News tagged with floppy disk
Time to clean up your digital closet
Let's jump ahead 50 years. Imagine your grandchildren are rummaging around in your attic, looking through old boxes and trunks. They discover laptops, hard drives wrapped in cloth, DVDs, and maybe even a real antique: A ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Probing Question: Can we save today's documents for tomorrow?
Even though your grandparents’ old photo albums are yellowed and grainy, they’re still there for you and your family to enjoy. But will your grandchildren be able to say the same of the digital photo albums ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Under the electron microscope -- A 3-D image of an individual protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Gang Ren whirls the controls of his cryo-electron microscope, he compares it to fine-tuning the gearshift and brakes of a racing bicycle. But this machine at the U.S. Department of Energy ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Data may not compute: Program stores older Web research files, left at risk by technological leaps
Modern scholars are wrestling with a problem that ancient monks and early authors managed to master: how to keep their work accessible to future generations.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 19, 2011 |
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A citizen's dosimeter, and it fits in your wallet
No matter how many plastic cards currently crowd your wallet, one day you may wish to make room for one more. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has developed ...
Jul 01, 2011 |
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For a pioneer of technology, 100 years of 'Think'
Google, Apple and Facebook get all the attention. But the forgettable everyday tasks of technology - saving a file on your laptop, swiping your ATM card to get 40 bucks, scanning a gallon of milk at the checkout ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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ThumbDrive inventor out to prove he is no one-hit wonder
Henn Tan could have ruled the global market in what became the ubiquitous USB flash drive that helped consign the floppy disk to the dustbin of technological history.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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'Digital genome' time capsule stored under the Swiss Alps
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Europe have created a time capsule they call a 'digital genome,' and deposited it in a bunker known as the Swiss Fort Knox, which lies deep beneath the ski slopes of the Swiss ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 21, 2010 |
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Data defenders: Researchers try to ward off increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cyber attackers were busy last year. In July, a coordinated "denial of service" assault was launched on computers at the White House, Federal Trade Commission and departments of Treasury, ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 02, 2010 |
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iPod shuffle: Are these earbuds for you?
Apple has a history of making things without features that many people consider essential.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Apple's Macintosh celebrates 25th birthday
The Apple Macintosh, born at the hands of renegade engineers in the early 1980s, changed the relationship between human and keyboard.
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Trendy gadget gifts -- but just in case, hang onto receipts
Buying high-tech gifts is really hard. It's almost impossible to keep abreast of the latest gadgets and know which ones are getting long in the tooth.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 04, 2008 |
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