By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Advancements in data storage technology have not ended with flash. Have you heard of storing data in DNA? Growing Amount of Data As computers, smartphones and tablets become more and more widespread, the amount of data being produced is growing at an exponential and…
Photo: Seagate Originally published by USA Today. By Rob Pegaro When it’s time to donate or ditch an old flash-memory drive that stored sensitive information, deleting those files isn’t enough. The safest way to wipe the slate clean is actually to encrypt it — and that’s not as hard as…
In October of 2017, California suffered a number of devastating wildfires. DriveSavers responded by offering free data recovery service for devices damaged by the wildfires. Watch the video above to experience the story of one iPhone, lost in the fires when a rescue team was transporting horses and livestock out of…
By Chris Rosa, IT Guru It is a well-documented fact that things can and do happen to data storage devices: they wear out, overheat, suffer from manufacturer defects, mechanical failures, go through disasters like fires or floods, burn out from a power surge or any number of possibilities. Data storage…
Las Vegas • July 16–18 • Booth #101 The annual International Print + Imaging Conference (IPIC) will be held July 16–18 at the M Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, NV. IPIC focuses on helping professional photographers to improve their skills and grow their businesses, and includes three days of…
Originally published by SF Gate. Posher, sleeker 2019 Lexus ES will have Apple CarPlay, Amazon Alexa The year was 1989. Sedans were king. “Game changer” hadn’t yet become a colossal cliché. But transforming the luxury car business was exactly what Toyota pulled off nearly three decades ago by launching its upstart…
By Will DeLisi, NAND Flash Recovery Specialist Updated June 15, 2018 In short, it’s not. The market has become flooded (pun intended) with water-resistant phones, but it is important to remember that water-resistant is NOT the same as waterproof. Don’t get me wrong—water resistance is AWESOME, especially when it comes…
By Jim Alcott, Data Recovery/Forensic Engineer On Monday at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled details of their upcoming iOS 12 operating system for iPhone and iPad smart devices, including one particular feature intended to improve personal data privacy and security. What is USB Restricted Mode? Currently, the USB lightning…
Transcript Hey guys, this is Austin, and today I’m in an incredibly stylish suit for one reason. I’m about to go into this cleanroom to take a look to see how DriveSavers is able to save everything from a hard drive to an SSD to – importantly for what we’re going…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Chances are, your email box has been filling up for several weeks now with privacy updates and notifications of privacy policy changes coming from every kind of company, from Google to GoPro. The reason so many businesses are scrambling to update their privacy…
