Remember the myth of the paperless office - that one day all our information exchanges would be electronic, printers would become redundant, stationers would go out of business and entire rainforests would be saved?

 

Hasn't exactly happened, has it?

 

So what about the 'format-less world'? As advancing technology improves the devices we use to download and interact with music, film and video games, are we waving goodbye to CDs, DVDs, and all such shiny discs of plastic?

 

Not quite, it seems.

 

Where is all this leading? Select this link to read Jason's article in full Inspect a Gadget