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CD Rot: A Diskaster in the Making

CD rot sounds like yet another horrible disease du jour, but it’s not quite that. It’s what can happen over time to the recorded contents of compact disks and it’s not reversible. The Library of Congress, which maintains copies of important commercial recordings and printed materials, is struggling with the…

Noble Gas Boosts Hard Drive Capacity to 6TB

Western Digital (WD) has pushed capacity to a record-setting 6TB for a new lineup of hard drives that are filled with helium gas. Hard drive manufacturers had been stalled at the 4TB limit until Western Digital’s HGST unit developed a new approach. The HelioSeal platform uses lighter-than-air helium to reduce…

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