The Compact Disc Turns 26
Maximumpc.com reports that the CD turned 26 on August 17, 2008. Twenty-six years ago, in 1982, the compact disc was born during a surge of consumerism, according to the article. Despite the emergence of new technologies and MP3s, CDs are still sold all across North America. One only needs to walk into any music store to see the longevity of the compact disc.
It was well over a decade before the semi-affordable CD-Rs came to the market, making CDs a way to store numerous kinds of personal information, from photos to music to video, according to maximumpc.com. Compact discs are still used to store information for software programs, games, and other kinds of data.
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