DVD-RAM: DVD-RAMs will be available on some desktop computers by the end of the year.

FORBES: Standards tangle

The player supports several types of discs including DVD-Audio, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, CD-R and CD-RW. There's also an SD Memory card slot, so you can look at photos you may have saved from a digital camera.

FORBES: Magazine Article

If our first look at Hitachi's GF-1050 DVD-RAM drive is any indication, rewritable DVD drives will be killer recording devices.

CNN: IDG.net - Recordable and rewritable CD drives: Permanent, portable storage