Ritek and CMC benefiting from fast growing demand for blank dual-layer DVD di bi2761126 International retail prices of blank 4-6x DVD+R/-R DL discs have dropped by about 50% during the first half of 2008 to around US$1, spurring a fast growth global demand. As the only two Taiwan-based makers of such discs, Ritek and CMC Magnetics are benefiting from the market surge, according to industry sources Taiwan

Netflix's Online Movie Dreams (Forbes) bi2761126 The DVD rental company hoping a streaming video set-top box from Roku help boost subscriptions

Sony Predicts HDTV Leadership (TV Week) bi2761126 Sony, trailed Samsung among worldwide liquid-crystal display television set makers the first quarter, said last week that expects to be the market leader high-definition TVs by 2011. Also by then, Sony expects to return LCD operations to profitability building Blu-ray-related operations a business that approach $10 billion annual sales

Drug Action Week film produced by students (Esperance Express) bi2761126 ESPERANCE Senior High Schools (ESHS) students put the finishing touches on a film they had been making just time to premiere the DVD as part of Drug Action Week last week

Apple Drops Price Of MacBook Air (TechWeb via Yahoo! News) bi2761126 InformationWeek - The price reduction appears to be the result of a drop the price of the 1.8-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a reduction the price of the 64-GB solid-state drive

Enduring memories (The New Statesman) bi2761126 By the time the Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea died 1996 he was widely regarded, at home and abroad, as the doyen of Cuban cineastas , and over the next few years several Cuban film-makers, established figures and newcomers alike, dedicated new films to memory

Hands on With Asus's Eee PC 901 and 1000 (PC World via Yahoo! News) bi2761126 Taiwan's Asustek Computer (Asus), the leader of the mini-notebook category due to early launch of the Eee PC, launched two..

China PND market growing fast but lacking order (Digi Times) bi2761126 The demand for GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) the China market increasing fast, the sales volume of 389,900 units the first quarter of 2008 rising by 19.2% on quarter and by 214% on year, according to China-based CCID Consulting

The evolution of KSPS (The Spokesman-Review) bi2761126 Look at the budget for Spokane Public Schools and you?ll see a line item for Spokane Public Television. Because the same school district that?s trying to get kids past the WASL also brings Big Bird and "The Antiques Roadshow" to Spokane homes

Hancock (Mega Star) bi2761126 When a superhero not a superhero? When he's a crude, dirty alcoholic. And when a 15 not a 15? When it's been edited heavily to get the more box office-friendly 12A

Netflix's Online Movie Dreams (Forbes) bi2761126 The DVD rental company hoping a streaming video set-top box from Roku help boost subscriptions

Sony Predicts HDTV Leadership (TV Week) bi2761126 Sony, trailed Samsung among worldwide liquid-crystal display television set makers the first quarter, said last week that expects to be the market leader high-definition TVs by 2011. Also by then, Sony expects to return LCD operations to profitability building Blu-ray-related operations a business that approach $10 billion annual sales

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