A virtual CD-ROM emulator works by allowing you to copy and run an image of a CD on your computer. The process serves as an alternative to placing a disc in your computer each time you want to use it, ...

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar approach to consoles. Go to a physical store, get a disc, then pop it into ...

It wasn’t long ago that techno-pundits were ready to bury the CD-ROM. The Internet, with its 24-hour-a-day worldwide access, would all but replace the CD-ROM as the medium of the digital age, the ...

At the time, it was the CD-ROM that had captured the imagination of consumers and the entire publishing industry. The high-capacity optical discs enabled mass distribution of multimedia for the first ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

The CD-ROM is one of the unsung heroes of computer technology. Without it it's unlikely the PC market would have developed anything like as rapidly. The benefits are obvious. A CD-ROM disc can hold up ...

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 ...

Take a moment to consider that next CD or DVD-ROM drive upgrade. If you thought it could damage your PC - or even your person - would you go slow? Consumers like to buy the latest, swiftest devices, ...

CDs are inexpensive, small and lightweight. This makes them easy to store, carry around and mail. They're also user-friendly. Today, many different kinds of audio-visual data are stored and sold on ...

A video of what seems to be a prototype of the unreleased CD-ROM/cartridge hybrid console taunts gamers with the console that could have been part of their childhood. CNET freelancer Danny Gallagher ...