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 ...

Just when we thought optical drives had bitten the dust, Samsung comes up with the SE-208BW with built-in Wi-Fi. Samsung calls it a Smart Media Hub and say Just when we thought that optical drives had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...