(Press Release) Sonic Solutions and Adaptec, Inc. announced today the development of a simple solution for consumers to view and share home movies in which Adaptec will bundle Sonic's MyDVD authoring software with its 1394/FireWire and USB 2.0 complete solutions. Combining its leading I/O technology and Sonic's award-winning DVD recording software, the Adaptec and MyDVD product bundles will allow users to record their videos to DVD or CD and play them back on compatible DVD players and multimedia PCs.
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(Reuters) Hewlett-Packard is set to announce on Wednesday new security software for Linux, whose inner workings are freely available in contrast to the dominant operating system, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows. The company will also launch a new platform, called HP Chai-LX, to develop Linux applications for small consumer devices like stereos and cell phones.
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(Press Release) Analog Devices, Inc. has unveiled the AD1981, a new AC'97-compatible audio CODEC that allows PC OEMs, motherboard manufacturers and notebook manufacturers to design higher quality PC audio subsystems at a substantially lower cost than previous AC'97 designs. Here is a bit from the press release on AD1981:

Designed to address the PC manufacturers' need for universal motherboard platforms in commercial and consumer product lines, the AD1981 provides legacy operating system compatibility in commercial and consumer PCs and allows manufacturers flexibility in tuning audio subsystems for specific speakers or acoustic conditions. The AD1981 can be configured in software to improve the sound quality in all-in-one PCs, notebooks and desktop PCs bundled with inexpensive speakers, enhancing the user's acoustic experience with PC music, games, DVD movies and conferencing applications. In addition, this newest member in ADI's family of audio CODECs, the AD1981 is a featured component of SoundMAX, a low-cost, integrated audio solution that surpasses the functionality of premium sound cards. The AD1981 is currently sampling and is slated to ship in January 2002.
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(Press Release) Acer Laboratories Inc.(ALi) unveiled its plan to incorporate AMD's HyperTransport data bus technology into its future southbridge offerings. In attempts of balancing the ever-increasing system bandwidth requirements, mounting demands for system throughput, and faster CPU speeds, ALi is rallying behind the HyperTransport Technology Consortium by announcing its plans to incorporate this new high-speed I/O link technology in its next-generation southbridge.
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(Product Announcement) SONICblue has announced the immediate availability of Rio One, a full-featured, sub-$100 portable digital audio player. A new design resembling the immensely popular Rio 300 MP3 player, the Rio One adds a new color scheme, a USB connection for ultra-fast music transfers and one hour of CD-quality music playback through support for the Windows Media (WMA) file format. The Rio One can be upgraded using flash memory cards to support up to five hours of music playback. The new Rio One ($99 MSRP) player is currently available on SONICblue's eStore and will be available within the next two weeks in North American retail outlets.
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