In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

It seems like only two years ago the first audio CD-Recorders appeared on the market, radiating in technological wizardry but, like most new products, teetering on the clunky side of functional, too ...

I use a lot of technical terms when I write my columns. That comes with the territory. ButI sometimes forget that not everyone understands what every one of these terms mean. So, my first questions ...

Through the looking glass: The compact disc's 43-year journey, from technical experiment to a worldwide standard, tells the story of how global collaboration and bold engineering can reshape entire ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

This week brought news that all but marks the end of an era in the world of recorded music. Best Buy, one of the last big-box electronics chain stores still in business, will be phasing out all CD ...