If optical discs are a dying breed, then why is that so many of us still seem to be searching for the best ways to produce them? Admittedly, the digital age has welcomed new methods for storing and ...

Last week in Gearhead I discussed how CD identification services such as Gracenote and freedb, in conjunction with applications like WinAmp, figure out which CD you have just loaded. The data from ...

Not long ago, CD-RW drives were too costly for all but mam-moth corporations, ivy-covered universities, and the planet’s wealthiest residents. Now they are plentiful and affordable — Apple is even ...

If you have plenty of old CDs or DVDs that you'd like to copy so as not to lose the data (audiobooks, movies, recordings etc), the Nero program will be very useful to you. You can both copy and burn ...

Apple is offering an up to date program that allows PowerBook 12-inch owners to obtain a free iLife CD if the software was not included in the box with their new portable. Ken Stern writes: "Some ...

Optical drives are all but extinct, but Nero is still around. Albeit in a smaller fashion, the tool is still burning CDs and ...