So-called father of Java hopes that JavaFX will enable a Blu-ray graphical user experience beyond playing high-definition DVDs. Some would say that it is a long way from software engineering to ...

LONDON — Japan's Pioneer Corp. has selected the Jbed java real-time operating system from Esmertec AG running on a processor from MIPS Technologies Inc. for a Blu-ray Disc player to be launched in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blu-ray disc. A major development in the production of optical discs has happened this week. Scientists at the University of ...

Disc of Joy: Twenty years ago, a large coalition of technology manufacturers backed a potentially revolutionary optical disc format. Like VHS and Betamax before it, the technology had to fight through ...

Samsung Electronics on Thursday took steps to address image quality concerns with its high-definition Blu-ray disc player. The electronics giant plans to make production changes and offer owners of ...

What just happened? For home videographers and data hoarders who still rely on optical discs for archiving, some bad news just dropped: Sony is winding down production of recordable Blu-ray media. The ...

The high-definition movie disc battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can be traced all the way back to 2000, when companies began experimenting with using new blue lasers in optical disc systems.