CD-E: Call It Erasable, Call It Rewritable, But Will It Fly?

This article was the first serious public look at the technical aspects of and market potential for CD-ReWritable (CD-RW). Known during its development as CD-Erasable (CD-E), CD-RW is an interesting chapter in the history of optical storage and, fanciful expectations of its promoters aside, continues to endure, long outliving most of its contemporaries.

External Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue Drops

International Data Corporation (IDC) announced it reckons that worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues declined 3.5% (YoY) during the third quarter of 2013.