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Windows 8 won't support DVD, Blu-ray playback by default

Windows 8 won
  • Posted May 4, 2012, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft has pounded another nail in the coffin for optical media with the revelation that it won't be including DVD playback support by default in Windows 8. With a post on the Building Windows 8 blog yesterday, the company explained…

Source claims Xbox 720 will ship without optical drive

Source claims Xbox 720 will ship without optical drive
  • Posted March 9, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Microsoft
  • Microsoft is reportedly telling partners that the next Xbox, tentatively dubbed the Xbox 720, will not include an optical disc drive. The briefings are said to be released under what one source claims is the strictest NDA they have ever…

Hitachi-LG execs face jail time, fines for price fixing

Hitachi-LG execs face jail time, fines for price fixing
  • Posted December 14, 2011, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News
  • Three industry executives will serve prison sentences after pleading guilty to fixing optical disk drive prices, according to the US Department of Justice. The Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) workers, Young Keun Park, Sang Hun Kim and Sik "Daniel" Hur participated…

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