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Dell and H-P Back New Blu-Ray DVD Standard Mon Jan 12, 3:07 PM ET Add Technology - Reuters to My Yahoo! AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. computer makers Hewlett-Packard and Dell said on Monday they would support a new DVD standard with much higher storage capacity which is being promoted by 10 electronics companies. Fighting Hackers Paranoid much? Get smart about different kinds of attacks, plus keeping yourself safe and nine famous hacks. Dell and H-P, the world's largest personal computer makers, said they would support the so-called Blu-ray DVD technology, which allows for recording of up to four hours of high-definition television on a single disc. "H-P believes Blu-ray Disc is the most consumer-friendly technology choice for the next generation of removable storage," John Romano, senior vice president at H-P, said in a statement. Gerry Smith, vice president of peripheral development and procurement at Dell, said the technology was an obvious choice given the additional storage capacity offered and the broad support from consumer electronics and PC manufacturers and large entertainment companies. Blu-ray is competing with another new blue laser-based DVD technology from Japan's Toshiba and NEC. Blue lasers have a shorter wavelength than the current red lasers, which allows for a thinner light beam which can read and write smaller bits of information on a disc. Among the 10 companies promoting Blu-Ray are Hitachi, LG Electronics, Philips Electronics, Sony and Thomson story.news.yahoo.com