacity is 25GB, the same as that of a Blu-ray Disc, and the multilayer technology will also be applicable to multilayer recordable discs."

Panasonic unleashes 500GB Blu-ray disc

Pioneer continues to prove to the HD world that Blu-ray is a viable mass storage device, with its announcement of a Blu-ray disc with 500GB capacity.

Ubisoft Sues Over Assassin's Creed Piracy

Piracy is an ongoing problem in almost every industry nowadays, not the least of all, the gaming industry. According to Ubisoft, after Assassin's Creed was leaked six weeks early, the pirated version was downloaded over 700,000 times, costing it millions of dollars. But instead of going after those that downloaded the game, Ubisoft is doing the smart thing and going against the company responsible for the leak. Optical Experts Manufacturing (OEM) was contracted by Ubisoft to reproduce copies of the game disc, and Ubisoft set strict security procedures OEM had to follow. OEM ignored these secruity procedures and allowed an employee to bring a disc home, ultimately resulting in the employee uploading it to the web. Ubisoft claims it tracked the earliest iterations of the pirated game to the home of an OEM employee, and after an investigatio

Pioneer Announces Two New 20x DVD Writers With LabelFlash Technology

Pioneer Japan has announced two new 20x DVD writers, the DVR-A16J (PATA) and DVR-S16J (SATA). Along with support for Labelflash, the two drives feature 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD-RAM and 12x DVD±R DL writing speeds and Pioneer's new Optimal Write Speed function. Here are some of the specs:

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Egypt Delivers a Blow to Software Piracy

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has taken a step forward in combating software piracy according to the fifth annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study where its piracy rating dropped to 60% for 2007, an improvement of 3% year on year. Its rating is now 1% below the global median piracy rating (61%) for 2007.

Effective Optical Disc Repair?

CyberKnet writes "I have an extensive music collection on original CD media. While most of it is in impeccable condition, I have a few discs that have suffered extensive scratching through listening to the disc either via a portable disc player, or in a car CD stacker. I've long since learned the error of my old ways and don't listen to discs in those devices any more, but those discs are irreplaceable in many cases. I would very much like to be able to repair them or have them repaired to original condition, or at least well enough that I can pull the tracks off once and archive the track data. I have heard really uncomplimentary things about devices like the Skip Doctor; ranging from it not helping to it making things worse. I've heard great things about JFJ devices that are seen on the counters of most Hollywood and BlockBuster video s

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm demo confirmed (NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM )

TalkPlayStation.com writes:"A playable demo of Playstation 3 exclusive fighting game, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm is to get a demo on the 17th of July 2008. Not only that but July will be packed with Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm goodies.

Pioneer creates Blu-ray compatible DVD with 400Gbyte capacity

Pioneer has developed a 16 layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400Gbyte. The technology is compatible with Blu-ray discs.

The Year's Hottest New Super Hero Blasts Off in a Thrill-Packed DVD and Spectacular...

The Year's Hottest New Super Hero Blasts Off in a Thrill-Packed DVD and Spectacular Blu-ray Presentation: IRON MAN $315 Million Box Office Smash Debuts September 30, 2008 in Ultimate Edition Two-Disc Sets Exploding with Hours of Behind-the-Scenes Bonus Features, Deleted Scenes, Robert Downey Jr.'s Screen Test and Much, Much More HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering non-stop action and excitement from a Super Hero who boasts not only unique powers, but also irresistible charm, penetrating intelligence and a wry wit, Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures' worldwide box office sensation IRON MAN soars onto DVD and Blu-ray on September 30, 2008. Kicking off the fourth quarter, Paramount Home Entertainment presents spectacular Ultimate Edition two-disc sets on both DVD and Blu-ray, as well as in a single-disc DVD.

Piracy Threatens to put French Film Industry Out of Business

French anti-piracy association, the Association Against Audiovisual Piracy (ALPA), claims that piracy in France is so rampant that it threatens to put the entire French movie industry out of business.

Reducing Software Piracy Could Have Exponential Effect on Channel Profitability, Says New White Paper

HOUSTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A new white paper by IDC released today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 highlights the collateral damage that software piracy is causing to companies across the technology industry. Sponsored by Microsoft Corp. and the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP), the white paper shows that every dollar Microsoft loses to software piracy translates to $5.50 in lost opportunity for other companies in the partner ecosystem. The white paper points to a stark reality not often highlighted in industry discussions: Software piracy is a wide-ranging problem that deeply affects small companies as well as large software vendors.

Companies Coming Around To Piracy's Upside?

traycerb writes "The Economist has an article detailing how numerous companies are finding piracy's silver lining: 'Statistics about the traffic on file-sharing networks can be useful. They can reveal, for example, the countries where a new singer is most popular, even before his album has been released there. Having initially been reluctant to be seen exploiting this information, record companies are now making use of it. This month BigChampagne, the main music-data analyser, is extending its monitoring service to pirated video, too.' The kicker is Microsoft's tacit endorsement of Windows piracy in developing markets, namely China. The big man himself, Bill Gates, says it best in an interview with Fortune last year: 'It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not.

Flaws In a BSA Software Piracy Report?

Ian Lamont writes "The Business Software Alliance has just released its state piracy study (full PDF also available). The BSA says that one in five pieces of software in use in the United States is unlicensed, and notes that piracy rates are highest in Ohio (27%). However, as noted by the Industry Standard, there are problems with the state study, and the way the BSA is presenting the data: the study only includes eight states, and it is making some questionable connections, including the claim that lost state and local tax revenue from piracy would have been enough to 'hire nearly 25,000 experienced police officers.'"

Robot Chicken Star Wars Hits Disc

Adult Swim’s hit stop-motion series takes aim at George Lucas’ space opera with Robot Chicken: Star Wars, which arrives on home video today after some delay. The disc was pushed back to coincide with various Lucasfilm activities, including its presence at the San Diego Comic-Con and the August theatrical release of the CG-animated epic Star Wars: The Clone Wars but now fans can finally add it to their collections. Also debuting on disc today are Transformers Cybertron: The Ultimate Collection, Comedy Central’s TV Funhouse, the 1990 animated movie The Marzipan Pig and a big collection of 600 classic cartoons.

Optical Disc-Based Media to Succumb to Digital Delivery: Sony

When Toshiba finally gave up on HD-DVD in February, I indicated that although Blu-ray had won the battle, optical media would eventually lose out to video downloads and video streaming.

LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling Announces Worldwide Availability of Color-Background DVDs

LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling announced today that LightScribe-enabled DVDs are now available worldwide in five new vivid color-background DVDs for LightScribe images: red, orange, yellow, blue and green. With the five rich and saturated background colors, consumers can add even more individuality, creativity and flair to their customized LightScribe DVD labels, just as they have with CDs.

LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling Announces Worldwide Availability Of Color-Background DVDs

LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling sent out a press release this morning, announcing the worldwide availability of color-background LightScribe-enabled DVDs. These discs are offered by a number of leading media brands and come in five colors: red, orange, yellow, blue and green.

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