Sony’s next-generation Blu-ray Disc player, model BDP-S350, is now available across the country at Sony Style retail outlets, sonystyle.com and other authorized Sony retailers.

The BDP-S350 supports BonusView (picture-in-picture), which is featured on select new Blu-ray Disc home video releases, and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for easy firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. A firmware update enabling BD-Live is planned later this year.

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Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), today announced the expansion of its flagship Qosmio brand with three unique laptops, the Qosmio G55, Qosmio X305 and Qosmio F55. These new laptops are specifically designed for users who enjoy gaming, multimedia and advanced mobility technology.

“The Qosmio has long been the standard of excellence in the multimedia laptop space, in both styling and entertainment capabilities,” said Jeff Barney, vice president and general manager, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. …

LaCie today announced LaCie Remote Burn software for both its Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, Remote Burn will lets you use any Lacie DVD±RW burner from any Mac on the network. It can burn files with drag and drop in your computer and then burn it in a remote computer with equiped with any Lacie Burner

“LaCie Remote Burn is a complete solution for easily sharing multiple burners plugged into a Macintosh at home or in the office,” said …

LG Electronics launched its new line of optical disc drives, which feature one of the fastest Blu-ray reading and writing speed of 6x. The latest models — BE06, GBC-H20L and GBW-H20L — are available now through national retail stores as well as other leading online electronics retailers.

Unique to LG, the line offers SecurDisc(TM) capabilities, which provide data protection and content access control on all current optical formats, and LightScribe(TM) technology, which enables consumers to easily create direct-to-disc …