100 Gigs on a Transparent Disk

[Alakazam]

Researchers have developed a "super-size" disc that is capable of holding 100 gigabytes of data. It will be re-writable and can be played in your dvd drive. The achievement comes by using "near-field" optical technology, according to the science council. That's enough to store 20 of your favorite movies, or 150 CDs of your favorite songs.
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Read more about this technology at The Taipei Times (http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/05/17/story/0000136369).

[Tuffie]

Man that baby is some nice,I bet you'll be seeing a lot more of that type.And to have it be able to rewrite,sounds good to me :D

[Quadophile]

What surprises me is that Ritek is the same company which was penalised by Philips sometime back for producing illegal CD-R's and selling them. Now this very company will have its own patents and probably the situation will be completely reversed!

Few years later who knows it could be Ritek penalising Philips! :confused: