A major development in the production of optical discs has happened this week. Scientists at the University of Shanghai have unveiled a new form of optical disc that can hold up to 200,000 gigabytes ...

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The new disc is based on a material called AIE-DDPR, which has a much higher storage density than other formats. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Optical discs like Blu-ray are losing favor, but Sony and Panasonic don’t seem to care. The companies have cranked up the storage capacity on optical media to a stunning 3.3TB. That’s a big advance in ...

Like cassette tapes and floppy disks, there are many who believe optical discs are on their way out. As flash memory is now abundant and continuously increasing in size while decreasing in price, they ...

About three years ago, I wrote a column about the settlement of a class-action lawsuit that involved optical disk drives. Think "DVD players," and "CD players," as well as various gaming platforms ...

Sony’s push to get enterprise users to store data on optical discs has received added momentum with its acquisition of a Facebook-linked startup focused on optical storage. Led by former Facebook ...

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), the world’s biggest personal computer maker, sued optical disk drive companies over claims they conspired to fix prices on billions of dollars in products it bought from 2004 to ...

Grounded 2 has plenty for any would-be explorers to find. The only issue is whether you'll actually be able to reach the item you're looking for. In this survival game, it can be a bit difficult if ...

Two years from now the world’s smallest optical disc will let your cellphone store five two-hour movies, squirrel away 25,000 digital photos or hoard 48 hours of MP3 music. New Scientist has learned ...