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  • 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.

  • Microsoft on every DVD?

    An industry standards group has made a preliminary decision to include Microsoft's video compression technology in a next-generation DVD format, giving the company a key boost in the digital media arena.

  • Panasonic to release Blu-Ray recorder

    Panasonic's parent company is set to release a DVD recorder based on the Blu-ray Disc format, as a standards battle over next-generation DVD technology heats up.

  • Blu-ray group gets behind Microsoft tech

    Backers of the Blu-ray DVD format are adopting Microsoft's video compression technology, giving the software giant a secure foothold in each of the two major camps battling to establish a successor to DVDs.

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