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Tips for Longer CD, DVD Life form NIST

Wednesday February 18, 2004
You should never use a pen, pencil or hard-tip marker to write on your CDs. That's just one of several tips for longer CD and DVD life from computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), who sliced, diced and baked CDs and DVDs to see how long the digital information would survive. Read more...

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