Taiwan’s AsusTek Computer has played a major role in defining the netbook computer genre. Its Asus Eee models, along with competing mini-notebooks such as the Acer Aspire ONE and Lenovo Ideapad, have ...

Introducing a new optical drive may not be top priority these days for tech companies -- particularly with many machines going without one altogether -- but Samsung's looking out for those of us who ...

Recently I had a conversation with a coworker who asked me about CD-ROM drives. They purchased a new PC a year or so ago and it does not have an optical drive. This wasn’t a problem until they came ...

For some people, the worst thing about a netbook or ultraportable notebook is that they typically lack an optical drive. The absence of an optical drive won’t bother some people, but on occasion, you ...

The Plextor External Blu-ray PX-LB950UE's speedy performance and support for several rewritable formats make it a smart for a portable optical drive, despite a few irritating faults. We've spent a lot ...

Available in 2- and 3TB capacities, WD’s My Passport Wireless Pro will stream media via its 802.11ac hot spot for hours. It can also serve as a power bank for mobile devices. We had only two real ...

Plextor has just announced several new optical drives that round out their line up for the rest of the year. All of your bases are covered with these new offerings, including Blu-ray lovers to DVD±RW ...