The levy on blank CDs that allows Canadians to make legal copies of music is going up by almost 40 per cent, which only worsens the problem with the tariff, said one copyright expert on Tuesday.

A reader found that a blank CD caused Mac OS X to panic during boot. He writes: "I bought OS X today and installed it on my G4/400 on a slave 10 GB drive. It installed great, but after switched ...

If you want to boot into a live Linux environment but don't have a blank CD or thumb drive handy, you can actually boot right from your hard drive using GRUB and previously mentioned Unetbootin.

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Due to increased blank CD-R media costs — influenced by the tightening of worldwide supplies, worldwide manufacturing consolidation and strict enforcement of royalty ...

Normally when you insert a blank CD or DVD, the disc may mount on the desktop, in the Finder sidebar, or at the top level of the computer where you see your drives and network displayed.

This just started on one of our users machines yesterday. When inserting a blank CD this message comes up:"Blank CD/DVD insertedA Blank CD/DVD disc has been inserted into drive F:Please select ...

CD "type 2" and "7" work, "type 1" is NFG.<BR>Here's what I've learned, based on how my CD burner identifies blanks by<BR>manufacturer:<BR>No good on the Ikon:<BR> 1) ...

A blank CD-R disc is sensitive to dust, fingerprints and smudges. If the disc you're using is dirty, the lens inside the drive will have a harder time reading data.