http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. There's really no excuse for not backing up your computer these days. Used to be that making a backup was a fairly complex task. But today's backup offerings make it pretty much a no-brainer. In the recent months, I've written about several of the newest backup methods and products that make backing up a breeze. I'd like to add one more I recently discovered that adds an interesting twist to the job. http://www.physorg.com/news170616082.html Electronics Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:30:01 EST news170616082 Japan's Toshiba Corp. will enter the Blu-ray DVD market, more than a year after it gave up on its own next-generation format that failed to gain industry support, a report said. http://www.physorg.com/news167209843.html Electronics Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:11:14 EST news167209843 As consumers continue to embrace more high-definition products and services, next-generation DVD players are poised to experience significant growth over the next five years, according to a new report from Parks Associates titled "Next Generation DVD Players: Will History Repeat?" http://www.physorg.com/news104686765.html Technology Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:39:25 EST news104686765 Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a new digital video recorder (DVR) with HD DVD drive that integrates key new features that bring greater freedom of recording to the HD DVD, including recording of HD video to standard DVD discs. http://www.physorg.com/news113072353.html Electronics Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:59:13 EST news113072353 Sony is introducing another version of the 2GB Memory Stick Entertainment Pack for the PSP (PlayStatio Portable) system. http://www.physorg.com/news105896501.html Electronics Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:41:41 EST news105896501 Q. As a present for a wedding anniversary, my children took many of our slides and put together a great VHS tape for us. Unfortunately, in the process one of the important slides was misplaced. http://www.physorg.com/news152981439.html Technology Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:51:30 EST news152981439 Netflix has linked to Facebook, and Blockbuster is making films available on-demand to users of TiVo digital recorder devices as the US DVD rental giants continue an Internet-age duel. http://www.physorg.com/news157208346.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:05 EST news157208346 (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books. http://www.physorg.com/news176726995.html Technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:52:57 EST news176726995 (AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections. http://www.physorg.com/news176448617.html Technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:33:39 EST news176448617 (AP) -- A federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial. http://www.physorg.com/news169282944.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:20:02 EST news169282944 (PhysOrg.com) -- At the September '09 Emerging Tech Conference in Boston, GE announced it has been developing a 1TB DVD size disk that can be read by a modified Blu-ray player. http://www.physorg.com/news173550252.html Technology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:24:35 EST news173550252 Panasonic today announced that the company has started shipping samples of the world's thinnest (9.5 mm height) internal Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives to personal computer manufacturers. http://www.physorg.com/news117985063.html Electronics Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:37:43 EST news117985063 (PhysOrg.com) -- While many people think that Blu-ray will replace DVDs in the near future, a new study shows that DVDs may still have a lot to offer. Researchers have designed a five-dimensional DVD that can store 1.6 terabytes of data on a standard-size DVD, which is the equivalent of about 30 Blu-ray discs. The 5D DVDs could also be compatible with current DVD disc-drive technology. http://www.physorg.com/news162138048.html Physics Thu, 21 May 2009 15:21:30 EST news162138048 KDDI Corporation is focused on total customer service. Currently, DVD quality film may be purchased by broadband subscribers. In the R&D division, KDDI is poised to offer the first Quad HD download over the existing pipe. http://www.physorg.com/news114699772.html Technology Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:02:52 EST news114699772 Hitachi announced the world's first Blu-ray Disc (BD) Camcorder, which records one hour of 1920x1080 Full High-Definition video onto a BD (single side, single layer). The new camcorders will start selling in Japan on August 30, 2007, and overseas market sequentially starting from October. http://www.physorg.com/news105285144.html Electronics Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:52:24 EST news105285144