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The good news was revealed last week by USB-IF, saying that the upcoming Intel 7 Series Chipset and Intel C216 Chipset Family host silicon Intel's Ivy Bridge Achieves USB 3.0 Certification!. This certification covers four SuperSpeed USB ports being integrated into the chipset which will enable manufacturers to conveniently incorporate SuperSpeed USB into upcoming PC systems.

Three Korean executives of Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. have agreed to plead guilty, pay a $25,000 criminal fine, and serve prison sentences from seven to eight months in the United States for participating in bid-rigging and price-fixing for the sale of optical disc drives. This the second round of antitrust charges. In the first round, Hitachi-LG agreed to pay a $21 million criminal fine for 14 counts of antitrust violations and one count of wire fraud.

With custom flash drives becoming increasingly more popular, Premium USB continuously works to find the most unique and stylish USB designs. Most flash drives have a key loop so you can attach it to a key ring, but what if you are one of those who have a tendency to misplace your keys or lock them in your car? If only there was some type of USB that you could wear on your wrist to keep from potentially losing it. Oh, wait, there is! Premium USB offers custom wristband USB drives in a variety of vibrant colors so that you always know where they are.

Blu-ray has its fair share of groupies. Just this week, Home Media Magazine reports that Blu-ray sales have increased by 35% in the third quarter of 2011. According to the same report, the strongest sales will be in Europe which is expected to boom by 42% or 63 million units, compared to 44 million units sold in 2010 that was dominated by Germany. But the U.S. will still be where the majority of Blu-ray discs are sold, where analysts say these disc sales will reach about 115 million units this year alone. Compare that to 85 million units sold in 2010, which was dominated by Star Wars: The Complete Saga. Overall, experts say Blu-ray discs sales will increase to 234 million units or 45% from 161 million units in 2010.

It's almost time once again for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada! This annual trade show is where the world's electronics manufacturers gather to show off their latest gadgets and gizmos as well as pre-production and concept products.

CDROM2GO Blog was in attendance for the 2011 show, where we saw all kinds of amazing things happening in the optical storage and entertainment world. We wrote about web-enabled Blu-ray players, 3D-capable Blu-ray players and televisions, and Blu-ray XL discs from Verbatim.

Premium USB introduced the company's first retail USB 3.0 flash drive last week. This week we launched our first custom USB 3.0 flash drive on our website. The custom USB 3.0 drive is featured in a bright blue color which serves as a great backdrop for vividly colored logos and designs.

Epson Introduces Artisan 730 CD/DVD Printer: The Artisan 730 inkjet printer is the latest and greatest model from Epson, and the fourth member of the Artisan family to come out since 2009. On average, a new model of Artisan printer comes out approximately every six to eight months! That's even faster than Apple, who is infamous for their remarkably short 1-year product life cycles.

So what makes the Epson Artisan 730 different from the Artisan 725?