Nanochip Offers 5X the Memory of Flash Drives

By one measure: That's when analog storage took a back seat

(NEWSER) - Humanity broadcasts a mind-boggling amount of information daily—try 1.9 zettabytes on for size, says a USC study . In other words, each person is hit with 174 newspapers’ worth of information every day, the Daily Mail reports. Meanwhile, computers, libraries, DVD collections, and newspapers can store some 295 exabytes—a figure with 20 zeroes—of information. A stat easier to handle: 2002 is the first year in which the world's digital storage capacity became larger than analog capacity. More»

Storage device makes it easy to access your hard drive remotely

(NEWSER) - The Pogoplug device seems like the perfect solution for people who want to access and share their files over the Internet but are wary of storing their personal data "in the cloud," writes Katherine Boehret. The $129 device allows users to access hard drives or other devices connected to its four USB ports from anywhere with an Internet connection, Boehret writes in the Wall Street Journal. More»

Hires hint that company is plotting to create its own, secret circuits

(NEWSER) - Apple has been steadily assembling a team of experts with the capability to design the company's own brand of chips, the Wall Street Journal reports. Insiders say the move—a major shift in strategy—will help Apple design new, exclusive features for its gadgets, and will eliminate the need for the company to share details of its work with outside vendors. More»

(NEWSER) - Intel has rolled out a new chip for servers that will more than double the effectiveness of systems but consume no extra power, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Xeon 5500 excels at “virtualization,” allowing multiple operating systems and applications to run on one server—which Intel hopes will attract buyers in a recession. “The Xeon 5500 becomes a cash machine for IT,” an Intel exec said. More»

For electronic records, money is there but technology isn't

(NEWSER) - The administration's push to digitize health records is raising red flags with an important constituency: doctors. "We have a long way to go," said the lead author of a report out today that shows only 9% of hospitals have computerized records. His article is part of a 1-2 punch in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine casting light on the daunting challenge, the New York Times reports. More»