• Nero Burning Rom 5.5 to be Previewed At Comdex Fall 2000 Show
  Recognising the increasing usage of audio for CD Recording, a complete and non-destructive audio editor is now included in Nero 5.5. Likewise for the creation of compatible MPEG data for Video CD recording, a full MPEG 1 video encoder is incorporated, along with a VCD/SVCD menu creator. An advanced cover editor now gives a level of editable control, until now absent from integrated software packages...
• Pioneer Announces Industry's First Combination DVD-Recordable/Re-Recordable Drive
  Pioneer announced the world's first combination recordable DVD/CD drive for PC use. The third generation drive reads and writes four recordable formats including DVD-R (write once), DVD-RW (re-recordable), CD-R and CD-RW, and offers up to 4.7GB of storage capacity per DVD side. In addition, the new drive is capable of recording DVD-R discs at twice normal speed...
• JVC & Hitachi Introduce New 9.4 GB Capacity Write Once Read Many Technology Drive
  These new WORM Discs and Drives are based on the latest and most widely accepted DVD-RAM specifications, creating a vast myriad of storage options for high-capacity data storage applications...
• VERITAS & Prassi Partner To License CD-Recording Technology
  Prassi Europe SARL today announced that VERITAS Software has licensed Prassi Europe's Px Engine for CD-R and CD-RW mastering software...
• Blue Sky Releases Its First High-Speed Optical Pickup Unit For CD-RW Drives
  Blue Sky Research today announced the release of the first member of its new line of Optical Pickup Units (OPUs) for CD-RW drives. This initial high-speed OPU delivers 8x/8x/32x write/rewrite/read speeds in a compact, lightweight package ideal for desktops and multimedia peripherals...
• Traxdata, Europe's No.1 CD-R Company
  Traxdata is the market leader in CD-R/CD-RW media, with its brand now established as the largest volume seller in Europe. In a period of less than six years Traxdata has grown into an internationally recognised and respected digital optical company...
• Iomega announces Predator CD-RW
  The Predator CD-RW drive will begin shipping in late December bundled with a USB 1.1 adapter offering 4X4X6X performance, and in early 2001 the drive will be bundled with a FireWire adapter offering 8X4X32X performance...
• Oak Technology OTI-9790 CD-RW Controller Featured in High-Performance Mitsumi Drive
  Oak and Mitsumi announced that Mitsumi is in volume production of an 8X CD-RW drive designed around Oak's OTI-9790 CD-RW controller...

• 12x Write, 10x Rewrite & 32x Read
• UltraSCSI Interface (SCSI-3)
• 4 MB Memory Buffer
• Average random access time: 150ms
• Burst Transfer rate: 20 MB/s (synchronous)
• BURN-Proof Technology implemented
• Included Software: Plextor Manager 2000, Music Video Producer 2000, DiscDupe 2000, AudioFS & CD-ResQ

• Iomega previews Automatic Online Data Backup Service
  Iomega introduced Web Powered Quik Sync. Developed in partnership with SkyDesk the new Web Powered Quik Sync gives consumers access to their data whenever, wherever, and however they need it and at the same time provides built-in protection for that data...
• Winstation Introduces New Versions of MediaPak, a Combo Unit with CD, CD-RW or DVD & ZIP,  FDD or LS-120
  The MediaPak, combines both a customer selected slimline removable magnetic media device, and a CD-ROM or CD-RW, in a single drive unit. At 5.75 inches in width, MediaPak meets the needs of customers with physical space constraints by providing two and as much as three drive choices in one drive bay...
• Plasmon Announces Support for Next Gen 5.25" 'Ultra Density Optical' Drive
  Plasmon plans to integrate the first generation 40 GB capacity media/drives into its existing and future optical automation products which would provide substantial capacity increases to current and future 5.25-inch optical automation libraries. The UDO technology will support both RW (re-writable) and WORM (Write Once Read Many) media and will be contained in a cartridge with the same dimensions as the current ISO standard 5.25-inch magneto optical (MO) disk...
• US court to review free-lancers' electronic rights
  In a case about copyright protections in an online era, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would hear an appeal by major publishers of a ruling that they must obtain the permission of free-lance contributors before including the work in electronic databases...

• 16x Write, 10x Rewrite & 40x Read [CAV]
• SCSI-3 Interface (8bit narrow bus)
• 2 MB / 4 MB Memory Buffer
• Access Time [CD-ROM/R/RW]  130 msec
• BURN-Proof Technology implemented

• 16x Write, 10x Rewrite & 40x Read [CAV]
• IDE/ATAPI Interface (DMA/33)
• 2 MB / 4 MB Memory Buffer
• Access Time [CD-ROM/R/RW]  130 msec
• BURN-Proof Technology implemented

DVDCopy is a utility, like DeCSS or DOD DVD Speed Ripper, which is able to extract the DVD Video, AC3 Audio & MPEG Audio Streams all at once!