Crikey! That's a Big Hard Drive Teardown
Crikey! That's a Big Hard Drive Teardown

10 September 2015

Look at the size of this hard drive – and we’re not talking about its capacity. No, not the ones pictured here…..watch the video after the jump to see the vintage.

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CBL Pictures: What Are These?
CBL Pictures: What Are These?

24 March 2015

Likely unfamiliar to younger people and not seen in ages by our older readers…

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Data Safety on and off the Internet
Data Safety on and off the Internet

9 February 2015

If data safety was a coin, data protection would be one of the sides and the other would be data destruction. On Safer Internet Day, we’re thinking about how all of our data – information we create, information created about us, etc – relates to our safety.

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A Large Piece of Storage Technology History
A Large Piece of Storage Technology History

22 February 2011

Do you know what this is being loaded onto a plane?

what is being loaded onto a plane here? Hint: a piece of storage technology history

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When the Lease Expires, Does the Data?
When the Lease Expires, Does the Data?

30 April 2007

So the lease on your laptop has expired? The guy in IT has advised you that they’ll be collecting the old ones and issuing new ones. So you backup your files and data on CDs, DVDs, or USB thumbdrives as every computer user should on a regular,...

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