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'WHSmiths'(highstreet retailers) are trying in-store duplicators [10/06/99]
This pioneering new games retail trial is taking place at Brent Cross and Blue Water branches and has been running for a month. Customers first select the game title from a database. Information from the title is then printed on a barcode which enables the operator to access and copy the software onto a blank CD. the process can take up to 30 mins depending on the complexity of the data. The customer then receives their disc in a box with instructions and label. The number of titles available via the system is said to equal over the 30.


Microsoft's 'SafeDisc' gains support [10/06/99]
A two year deal has been signed with copy protection form Macrovision as Microsoft looks to secure its forthcoming games, educational, reference and finance titles. The first disk to hit the streets with the new protection, is said to be Midtown Madness, the racing game. SafeDisc is a software based utility that encrypts an authenticating digital signal on the CD. The process is said to make it impossible to copy a CD that has been made with the system.


Just how does the miraculous DVD work? [10/06/99]
The DVD get increased performance over a CD due to its Laser. The laser on the DVD is capable of reading much smaller pits of data than an conventional CD. This means that the single layered disc has seven times more capacity than it's predecessor. But DVD can also allows the disc to be dual layered, thus doubling the capacity again, finally DVD's can be double sided and can be read by two lasers one a above and one below, this all gives a total storage space of 17Gb.


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