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World’s Most Expensive Data Storage Disk Is Made From Sapphire

World’s Most Expensive Data Storage Disk Is Made From Sapphire

What if you wanted to record and present information on a data storage disk for someone who may stumble across it 200 years from now, or how about 10,000 years or a million years from now? Recently Patrick Charton from ANDRA (the French nuclear waste management agency) presented one way to accomplis ...
The Motherboard City: A Creative Use Of Old Computer Parts

The Motherboard City: A Creative Use Of Old Computer Parts

Diana Adams 1 min read
What is it with motherboards, and why can't computer geeks ever seem to get rid of them? I used to think it was because they were difficult to recycle, but in recent years, new ways to recycle old computer parts have been discovered. Now I think it's more of a nostalgia thing. We hold onto old circu ...
Global Data Storage: How Much & Where It Is [Infographic]

Global Data Storage: How Much & Where It Is [Infographic]

Diana Adams 1 min read
It seems like lately I've been reading information about the Internet that forces my brain to think in a different way than I normally would. It's really inspiring when something can change our perspective and take us in a direction we hadn't thought of before. For example, I wrote the article Ut ...

Resurrect Your Dead Computer

Diana Adams 1 min read
If you use a computer to make a living, you have likely experienced at some point the dreaded "DISK BOOT FAILURE" message on your PC or the equally ominous circle with the line through it on your Mac. Now what? Finding a high quality, reasonably priced computer repair company on short notice is ...
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