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  • Toshiba, NEC see blue in DVD future

    Toshiba and NEC are demonstrating a new DVD recording technology that promises a significantly higher storage capacity without a major investment in new production facilities.

  • DVD drive marries red and blue lasers

    NEC has developed technology to record and read both current and next-generation DVDs with a single optical head, adding to the momentum of blue-laser DVD products.

  • Next-generation DVD moves ahead

    A standards body has pushed a next-generation DVD format forward, endorsing Microsoft's video technology along the way.

  • HP strikes Blu note for DVDs, talks of fat storage

    PC buyers can look forward to DVDs with up to 10 times the storage they now have when Hewlett-Packard rolls out machines supporting next-generation DVD technology next year.

  • JVC previews Blu-ray DVD combo

    A new Blu-ray and DVD hybrid disc could bring some relief to consumers weary of the format war, but will it be enough for the increasingly fractured market?

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  • Will green mean go for mobile projectors?

    Green laser diodes might just be the ticket to making video more watchable on handheld devices -- once the technology is more fully developed.

  • Blu-ray burns for interactive content

    The next generation in DVD technology will let consumers carry the equivalent of a hard drive on a disc, but what are they supposed to do with all that capacity? Interact, supporters say.

  • Celebrating three decades of Apple

    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

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  • Toshiba, NEC see blue in DVD future

    Toshiba and NEC are demonstrating a new DVD recording technology that promises a significantly higher storage capacity without a major investment in new production facilities.

  • Blue laser format gets green light

    A consortium of companies developing Blu-ray Disc technology, a recordable DVD format using blue-violet lasers, announces the start date for the licensing of the technology.

  • Tech Guide: Buying a CD/DVD burner

    From discs to drives, our Tech Guide has everything you need to know about burning CDs and DVDs.

  • Newest storage tech--holographic DVD

    3D storage for digital video steps into the future with the development of a holographic recorder that can hold 100GB of data - enough for 20 full-length movies.

  • Sony pushes paper Blu-ray disc

    Sony and Toppan Printing are making a new mark on Blu-ray disc technology.

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