HLDS Executive Lands in Prison for Optical Disc Drive Bid-Rigging

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that an executive from Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) has agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time in the United States for his participation in a series of conspiracies to rig bids for the sale of optical disc drives.

Acronova Launches Nimbie USB Plus Blu-ray Autoloader

Acronova Technology announced its new Nimbie USB Plus Blu-ray, DVD and CD autoloader ($1,095 retail, $899 street), which offers a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and is suitable for disc duplication, publishing, backup, ripping and other chores.