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    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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    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.

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    Japan-based electronics giant Sony will soon introduce what it claims to be the word's first dual-format home DVD recorder.

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    Panasonic is trying to tackle one of the major obstacles that has slowed mainstream adoption of recordable DVD drives with a new drive that can read multiple formats.

  • First Look: Iomega DVDRW EIDE drive

    Iomega's latest drive, which records in all the popular DVD/CD formats, including DVD-RAM, promises to whip up a storm of interest from videophiles. We take a first look at this do-it-all drive.

  • DVD group gets Microsoft backing

    The software giant joins the DVD+RW Alliance and plans to take a more active role in developing and promoting the DVD+RW format.

  • 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.

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