Toshiba says the DVD device for computers it will manufacture will have backward compatibility - it will be able to read CD software.
In its definition of illegal, SIIA officials counted backup copies of software, as well as CD-RW software, regardless of whether the owner had a license or not.
We test CD-ROM read performance with Testa Labs' CD-Tach 98 2.0 software, and we gauge CD-R performance by writing 430MB of data to CD-R twice: once from an image file and once on the fly.
The drive will include packet writing software for CD-RW and Cequadrat JustBurn for creating data and audio CDs.
We then install each drive, noting any difficulties, and load the bundled software for CD-R and CD-RW writing.
The mid-1990s creative boom in CD-based multimedia software has come and gone.
It's a snap to install and use, is the speediest CD-RW drive we tested, and comes with a raft of software besides the usual CD creation utilities.
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One thing that separates the MyDitto from the competition, though, is what it doesn't come with, namely, a CD-ROM for loading any software.
He has been shy about specifics but shedding underperformers like the electronics testing and chemical analysis businesses would free up management to concentrate on high-growth, high-profit areas like printers, software and its recordable CD-ROM product.
The government said it is simply providing the software free of charge, as a pre-installed file on computer hard drives or as a CD, to give users to choice to install the software.
So, if this isn't a CD turntable, is it just another software controller?
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EBay has tried to counter this by making it impossible to search for certain words, such as "backup" and "CD-RW, " in the software category.
External time-code control via turntables and CD decks will be enabled through a future software upgrade.
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Concealed in a plastic security carton on a poorly lit section of shelving, somewhere between Random Accountancy Software and Pass Your Driving Test on CD-ROM.
Sony ( SNE - news - people ) in 2005 for secretly downloading copyright protection software onto people's computers to prevent CD copying.
Corel Linux is also pretty thin on software (at least with respect to the CD-ROM image you can download, which is all I've been able to test so far).
The base unit includes a CD player and 40GB hard drive, along with embedded Gracenote software, so that CDs can be ripped PC-free with song data included.
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And both ship with software geared to managing a collection of songs taken from your personal CD collection.
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