Compact disc technology was developed by Sony and N.V. Philips of the Netherlands. Sony realized it needed to make the technology accessible to a mass market, ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...

The compact disc promised major labels higher, and more predictable, profit margins, which is one reason why the digital reproduction system had the full backing of the industry.

An obsolete form of optical media known as the "Compact Disc" celebrates its 25th birthday tomorrow. In a press release issued Thursday, Philips said a staggering 200 billion of them were produced ...

Turns out the idea for the Compact Disc was born in the 1960s and eventually evolved into a combination of emerging technologies. […] TechCrunch Desktop Logo TechCrunch Mobile Logo.

Daniel Gross writes in Moneybox about the surprising resilience and profitability of compact disc makers, given the creeping obsolescence of this audio format in an age of downloadable music. The ...

The compact disc, or CD for short, is an optical disc used to store digital data, and was originally developed to store and play back sound recordings only. The format was later adapted for ...

Today is the 27th birthday of the Compact Disc, and I hate to say it, but I think this medium is getting a little old. Perhaps 27 years in CD time is actually like turning 87 in human time: it had ...

When the compact disc was. first commercially introduced in the early 80s, it was marketed as a more durable, more portable, and higher fidelity alternative to the vinyl record.

To most people, it's a foregone conclusion that the day of the compact disc has passed, with the music format having gone the way of the 8-track tape - to the great compost pile in the sky ...

With a working width of 60 inches, the disc mulcher is purpose-built for 75- to 132-hp skid-steers and compact track loaders that operate with as little as 30-50 gallons per minute (gpm) of ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...