When your Dell computer boots up, it references a list of bootable devices contained in the computer's BIOS. The computer will start at the top of the list and check the device for bootable ...

Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker ...

If you want to copy a CD, you don't need a computer anymore. The CD-Backup from EPO Science & Technology Inc. duplicates compact discs in any format, including CD-ROMs and audio, video, and photo CDs.

THE technology built into some CDs to stop people copying them is futile. So says a computer scientist who has put today’s antipiracy systems under the microscope. He believes the continual software ...