A cable used to send audio CD sound to the computer's sound card. When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player. This ...

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar approach to consoles. Go to a physical store, get a disc, then pop it into ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

A virtual CD-ROM emulator works by allowing you to copy and run an image of a CD on your computer. The process serves as an alternative to placing a disc in your computer each time you want to use it, ...

It's out with the old and in with the new for Gateway computers. CD-ROMs and clunky CRT monitors are giving way to CD-RW drives and flat-panel monitors. Then there's price cuts. Michael Kanellos is ...

The X-Men: Evolution Mini-CD PC games were given free with a Kid's Meal at Burger King some time in late 2001. There were eight editions of the game (I played the Quicksilver and Wolverine editions), ...