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  • Maxell 300GB holographic disks in late 2006, 1.6TB by 2010 (For all you tech heads)

    12/12/2005 3:38:43 PM PST · by Pimpmygop · 36 replies · 1,171+ views
    Maxell reportedly pledged to bring out a 300GB optical holographic disk system late next year. Will this finally be the affordable high capacity backup system we have been waiting for? Apparently the drive will transfer at up to 20MB/sec - this means that 300GB data could be written in as little as 4 hours and ten minutes - however due to lead-in and other delays 5 hours is a more reasonable guess as to how long it will take to back up 300GB.
  • ‘Missing’ Los Alamos disks never existed

    01/29/2005 3:55:55 AM PST · by foolscap · 16 replies · 813+ views
    www.msnbc.msn.com ^ | Jan. 28, 2005 | The Associated Press
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two computer disks that supposedly disappeared last summer, prompting a virtual shutdown of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in fact never existed, according to a report released Friday. In a harshly worded review that described severe security weaknesses at the nuclear laboratory, the U.S. Energy Department concluded that bar codes were recorded for the disks but that the disks themselves were never created. A separate FBI investigation supported that finding, according to the report. “The weaknesses revealed by this incident are severe and must be corrected,” said the report. As punishment for the problems, the Energy Department...
  • Canadians Burned by Blank-CD Levy

    01/08/2003 1:54:27 PM PST · by freepatriot32 · 11 replies · 453+ views
    wired news ^ | 1.8.03 | Michelle Delio
    <p>Technology not taxation!</p> <p>That's the battle cry of the Canadian computer industry in a war of words being waged among groups representing the nation's music, technology and retail industries.</p> <p>The dispute centers around fees collected from technology companies to reimburse the music industry for losses incurred by music copying and swapping.</p>