Machine Learning Makes Massive Black Hole Data Darker
3 May 2023
The first-ever image of a black hole was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope team in 2019. It required a lot of observation data and processing. Researchers have now produced a finer image using even more data from a new source: models generated using machine-learning.
CBL Pictures: Computer Paper
17 November 2022
A throwback to the late 90s when CBL had ads running in a popular national print magazine about tech “The Computer Paper”.
Behind the Big Data: Revealing Our Galaxy's Black Hole
18 May 2022
Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope project revealed the first-ever image of the black hole that sits at the center of our galaxy known as Sagittarius A*. It was produced using observation data collected from the network of telescopes situated around the globe. How much data must you compute to get an image of an object that’s 27,000 light-years away, is 4 millions times more massive than our Sun, from a network of telescopes that make a dish the size of the Earth?
4 Storage Tech Trends for 2022
8 March 2022
How data is stored and where we use it isn’t exactly the same as it was 10 years ago, let alone even a few years ago. For 2022 multiple things are in play from technological advances to our data storage needs as well as general market forces. Here’s 4 storage tech trends to watch this year from HDD & SSD competition, to storage capacities, flash memory and the pandemic effects on data use.
CBL Pictures: How it started... How it's going
17 February 2022
Some devices in the lab recently for recovery service with many years between them reminded us of a social trend comparing old and new.
FLASHback: NAND Memory Technology Celebrates 35 Years
14 February 2022
This year is the 35th anniversary of NAND flash memory being invented. Check out some facts about this technology which transformed a lot of digital devices and has evolved along with our data storage needs.
Predicting Where Storage Is Going in 2021
25 January 2021
As the year begins we look at trends in the digital storage world, projections for the market and technologies that will impact how data is stored and used in 2021.
Throwback: Creating the First Hard Disk Drive at IBM
3 July 2020
A promotional film that IBM made in the 1950s looks at the creation of the first hard disk drive and is a retro video throwback to tech innovation and marketing of the time reminding us how far we’ve come and of artifacts from our own data recovery archives.
Spring Ahead and Look Towards the Future of Storage
18 March 2020
Spring is the season for new beginnings so let’s look at how new applications with new requirements and breakthrough storage technologies will bring fresh approaches to the ways we use and store our data.
Black Hole: It Takes Big Data to See The Big Picture
11 April 2019
The first-ever image of a black hole was revealed to the world by an international team of researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project in a culmination of years of work, astronomy and computer science feats. How much data must you compute to get an image of something that’s 55 million light-years away, has a mass 6.5 billion times that of our own sun, from a network of 8 telescopes that combine to make a dish the size of the Earth?
Ada Lovelace Day
10 October 2017
Ada Lovelace was a 19th century amateur mathematician who is held up as a symbol for women in science. Her tale is a fascinating one and earned her not only acclaim as the ‘first computer programmer’ but a day honouring her and celebrating women in tech.
