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more about #memory more comments → STiger: Stop making organic components and make stuff that will last! This is why I don't trust rewritable discs... more » reddingofish: I have been reading about electronic paper being 5 years away for 15 years now. The e-ink book readers just ain't doing it for me. My favorite versio... more » SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: One step closer to floppy disks...YAY. more » Pessimippopotamus: But can it protect itself from getting lost ? more » hapoo82: It can withstand 1.6 tons or a 1.6 ton vehicle? A car would spread its weight across 4 wheels making it 1/4 as much. more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: SD Cards are so thin, I bet regular ones would hold up just fine if being run over by a vehicle as well. more » trevisol: Wooooow . . . . 1.6 tons! That's, like, almost as heavy as my Honda Civic. Can it also withstand temperatures of over 305 degrees kelvin?? more » Digo: Well, Racetrack has two versions. The American one and the World one. The main difference is the American one only makes left turns and crashes a lot ... more » Mad as a Hatter: How about instead of just larger and larger capacities they concentrate on making data storage more durable and less prone to "crapping out" as one wo... more » otko: The Racetrack memory consists of tiny horses running really fast inside a piece of silicon. more » Rejexted: Your mom's practically anorexic #samsungflashmemorychip more » Monty: Do we expect these to lower the prices of memory beyond the usual results of technology decreasing in cost over time? Small gadgets, absolutely - but... more » mattycakes: I kinda want to see what a bulimic flash chip would look like. #samsungflashmemorychip more » don-don: Now this is shrinkage that I can be proud of! #samsungflashmemorychip more » szrimaging: If this is both as good as flash, but as fast as DRAM, could we seen an evolution in computing architecture? Imagine, if you will, a world where hard... more » -
#flash
Flexible Flash Memory Gets Us One Step Closer to Bendy Computing
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#mythbusting
Understanding the Windows Pagefile and Why You Shouldn't Disable It
As a tech writer, I regularly cringe at all the bad tweaking advice out there, and disabling the system pagefile is often a source of contention among geeks. Let's examine some of the pagefile myths and debunk them once and for all. [Lifehacker] -
#memory
Samsung's Memory Cards Would Survive Being Run Over By a 1.6-Ton Vehicle
If you find your digital camera gets into that sort of situation often, that's probably quite an attractive feature, right? In addition to withstanding 1.6-ton of weight, these three new memory cards are shock, water and magnet proof. More » -
#memory
Five Possible Futures of Computer Memory
New Scientist has a feature on five conceptual successors to flash memory. These are all technologies currently under development that could fit terabytes of information on a single tiny chip—and some of them aren't too far off. More » -
#flashmemory
Samsung's New Ultra Slim 30-Nanometer Flash Memory Chips Will Cause Gadget Shrinkage
With stacks of eight being only 0.6mm thick, Samsung's new 30-nanometer NAND chips are practically anorexic, but for once that's a good thing. Thinner chips like these could bring smaller gadgets and hopefully also lead to lower SSD prices. More » -
#usb
Corsair Flash Voyager 128GB USB Drive: As Big and Fast As a Small Fish
One day, 128GB flash drives will be common. We'll lose em and only say "oops." Today, you can have one if you don't mind the size and price of this $400 Corsair. But F me, this thing is fast. More » -
#memory
Phase-Changing Memory Is Closer To The Market And Might Just Kill Flash
Phase-changing memory looks great. It's supposed to combine the non-volatile nature of flash-based memory with the fantastic speed of DRAM. Now Intel and Numonyx are teasing with advancements in stacking memory layers, news that brings denser PCM closer to markets. More » -
#flash
SanDisk Starts Shipping X4 Flash Cards, Will Eventually Be Awesome
SanDisk's X4 tech packs four bits of data into each memory cell, compared with the typical one or two bits. That means they'll be able to far exceed the 32GB limit on SDHC, microSDHC and others, and they've started shipping. More » -
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#cameras
Flash Memory Sensors: 100x Smaller Than CCDs, Better at Low Light
CCD and CMOS sensors take great images, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. They're bulky and bad in low light. It turns out that flash memory can actually double as a light sensor, and could solve both these problems. More » -
#digitalcameras
SanDisk ExtremePro CompactFlash Cards Are Extremely Fast and Extremely Expensive
The best $50 I've spent in a month was on a roomier CompactFlash card for video-taking DSLRs, but it looks like I should've waited: SanDisk's new ExtremePro line push 90MB/second read/write speeds and comes in 16, 32 and 64GB sizes. More » -
#flashmemory
Corsair's Flash Voyager GT: The World's Fastest 128GB USB Flash Drive
Corsair, who seem to spend all their time finding speed records and then breaking them, announced their Flash Voyager GT USB flash drive at the droolworthy 128GB capacity. Even better, the speeds totally don't suck: 32MB/s and 25.6MB/s read/write, respectively. More » -
#memory
World's Fastest DDR3 Memory Belongs in a Rice Rocket
Not being much of a crazy overclocking modder myself, I don't really get the ridiculous Fast and the Furious design on this A-Data XPG Plus RAM, but the stats don't lie—this module is super speedy at 2,200MHz. More » -
#storage
A Guide To Finding The Best SSD For Your Money
If you want to boost your computer's performance, solid state drives can deliver. However, if you find the choices out there to be daunting, LaptopMag's comprehensive SSD roundup can help you get the most performance for your money. More » -
#usb
Split Stick Double-Headed USB Drives Separate Your Work and Personal Lives
Whether you want to separate work from your personal life, his from hers, or your stuff from that other personality you call "Bad Charlie", the Split Stick gives you two separate flash drives in one USB device. More » -
#guides
A Pictorial Guide to Computer Hardware
From every kind of memory to A/V input/outputs, processors, and hard drives, this guide shows in easy-to-recognize pictorial form the possible guts in your computer. It's either a really useful quick guide, or the nerdiest poster we've ever seen. [DeviantArt] -
#usb
Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
Calvin Klein's new sunglasses offer up a little storage with your UV protection thanks to a 4GB USB flash drive embedded in the right arm. More » -
#luxury
$10,000 USB Drive Makes Life More Difficult, Destitute
Mnemosyne's $10,000, 16GB USB drive is housed inside a puzzle that must be solved to physically get to the memory within. Apparently simple encryption is just too middle-class for anybody rich enough to afford this thing.
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#components
Let's Speculate: What Could Flexible Memory Be Used for?
Researchers have developed a lightweight, mostly transparent, and quite flexible memory chip. It sounds cool, but then I think: What possible advantages could flexible memory have? Help me out, commenters. More » -
#usb
Kitten Ears USB Sticks Can Be Used In Your Cosplay Fantasies
Stick these two on your head and put a kitten tail up your butt to become that weird guy who likes to play pussy when he's home alone. Alternatively, use these as 2GB memory sticks. More »
