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A Billion-Year Hard Drive
New process could preserve digital data essentially forever
Toaster-style 5-slot USB Hard Drive Dock
Toaster-style 5-slot USB Hard Drive Dock
everythingusb.com — The guy who came up with the toaster-style USB hard drive dock should really deserve a medal. No longer do we need to figure out what to do with those old drives. We can easily jam in the spare 2.5" and 3.5" drives, and eject them like Nintendo ... (more) Toaster-style 5-slot USB Hard Drive Dock
Manual Hard Drive Destroyer Looks Like Fun
Manual Hard Drive Destroyer Looks Like Fun
ohgizmo.com — By Andrew Liszewski This Manual Hard Drive Destroyer kind of reminds me of those hand-cranked quarter stamping machines you see all over touristy towns like Las Vegas. But this contraption doesn’t leave your hard drives imprinted with an ... (more) Manual Hard Drive Destroyer Looks Like Fun
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New Technique Promises Billion-Year Data Storage
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... you could store data from nearly 25 DVDs in the space of a postage stamp. The beauty of the system is that it requires only a couple volts in electrical signal to stimulate it, Will Gannett, a graduate student in physics working on the project at UC Berkeley told campus paper The Daily Californian. It’ll take awhile to get there, though — so far the researchers have only demonstrated the theoretical possibility of this technology. [via Science] Photo: Nanoparticle in nanotube representation ...

You can say 'netbook' now, the Supremes will look at patents, Tetris turns 25
Betanews — ... , according to new carbon nanotube research at Berkeley. Information density could be as high as 1012 bits per square inch -- equivalent, the article says, to nearly 25 DVDs in the space of a postage stamp. The story is based on an article previously appearing in ScienceNOW. ...

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