Compact discs are seeing a modest resurgence as younger listeners rediscover physical music formats, even as long-term sales ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

If you thought the compact disc had quietly slipped into retirement (or streaming redundancy), it might be worth taking a ...

Forty years ago today, a magnificent revolution swept across the music industry, making albums more accessible and enhanced audio playback. The Compact Disc became popular in the late 1980s and ...

Streaming music platforms have been in the news quite a bit recently, and not for good reasons. A lot of people who use streaming music services (which includes virtually all of us) are also quite ...

It’s a little-known fact that a Battelle scientist’s love of classical music led to the development of the compact disc. In the mid-1960s, Jim Russell began looking for a way to improve the quality of ...

When it comes to music consumption, streaming continues to be the music industry's biggest earner. Sales of physical formats like CD and vinyl are declining overall, though the latter has been clawing ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The compact disc, or simply the CD as its most commonly referred to these days, turned 30 years old ...

What is a compact disc (CD)? A Compact Disc (CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. CD-ROMs and CD-Rs remain widely used technologies in the computer industry.CD-ROM drives employ a ...