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Intel HDCP Cracked Using $350 Hardware Kit Tuesday 29 November 2011 – 12:10 – Optical Storage
An FPGA development board was used in a man-in-the-middle attack in obtaining and transmitting an encrypted signal from an HDMI port. read more
Useless Fact: Each Sperm Carries 37.5 MB of DNA Data Saturday 26 November 2011 – 09:10 – Storage Solutions
Did you know that each sperm carries the equivalent of 37.5 MB of DNA data? Imagine the throughput of hundreds of million sperm! read more
Sony Announces External 100 GB Blu-ray Burner Saturday 22 October 2011 – 07:10 – Optical Storage
Sony just announced an external Blu-ray writer that is compatible with 100 GB BD XL discs. read more
Flooding in Thailand Disrupts Tech Supply Chain Friday 14 October 2011 – 05:10 – Optical Storage
The ongoing severe flooding in Thailand appears to have impact on the availability on the overall supply in the region. read more
Q2 HDD, SSD and ODD Shipments Climb Slightly Thursday 13 October 2011 – 01:10 – Optical Storage
Hard drive (HDD), optical disk drive (ODD) and solid state disk drive (SSD) manufacturers shipped 248.8 million storage devices in the second ... read more
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Sony Vaio Z Has External Radeon Light Peak GPU Wednesday 29 June 2011 – 01:10 – Optical Storage
The best of both worlds for the roadwarrior and desktop replacement. read more
Seagate Takes Over Samsung's HDD for $1.375bn Tuesday 19 April 2011 – 09:20 – Storage Solutions
Samsung and Seagate this morning announced a “broad strategic alignment” that will see Seagate take over Samsung’s hard drive disk division. read more
Buffalo Launching Portable BDXL Burner for $286 Friday 25 March 2011 – 08:20 – Optical Storage
Although Buffalo is launching an external, portable BDXL burner, disc prices are so high that the tech may not be in high demand for quite a while. read more
Intel Launches Light Peak Tech as ''Thunderbolt'' Thursday 24 February 2011 – 03:40 – Optical Storage
It's got the logo fit for a superhero. read more
128GB Bluray Burners Coming Soon Thursday 28 October 2010 – 01:30 – Optical Storage
Buffalo and Pioneer are launching BDXL burners in Japan next month. read more
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Hitachi-LG's Blu-ray/SSD Hybrid Now Smaller Thursday 7 October 2010 – 01:10 – Optical Storage
HLDS revised its hybrid Blu-ray/SSD drive to fit into one laptop drive bay. read more
Sony Develops Powerful Laser for 1TB Optical Disc Monday 26 July 2010 – 03:10 – Optical Storage
Let's hope Sony doesn't get the idea of attaching these things onto sharks. read more
128GB BDXL Blu-ray Disc Specification Finalized Monday 28 June 2010 – 08:10 – Storage Solutions
Quad layers gets you more space on the same sized disc. read more
New Samsung Blu-ray Combo Does 12x Wednesday 16 June 2010 – 10:50 – Optical Storage
Samsung's new internal Blu-ray combo drive offers speeds up to 12x for BD-ROMs. read more
Intel Shows Light Peak Laptop Pushing 2 HD Videos Thursday 6 May 2010 – 04:20 – Optical Storage
Another interconnect technology, but this one does impress. read more
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Intel Light Peak "Launching" in 2011, Maybe 2012 Thursday 15 April 2010 – 07:30 – Optical Storage
Intel's optical-based successor to USB 3.0 may worm its way into products during 2011. read more
Blu-ray Discs Can Fit 128GB in New BDXL Format Monday 5 April 2010 – 02:50 – Optical Storage
A third and fourth layer can expand Blu-ray Disc capacity up to 128GB. read more
Inserting Blu-ray Disks May Freeze Windows 7 Friday 26 February 2010 – 06:50 – Optical Storage
An update that took place in December 2009 may cause Windows 7 to lock up when a Blu-ray disc is inserted into the BD-R drive. read more
Blu-ray, DVD Media Prices Could be Going Up Tuesday 2 February 2010 – 12:10 – Storage Solutions
Get ready to pay more for those plastic discs. read more
PCs Getting Expensive Again, Say Analysts Thursday 14 January 2010 – 10:40 – Storage Solutions
Start saving up those pennies for your next PC -- it could cost a little more. read more
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Intel's Optical Tech May Arrive Next Year Thursday 8 October 2009 – 07:20 – Optical Storage
Intel's Light Peak technology--slated to debut in Q1 2010--could combine current connectors such as USB, HDMI, and Ethernet using fiber optics. read more
Intel Light Peak Can Transfer Blu-ray in 30 Secs Friday 25 September 2009 – 07:31 – Optical Storage
Say hello to optical. read more
Asus Delivering Blu-ray via USB Monday 21 September 2009 – 06:30 – Optical Storage
A cool, upcoming Blu-ray drive uses only a single USB connection. read more
Report: Toshiba to Launch Blu-ray Player Monday 20 July 2009 – 07:41 – Miscellaneous
We all remember the great format war that was HD DVD versus Blu-ray, and we all know how it turned out. However, it seems Toshiba could finally ... read more
QOTD: How Often Do You Backup Your Data? Thursday 16 July 2009 – 12:00 – Storage Solutions
In this case, being backed up is a good thing. read more

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