As the last president of the now-extinct Info-Mac Network, I have several times in the last few years received requests from lawyers or their staffs for certain CD-ROMs, originally produced by a ...

I never thought I`d be able to lift an entire set of encyclopedias with only my little finger, but I recently did just that. Have I been pumping iron? Hardly, but I am pumped up about CD-ROMs, the ...

Q. Before I buy a CD-ROM drive, I’m waiting for a recordable version. Why is it taking so long for a recordable CD-ROM disk to become available? A. You’re missing the point of what CD-ROM is all about ...

It wasn’t long ago that techno-pundits were ready to bury the CD-ROM. The Internet, with its 24-hour-a-day worldwide access, would all but replace the CD-ROM as the medium of the digital age, the ...

This article describes how to set up a virtual CD-ROM jukebox (VCDJ) using Samba and Linux. A VCDJ is a network server that provides access to the contents of a large number of CD-ROM disks, without ...

Nintendo once struggled with cartridges, but the Switch brought them back. Find out why its hybrid design pushed Nintendo to ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

Backing up data is standard throughout business -- but the backup methods used in the past may no longer meet your data storage and collaboration needs. For instance, just as faster, higher-capacity ...

A video of what seems to be a prototype of the unreleased CD-ROM/cartridge hybrid console taunts gamers with the console that could have been part of their childhood. CNET freelancer Danny Gallagher ...

Robust sales of DVD-ROM drives, DVD players and game consoles are likely to drive up demand for DVD discs, with worldwide sales possibly doubling to 1.8 billion units from last year, said Steven Chang ...