Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

Laptops with a physical CD/DVD drive feel like relics of the past. But they do still exist. And no, they are not necessarily weird, unknown branded ones made from completely outdated hardware; if ...

Toshiba on Tuesday will join competitor Sony in shipping high-end notebooks with drives capable of burning DVDs. The move comes as PC makers look to revive sluggish sales and to repeat the ...

HANNOVER, Germany--Japanese technology firm Toshiba on Wednesday unveiled the first high-definition laptop computer with an HD DVD optical drive for the new generation of DVD discs and a ...

Optical drives were once so common that virtually every computer came with one, or even two. Now this storage solution is quickly becoming obsolete — it's increasingly rare to find a mainstream ...