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Obama Gives Government Agencies Four Months To Make Digital Plan

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Bringing the nation's recordkeeping strategy out of the WWII era and onto computers

Despite this era's amazing advances in data storage and data mining, the accumulated records of our federal bureaucracy are largely — and perhaps unsurprisingly — languishing…
Despite this era's amazing advances in data storage and data mining, the accumulated records of our federal bureaucracy are largely — and perhaps unsurprisingly —…

Scientists Build a Data Storage Device Out of Salmon DNA

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It’s good smoked, straight up on the grill with a little lemon and butter, or rolled into sushi. And now, thanks to researchers at Taiwan’s Tsing Hua University and the…
It’s good smoked, straight up on the grill with a little lemon and butter, or rolled into sushi. And now, thanks to researchers at Taiwan’s Tsing Hua University and the…

World's Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms

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The world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit is made of just 12 atoms, squeezing an entire byte into just 96 atoms, a significant shrinkage in the world of information…
The world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit is made of just 12 atoms, squeezing an entire byte into just 96 atoms, a significant shrinkage in the world of…

Using Heat to Record Information Could Improve Data Storage Speed a Hundred-Fold

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An international team of researchers claims to have figured out a way to use ultrafast bursts of heat, rather than the typical magnetic field, to record a bit of information…
An international team of researchers claims to have figured out a way to use ultrafast bursts of heat, rather than the typical magnetic field, to record a bit of…

DNA Inside Cells Can Serve As Rewritable Data Storage

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DNA is the blueprint for life, and now it can serve as a computer to monitor life’s processes. Bioengineers transformed DNA into a one-bit memory system that can record,…
DNA is the blueprint for life, and now it can serve as a computer to monitor life’s processes. Bioengineers transformed DNA into a one-bit memory system that can record,…

FYI: What’s The Most Durable Way To Store Information?

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1. Engrave it on a piece of platinum. 2. Bury the platinum in the desert.

Despite claims to the contrary, the storage media in wide use today—CD-ROMs, spinning hard drives, flash memory, etc.—aren’t very durable. “You’re talking years, not…

DNA Can Store Your Digital Data For Up To 2,000 Years

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Stop throwing all your data into a digital black hole

Your DNA holds an incredible amount of information in a very small space. Recently, researchers have looked to DNA as a method to store large amounts of digital information…

Which Brands Of Hard Drive Are Most Likely To Fail?

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A chart showing that Western Digital hard drives have the highest failure rate of those Backblaze used in their servers.

A new analysis points fingers

These Are The Hard Drives Most Likely To Fail…

Storing data on DNA may not be practical, but it's possible—and it sure sounds cool

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Researchers stored an operating system and a short movie on DNA

With a special coding technique, DNA data storage is 60% more efficient and is quite robust.

Permanently delete files from any device

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Send your trash beyond the point of no return.

Just moving a digital file to the trash bin won't get rid of it. Want to make sure your data is gone forever? Here's what to do on computers, tablets, and phones.




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