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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Addonics has added new portable optical drives to its line that feature a built-in eSATA and USB interface. The new Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW and the Pocket DVD-RRW drive provide throughput up to ...

Samsung have released details of two new external optical drives, the first is a slim portable Blu-ray writer the SE-506AB optical disk drive (ODD), and the other is the smart media hub SE-208BW ...

Plextor Announces New Lineup of Optical Drives with PlexUTILITIES Advanced Application & Diagnostic Software Plextor, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, ...

The Samsung SmartHub SE-208BW is a good idea five years too late, and requires one of the most convoluted installations we've seen on a device. Geeks won't need it ...

Every Mac fan has been craving for a successor to Apple’s 12-inch PowerBook, but one of the big problems when making an ultraportable (aside from keeping the right size/power balance) is where to ...