The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...

An obsolete form of optical media known as the "Compact Disc" celebrates its 25th birthday tomorrow. In a press release issued Thursday, Philips said a staggering 200 billion of them were produced ...

This week we’re looking back almost 40 years to 1983 – amazingly the year the first compact disc (CD) went on sale in the UK and the one pound coin was introduced in England and Wales. Britain’s ...

March 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1836, Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico. In 1925, the first system of interstate highway numbering was introduced in the United States. In 1949, a U ...