A young Twitter user caused consternation when she revealed she didn’t know how to burn songs on to a CD. It’s another moment where technology announces one’s mortality I am no music format fetishist.

In 1982, when the BBC's prime-time technology show – Tomorrow's World – did a segment on a new musical format called the "Compact Disc" the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

This week brought news that all but marks the end of an era in the world of recorded music. Best Buy, one of the last big-box electronics chain stores still in business, will be phasing out all CD ...