Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

Scientists have developed a new type of optical disc that can increase information storage capacity to the "petabit" level — 125 terabytes of data, or the combined storage capacity of about 15,000 ...

Round Rock-based Dell Inc. has filed a lawsuit that accuses Hitachi and at least five other companies that make optical disk drives of conspiring to fix prices of their products from 2004 to 2010.

A new start-up has produced viable optical disks that can hold 1TB or 2TB of data, an incredible feat considering Blu-ray disks usually hold 25GB, or 50GB in a dual layer version. Magnetic spinning ...

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 ...

The Blu-ray format was officially introduced at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, although Sony had already developed the first prototypes in 2000. The Las Vegas trade ...

Optical discs like Blu-ray are losing favor, but Sony and Panasonic don’t seem to care. The companies have cranked up the storage capacity on optical media to a stunning 3.3TB. That’s a big advance in ...

CMC Magnetics is experiencing a surge in demand for high-end optical discs, particularly in the defense and medical sectors, resulting in supply shortages for optical disc drives, according to ...

Will the hard disk be made useless after it's forced to help flash memory destroy optical media? As flash encroaches on more of optical media's territory, I see it teaming up with hard disk drives to ...