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Short Take: Companies push DVD+RW standard

Hewlett-Packard, Philips Electronics, Ricoh, Sony and other industry leaders in CD-ReWritable technology announced the availability of verifications tools and media speed manufacturers' adoption of the DVD+RW. Considered the next generation of recordable storage. DVD+RW disks will hold 4.7 gigabytes of data, more than eight times as much as current CD-RW disks, and can be played in DVD video players.

David Becker Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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Hewlett-Packard, Philips Electronics, Ricoh, Sony and other industry leaders in CD-ReWritable technology announced the availability of verifications tools and media speed manufacturers' adoption of the DVD+RW. Considered the next generation of recordable storage. DVD+RW disks will hold 4.7 gigabytes of data, more than eight times as much as current CD-RW disks, and can be played in DVD video players.