The Japanese corporation introduces its new optical burner: BDR-2207 supports the latest Blu-ray specifications and is capable of burning up to 128 Gigabyte on a single BD-R QL (quad-layer) disk. More...

Pioneer has nabbed victory in being the first company to manufacture a 12x Blu-ray writer for single and dual-layer media. The current generation of Blu-ray burners holds a maximum write speed of 8x, making the... More...

When Pioneer last year announced that it was shutting down its plasma panel production line HDTV enthusiasts hearts skipped a beat. Today we have learned from the HD Guru that Pioneer has pulled the... More...

Electronics maker Pioneer, the world's fifth-biggest plasma TV maker, said it would fall into the red for the fourth straight year on costs to scrap production of plasma displays as it shifts its strategy in... More...

Hosted desktop pioneer Nivio has taken an undisclosed investment from AMD to help it work on its ambition of making virtual Windows XP desktops and software accessible from any connected device -- even a Linux... More...

As expected, Pioneer Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, on Wednesday unveiled its Blu-ray disc read only memory (BD ROM) optical drive for personal computers, which will go on sale next month and will... More...

John Warner Backus, born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1924, has just passed away. At 82, Backus died Saturday in Ashland, Oregon, according to IBM Corporation, where he spent his career. In 1954 he got his... More...

According to market research companies iSuppli and NPD Group's DisplaySearch, Sharp is no longer the world's leading maker of flat-panel TVs since rivals surpassed the Japanese company in unit shipments last year. Both research companies... More...

Way back in January, at CES, Pioneer unveiled their Elite PureVision PRO-FHD1 1080p plasma monitor and promised a June 2006 release. Sure, they are a little late to market, but this one seems worth the... More...

Sony's first Blu-ray player is now expected to launch mid-August, two months later than originally suggested. According to the Sony Style website, the BDP-S1 will now ship "on or about August 15, 2006." Priced at... More...

Japanese electronics maker Pioneer Corp. said on Tuesday it would postpone the North Amercian launch of next-generation DVD players using Blu-ray technology to this autumn from its previous launch schedule of June, citing a delay... More...

Pioneer just officially announced their DRC-101A Blu-ray burner. This OEM-targeted burner/player is capable of hitting up both DVD±R/RWs and Blu-ray's beefier 25GB next gen optical format. Sure, it's not available for purchase but it's still... More...

Fortune has a great interview with one of the original Xerox PARC researchers. Who was a pioneer in personal computing. He shares he's thoughts about how even after 20 years we've missed the... More...

A REPORT IN THE Japanese press said that Pioneer will be able to double Blu-ray optical drives to support 50GB optical disks. Nikkei.net reports that Pioneer has made the breakthrough by using an electron rather... More...

JoWood sends along the (English) playable demo of Railroad Pioneer, offering a chance to try out this 3D business management strategy game by KritzelKratz 3000 that's already out in German-speaking parts of Europe. The demo... More...

Internet portal player Yahoo is buying Overture Services, which pioneered a pay-for-placement search engine, in a $1.6 billion deal announced Monday. The deal would further Yahoo's strategy of moving from being a... More...

New DVR-A06 burner adds support for DVD+RW. Pioneer is leading a radical shift in the optical storage market, broadening its support for DVD rewritable standards, with consumers coming out the winner. ... More...

Adam Osborne, whose successes and failures pioneering the first portable computer became one of Silicon Valley's great cautionary tales, is dead at 64 after a long illness. Osborne, a British immigrant and long-time... More...

DVD-R/RW RECORDERS and DRIVES REQUIRE FIRMWARE UPDATE FOR NEW HIGH-SPEED MEDIA Consumers are called upon to implement a simple update to prevent potential recorder/drive malfunction when using new high-speed media As... More...

An overheating problem among drives used with new high-speed discs can destroy both the unit and the medium, manufacturer Pioneer is trying hard to avoid saying. Using soon to be available 4X discs for DVD-R... More...