Q: I noticed that there are two different types of blank CDs on the market — data and music. Is there any real difference, and, if so, would the quality of the sound suffer by burning a music CD on a ...

Spurred by the growth of writable compact disc drives in computers, with consumers using them for everything from creating music CDs to computer back-ups to basic file copying, retailers are starting ...

Napster is teaming up with Imation, a maker of optical media products, to market and distribute Napster-branded blank CDs and DVDs in North America. The online music company also announced an ...

Nero is being a bitch again. I'm trying to backup some data, but when I try to burn a CD, Nero asks me to insert a blank cd. I've got a perfectly working blank CD in my CD-R drive, but its not ...

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. In a nod to the popularity of CD burners, Apple Computer Inc. and Time Warner Inc.’s Reprise Records label today will begin marketing blank “Lord of the Rings”-themed ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Here's the deal: I bought a ton (400+) of blank CDs a while back. They were generic silver CD-Rs, rated at up to 12X, I believe. I burned some CDs with them occasionally on my Plextor 16X burner. Both ...

That's the battle cry of the Canadian computer industry in a war of words being waged among groups representing the nation's music, technology and retail industries. The dispute centers around fees ...

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The levy on blank CDs that allows Canadians to make legal copies of music is going up by almost 40 per cent, which only worsens the problem with the tariff, said one copyright expert on Tuesday. The ...