For years, putting a DVD into your Windows PC was as simple as dropping a disc into the tray and letting the movie play. Windows Media Player would spin up, autoplay would kick in, and before you knew ...

On Monday, news surfaced that Microsoft had invented a single-play DVD that would no longer function after being watched once in order to combat piracy. The story was quickly repeated, often without ...

A reader writes with a question about playing DVDs in Windows 10. “My new Windows 10 laptop (Toshiba Satellite C55-B5382) came equipped with PowerDVD 12 rather than any of the old familiar movie ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...