But Kodak also plunged into the fiercely competitive digital storage game with recordable CD-ROMs (Photo CD) and optical disks.

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He has been shy about specifics but shedding underperformers like the electronics testing and chemical analysis businesses would free up management to concentrate on high-growth, high-profit areas like printers, software and its recordable CD-ROM product.

FORBES: Wrinkle cream

Indeed, though there's no denying music's old business model has taken a massive hit in recent years--blame it on piracy, the Web or the advent of the recordable CD--there's still plenty of money to be made in the music industry.

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DVD-R: This is a one time only recordable format, similar to burning CDs with a CD-R.

FORBES: Standards tangle

If you've heard the buzz about these next-generation recordable drives, you're probably wondering if you should skip CD-RW altogether.

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