Compact discs (CDs), MP3s, and Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) are currently some of the most popular ways to enjoy music and movies. Utilizing the latest in digital technology they have each been able to improve on the standards set by their...

With the 1983 mass market introduction of CDs (compact discs), the face of the music recording and retail industry changed dramatically. As the price of compact disc players tumbled from $1,500 to $500 and below, CDs were quickly adopted by music...

See also CD-ROM, ICT, living books, multiple literacies CDs were once principally associated with music, but the new educational CDs often have a strong visual element. Younger children learn from the playful approach of Microsoft’s Magic Bus...

A Compact Disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since late 1982, remains the standard playback medium for commercial audio recordings to the present...

It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. An engineering marvel at the time, today they are instantly recognizable as Compact Discs, a product that turns 25 years...

Apple Inc.'s iTunes online store was the third-largest overall music retailer in the United States, leapfrogging ahead of Amazon.com and Target Corp. in units sold, a market research firm said Friday.ITunes had a 9.8 percent market share in the first quarter, ranking behind Wal-Mart Stores...

Chinese authorities destroyed 42 million pieces of pirated digital videodiscs, compact discs, computer software and illegal publications in the government's latest campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual property, state media reported.The Saturday campaign follows a pair of complaints filed Tuesday by the U.S. against...

There's no need to fear _ unless you bootleg DVDs.The movie industry's real-life "Underdogs" _ two specially trained black Labradors _ have sniffed out a large inventory of knockoff discs in the New York City borough of Queens, the district attorney's office said Wednesday.The dogs,...

A description of the development of the CD as a versatile data storage disk and its impact on the development of computer hardware and software. Future developments in the data medium industry, such as DVD technology, are also covered.