US, Oct 18: US software giant Microsoft Corp and Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, maker of Panasonic goods, said on Friday they have developed a way to make PCs and consumer electronic devices more compatible.
The new technology, called HighMAT, offers a standardised way for CD and DVD players to read recordable disks so that music and photos can be transferred more easily to and from personal computers, the two firms said in a statement.

"It's clear to us at Panasonic that PCs and consumer electronics products will continue to work more and more closely in the future," Matsushita Managing Director Fumio Ohtsubo said in the statement.

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"HighMAT technology will set a new standard for exchanging digital media between such devices, and will make it easier to play back personal music, photo and video collections in consumer AV products."

Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd, Japan's biggest maker of photographic films and a maker of digital cameras, will support the new technology in future versions of its products, the statement said.

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