Q:I use the CD-R drive in my computer to make music CDs and also for storing photos. My question involves the different recordable discs that are available. Frequently the label on the disc indicates ...

My strategy for disposing of obsolete backup media could use some help. I have about 3GB of data in my home office that gets backed up weekly, including about 200 MB of sensitive data that I would ...

Wholesale prices for CD-recordable discs will spike this summer, a new report asserts, though the effects should be short-lived. The wholesale price of CD-R discs is expected to as much as triple this ...

Sony Electronics announced its next generation of DVD+RW drives, which support write-once recording on DVD+R discs. Both the DRU-120A ATAPI internal model and the DRX-120L i.LINK external burner ...

Q: Is there a difference between blank CD-R discs advertised for data, and music? A: Basically there is no difference. The extra cost for the CD-Rs marketed for music rather than data comes from the ...

Even though CD-R discs are compatible with MacBook Pro and can be used to upload data such as music, the notebook will have a hard time reading and writing it if the disc is dirty and damaged, or if ...

I believe those are just standard Mitsu chemical discs, they make them all in Taiwan. If they're Datalife Plus discs, they're fine. Just dont burn them much above 24x ...

To catch up with the fast development of high-speed CD-RW drives, Taiwan’s optical disc manufacturers are speeding their production schedules for 40x and 48x CD-R discs, with volume shipments to begin ...

Sony has announced the reduction of 250 jobs at its optical disc manufacturing plant in Tagaze, Japan, as part of an initiative to completely phase out the production of recordable optical media. All ...

Taiwan-based optical disc makers will receive significantly more OEM orders for CD-R and DVD+R/-R discs this quarter than in the second quarter of 2007, but will suffer unavoidable rises in the ...