An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

We had a good run, but it didn’t take too long for these to be replaced by flash drives and external HDDs. Like the magnetic cassette and the floppy disk before them, optical discs became ...

Optera Data is working on a new optical storage technology with its sights on 10TB capacities for as low as $1.

The most common types are CD, DVD and Blu-ray ... by USB-based flash drives and external hard drives. Following are the major categories of optical discs in order of writability.

As prices of writeable media and drives dropped, consumers rushed to duplicate games, create their own mix CDs, and backup their data on optical disc. It was a halcyon time. Fast forward to today ...

Using 3D storage techniques, scientists at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology developed an optical disk capable of accommodating 1.6 petabits of data (that's 1.6 million gigabits).

The case, which stems from allegations that Quanta Storage and six other companies artificially inflated the prices of optical disk drive sold to HP from 2003 to 2009, means Quanta Storage may ...

Dynabook and NEC revive optical drives in modern laptops, blending nostalgia with high-performance processors, high-res ...