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Compact Disc Celebrates 25th Anniversary

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It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. An engineering marvel at the time, today they are instantly recognizable as Compact Discs, a product that turns 25 years old on Friday -- and whose future is increasingly in doubt in an age of iPods and digital downloads

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