In the embedded video you’ll see ahead, Alec Watson of Technology Connections does a wonderful job of reminding us how ...

Perhaps it's a trick of memory, but it seems like old media formats simply evaporate once we move on to the next big thing. The recording industry sold 4.4 billion dollars worth of 8-track tapes in ...

If you used or owned a laptop in the 2000s, you'd probably remember that it sported either a DVD or Blu-Ray drive for popping in installation discs, movies, and even the occasional album from your ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

These days, a movie night usually involves cuddling up on the couch, turning on Netflix, and picking another rom-com movie from its list of never-ending shows. However, before the age of streaming ...

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...

Virtual Drive software is one of the best alternatives to DVDs and other physical storage drives we’ve been using. As the name suggests, it’s a virtual drive wherein you can mount data, store it, ...

PowerISO is a powerful disk image utility that enables users to create, edit, extract, compress, encrypt, and convert ISO files. It also supports mounting ISO files as virtual drives. This guide will ...

Most of today’s PC builds feature cases with open space and plenty of locations for fans so that you can keep things nice and cool. You tend to see plenty of options with glass siding so that you can ...