With every passing day, laptops are getting slimmer and slimmer, but that ultra-slim form factor comes at a cost. To achieve that, laptop manufacturers have to shed some hardware features like ...

With portability and solid performance on its side, the HP bd530s is a good portable DVD burner that could have been great if it was capable of writing to Blu-ray discs or offered the additional ...

Sony Optiarc revealed a new dual USB bus powered slim portable DVD/CD rewriteable drive designed for use with notebooks, netbooks, and desktop PCs. The new DRX-S90U drive features a lightweight design ...

On thing that could bother some netbook buyers is the lack of an internal hard drive. Even Apple's MacBook Air line lacks them. Many machines are shipping these days without an optical drive, partly ...

The Samsung SE-506AB External Slim Blu-ray Re-Writer is a convenient portable Blu-ray optical drive, with Mac compatibility, AV connectivity, and other goodies thrown in for good measure. Design ...

Turns any 9.5mm SATA Slot Loading Internal Optical Drive into an External Enclosure for Plug And Play CD, DVD, and/or Blu-ray Disc Burning/Playing Other World Computing (OWC) announced the OWC ...

Subject says what I need. There is also its big brother, the Pioneer BDR-XU03, but that seems to have even less information available on it. Perhaps the next best drive is the LG BP40NS20 or the ...

If you want to carry your data around with you and you’ve gotten used to the lightweight portability of a smartphone or a tablet, you’ll probably want to consider Seagate’s new GoFlex Slim drive. This ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Ultrabook users eager to blow off the dust from their DVD collection will find plenty to like in the Samsung SE-218BB Ultrathin Optical Disc Drive, a solid performer with an attractive, slim profile.