Through the looking glass: The compact disc's 43-year journey, from technical experiment to a worldwide standard, tells the story of how global collaboration and bold engineering can reshape entire ...

Everything fails eventually, but moving parts fail fastest of all– and optical drives seemingly more than others, at least in our experience. Even when they work, vintage drives often have trouble ...

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PC Magazine's mega-review of CD-ROM enclopedias from 1997. (Credit: PCMag) Times changed. In 2000, Microsoft had to put Encarta online to keep up with user needs, but it kept the CDs going until the ...

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Twenty-five years ago, Apple released the computer that would save it from bankruptcy and pave the way for Apple to become the most important technology company ever. The original iMac entered a ...

From Floppies to Solid State: The Evolution of PC Storage Media Remember Jaz and Zip discs? Since the debut of the IBM PC, there have been many ways to store your data, and if you're geeks like us, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Compact discs (or CD-ROMs) have gone the way of vinyl records, 8-track and cassette tapes.

When we routinely carry devices holding tens or hundreds of gigabytes of data, it’s sometimes a shock to remember that there was once a time when 650 MB on a CD was a very big deal indeed. These now ...

ABSTRACT: Soilless (hydroponic) vegetables and fruits grown in greenhouses are gaining popularity and potentially represent a compliment toward sustainable food sources. Only a few studies have looked ...