Most modern computers no longer come with optical disc readers like CD or DVD drives, but the market for external CD/DVD ...

The developers of the Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have told their social media followers that it is now possible to ...

The Commodore 1541 was built to do one job—to save and load data from 5.25″ diskettes. [Commodore History] decided to see whether the drive could be put to other purposes, though. Namely, operating as ...

For companies seeking to store mission-critical data, disk arrays configured with SCSI-attached drives have typically been the only game in town. Lower-cost drives based on the Advanced Technology ...

In this increasingly digital era, physical media has become a thing of the past in most circles. There is, however, sustained interest in such supposedly antiquated tech. Some examples of this include ...

The proposed merger comes amid a sharp fall in prices in the highly commoditized computer disk-drive industry, once one of the bedrock manufacturing sectors in Silicon Valley. Western Digital would ...

If you were to buy a new laptop, you'd have a hard time finding one with a built-in disc drive that can read CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs. That's been the case for years, with Apple famously starting ...

Playing your old PS3 collection on PC just became easier, with a new emulator feature removing letting you play a physical ...

An emulator now allows you to play physical PS3 game discs directly on your PC using a Blu-ray drive. Here are the ...