I formatted a CD-RW disc in the UDF format with InCD to work as a giant floppy so I could backup stuff on it for when I re-formatted. It worked at first, and I got most of my stuff off of it, but now ...

CD-Audio and CD-ROM were established in the early 1980s as the "new thing" to replace the venerable analog long-playing record. This digital format was very quickly accepted as the standard because it ...

It sounds heavenly. Get a recordable or rewritable compact-disc drive for your PC, and you’ll never have to worry about storage capacity again. Plus you’ll be able to make your own music and data CDs.

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 ...