Optical disc devotees continue to find safe ports and harbors in Japan, with the release of the new FMV Note A laptop line ...

One of the most interesting parts of the recent Apple Mac Mini and MacBook Air refresh is that Apple is moving away from optical drives. Apple isn't the only company to do so, raising the question "Is ...

Sony is getting out the optical disk business as it tries to restructure and shift to businesses that are more relevant to current device trends. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, ...

Fujitsu's FMV Note A WA3-K3 laptop is now available in Japan, starting at ¥124,800 (approximately $800 USD). All configurations include an internal optical drive, while the ...

The shift to Windows 11 and the need for new Windows 11-compatible PCs has increased demand for external disc drives in Japan.

[Weekend Open Forum] When Apple announced the first iMac in 1998 many were taken aback by the lack of a floppy disk drive. But it soon became obvious that it had been the right decision and shortly ...

(I could have gone with Other Hardware for this, but I bought drives for audio use hence this forum.) If you purchased a new computer with an internal ODD, a stand-alone ODD designed for internal use ...

Hewlett-Packard has filed a lawsuit against seven leading optical disk drive makers, claiming they conspired to artificially inflate disk drive prices over a six-year period. The suit was filed ...

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of General Electric Co., said today it has made a breakthrough in holographic optical disc storage, claiming that its researchers have developed ...