Q. Before I buy a CD-ROM drive, I’m waiting for a recordable version. Why is it taking so long for a recordable CD-ROM disk to become available? A. You’re missing the point of what CD-ROM is all about ...

It wasn’t long ago that techno-pundits were ready to bury the CD-ROM. The Internet, with its 24-hour-a-day worldwide access, would all but replace the CD-ROM as the medium of the digital age, the ...