Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...

There are many of you reading this who still have a lot of love for CDs. We certainly do. If you don't find streaming to be sonically satisfying and haven't been swept up by the vinyl revival, then ...

Getting a better-quality CD experience without having to upgrade your CD player sounds delightful, doesn't it? Sony's new Blu-spec CD format promises just that, employing the same technology used to ...

Aw, shucks: the shooting has jut barely begun on the blustery format war for dominance of the next-generation DVD landscape, with Blu-ray still struggling to get out of the gates and HD DVD out ...

Many businesses protect confidential data stored on computers, particularly laptops, by encrypting the hard drives. This works well until you lose or forget the encryption password, which may happen ...

If you’ve been shooting digital pictures for a year or two, chances are you’re starting to look at some way to store them that doesn’t occupy large amounts of the hard disk on your PC. Currently, the ...