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  • April 2008
    • Files May Be Fleeting

      Files May Be Fleeting

      (Newser) - Cuneiform tablets have kept information safe across millenia, but hard drives have lifespans of just a few years. Even if your CDs survive the century, their players might have become obsolete, warns the Boston Globe . "Who knows how long they're going to last—how much time before the information on a zip disk just goes into cyberspace heaven," said one archivist. More »

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      book   DVD   CDs   information technology   digital media   digital storage   cassette tape

  • February 2008
    • Nanochip Offers 5X the Memory of Flash Drives

      Nanochip Offers 5X the Memory of Flash Drives

      (Newser) - A Silicon Valley company called Nanochip has a chip under development that can store over five times the amount of data as current flash drives, reports Tech Review. The Nanochip technology  stores memory by using tiny pins with microscopically sharp tips to polarize a film; it is cheaper to produce than flash memory, more long-lasting, and about the same speed.  More »

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      chip   digital storage

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