This article was taken from the February 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands ...

Scratches on discs can feel like the end of a video game or movie. With the wear and tear of time, physical means of owning media feel as if they are going to disappear with time as technology breaks ...

cliff's notes: Use Meguiar's Swirl Remover 2.0 to polish the scratches out of your CDs.<BR><BR><BR>Story:<BR>-----<BR>I have started checking CDs out from the library (they have tons of great old rock ...

If you have a CD or DVD that won’t play because it’s covered in dust and scratches, a little forehead grease will get it working again. Now that’s using your head.

While CDs will soon be obsolete, more than likely you still own tons of them. Even more likely is that they all have tons of scratches on them. There's an easy solution to get those CDs to look shiny ...

Dear Readers: Compact discs sound great, but they scratch so easily. However, don't toss a scratched CD until you try my homemade scratch remedy. Many scratches can be wiped away with ordinary white ...

I've got about 50-60 audio CDs, and a few games... The surfaces of these CDs have abrasions from a poor quality case, and I'm certain that most of the damage doesn't penetrate the aluminum layer. What ...