DNA could become a storage device
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Thursday, 22 February 2018 11:43

DNA could become a storage device

One zettabyte in one gram of DNA

Irish boffins may have come up with a storage solution which puts data in DNA.

Boffins store a short French railway movie on DNA
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Gotta keep the RNA amused

A team of boffins took time out from their busy schedule of sewing human ears onto mice to store a 1895 French film, "Arrival of a train at La Ciotat" onto a piece of DNA.

Diamonds are your data’s best friend
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Tuesday, 01 November 2016 11:32

Diamonds are your data’s best friend


Another storage option


A team of boffins has come up with a new way of saving huge amounts of data on diamonds.

Dutch boffins create atomic scale storage
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Up and Atom

Dutch boffins have worked out how to create an atomic scale rewritable data-storage device capable of packing 500 terabits onto a single square inch.

Flash is the only joy in the European storage market
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IDC reports gloom 

The external storage systems revenues fell 4.9 per cent to $1.64 billion in the first quarter of 2016, with only Flash storeage doing well.

Samsung builds 256GB embedded memory
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Wednesday, 16 March 2016 11:46

Samsung builds 256GB embedded memory


Coming to a high end phone near you

Samsung has announced a 256GB embedded memory chip which is expected to provide all the storeage you smart phone can need.

EMC gets flash with new VMAX and DSSD
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Tuesday, 01 March 2016 11:49

EMC gets flash with new VMAX and DSSD


Hard-drives getting out-of-date

In sign that hard-drives are being replaced by flash, EMC has updated its VMAX line-up with new models that feature all-flash storage or the first time, and unveiled a new array line-up.

NSA will stop looking at bulk data collection
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Trust it

The National Security Agency has said that it will end its access to most bulk data collected under a controversial surveillance program in November, but keep records for litigation purposes. 

HP thinks the future is Flash
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Wednesday, 08 July 2015 11:16

HP thinks the future is Flash


It will save everyone of us

The maker of jolly expensive printer ink, HP believes that there is now a move from legacy storage environments to flash-based systems.

HP comes up with shedloads more storage
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015 11:03

HP comes up with shedloads more storage


Because there is nothing more exciting

HP has used its Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas to lift the kimono on shedloads of storage gear.