When e-memories must expire Sep 13, 2009
These web services might be great as an ongoing measure for people who can manage their own digital data. But there is another set of web services which are starting to tackle the bigger question what happens to ones online presence after they pass away. (India Times)
NARA digs out of digital avalanche Sep 12, 2009
And the longer it takes to develop the solutions, the bigger the avalanche of digital data will grow. The archives of the future. (FCW.com)
How Do You Analyse A Criminal? Sep 12, 2009
11, 2009) The use of digital data analysis within law enforcement is not simple ... Dutch researcher Stijn Vanderlooy has developed a model that makes digital data analysis more reliable ... In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the storage of digital data within the field of law enforcement. (Science Daily)
The Right Honourable Computer, Barrister-at-law Sep 9, 2009
2, 2009) The use of digital data analysis within law enforcement is not simple ... A Dutch researcher has developed a model that makes digital data. (Science Daily)
Raytheon to buy BBN, a firm that helped create Net Sep 2, 2009
In the 1960s, it developed the first modem for transmitting digital data over telephone lines and invented a router to accurately relay vast amounts of data to multiple locations. BBN also played a major role in the invention of electronic mail, including the first use of the at symbol as a vital part of all e-mail addresses. (Boston Globe)
were collecting too much data Sep 1, 2009
Never have so many people generated so much digital data or been able to lose so much of it so quickly, experts at the San Diego Supercomputer Center say. Computer users world-wide generate enough digital data every 15 minutes to fill the U.S. Library of Congress ... The RAND Corp. says that researchers creating important digital data sets show an alarming lack of concern about preserving them in digital preservation. (Harper's Magazine)
Status overdose Aug 28, 2009
"Unfortunately, paper appears to survive much better than digital data does. In the long run, this may cause this generation to be the least documented in the history of humankind.". Add your comments on this story, using the form below. (BBC News -- UK)
Z Corporation Establishes Authoritative 3D Printing and 3D Scanning Web Site for Russia Aug 18, 2009
These products include the world's fastest high-definition 3D printers -- machines that produce physical 3D models from digital data in multiple colors -- and uniquely portable 3D scanners -- handheld machines that digitize 3D surfaces in real time. Z Corporation technology is enabling a wide range of applications in manufacturing, architecture, civil engineering, reverse engineering, geographic information systems (GIS), medicine and entertainment. (PR Newswire)
Social gadgets added to iGoogle homepages Aug 13, 2009
People using iGoogle can create a "Friends" group to designate who they want to share digital data with. The iGoogle social gadgets were launched recently in Australia and are being rolled out in the United States, according to Mayer and Yao. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Doctors need reasons to join health exchanges: HHS official Aug 13, 2009
Digital data exchange must give physicians a positive ROI. There must be a demonstrable incentive of saving time and money to secure adoption, Riley said. Six federal agencies participated in NHIN trial demonstrations in 2008, and the focus in 2009 is on limited production, Riley said. (FCW.com)
E-tools Give Airmen Access to Digital Data Aug 12, 2009
E-tools give Robins personnel access to digital data. That process would typically be c"> > E-tools give Robins personnel access to digital data Photos1 of 2 Jim Meyer and Tim Reynolds use e-tools as they work on a C-130 Hercules at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Mr. Meyer is an aircraft mechanic and Mr. Reynolds is the technical project lead for e-tools deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sue Sapp) Lisa Waterman (left) and Donna Long label the laptops for identification, load technical data into the... (DOD DefenseLINK)
Analog to close Cambridge site next month Aug 8, 2009
Analog Devices is a major producer of specialized chips that convert sound or vibration into digital data and that are found in a variety of motion-sensitive devices, such as automobile airbags and the handheld controller for the popular Wii videogame console. The micro-electrical-mechanical sensors, or MEMS chips, use the motions of tiny silicon fingers to detect sounds or movements. (Boston Globe)
Etched in memory Jul 30, 2009
Silicon-based or otherwise, such a medium is still up against the digital data archivists' arch enemy: magnetic polarity. Constant fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field wreck havoc with electromagnetic storage devices such as hard drives, which encode data in magnetic charges. (BBC News -- Technology)
Mount Rushmore to get laser treatment Jul 30, 2009
When completed, the digital data collected can be viewed in 3-D images from several vantage points. Long-term, Singh would like to explore the possibility of using the completed 3-D image of Mount Rushmore in one of the visitor center theaters to help educate children about the monument. (USA Today -- Travel)
Report offers principles for maintaining the integrity and accessibility of research data Jul 23, 2009
Because digital data can be manipulated more easily than other forms, they are particularly susceptible to distortion. Questions about how to maintain the data generated, who should have access, and who pays to store them can be controversial. (EurekAlert!)
Soon, e-data that self-destructs Jul 22, 2009
The idea of developing technology to make digital data disappear after a specified period of time is not new. A number of services that perform this function exist on the World Wide Web, and some electronic devices like FLASH memory chips have added this capability for protecting stored data by automatically erasing it after a specified period of time. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Why Japan's smartphones can't go global Jul 20, 2009
Indeed, Japanese makers thought they had positioned themselves to dominate the age of digital data. But Japanese cell-phone makers were a little too clever. (India Times)
* NASA admits to taping over Neil Armstrong footage Jul 18, 2009
NASA believed the original tapes might contain digital data sent from the moon that could be converted into much sharper pictures of the landing than those broadcast on the day, which were taken by a television camera pointed at a giant wall monitor at mission control in Houston X effectively a copy of a copy. But a standard NASA money-saving measure in those days was to reuse tape reels after several years in storage. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Freedom of an unlocked cellphone may not be worth it Jul 9, 2009
Worse yet, America s two GSM carriers are not fully compatible with each other when it comes to digital data services. An unlocked GSM phone can place and receive voice calls on the T-Mobile or AT&T networks. (Boston Globe)
Loma Linda University Health Sciences Center Selects Autonomy to Improve Operational Efficiency Jul 6, 2009
With Autonomy, they will be able to rapidly transform all the documents and forms into digital data, which will then immediately trigger a workflow that allows a secure audit trail to be captured at every step of the process. In addition, Autonomy's unique ability to embed intelligence into the documents allows the data to be automatically and immediately validated for accuracy as it is being entered. (PR Newswire)
CARLSBAD: ViaSat gets $21M defense contract Jul 2, 2009
It connects users with digital data and digital voice communications. Delivery is expected to begin in July 2010 and continue through the end of the year. (North County Times)
Air France Black Box Search Passes 30 Days Jul 1, 2009
We've updated CBSNews. PARIS, June 30, 2009. (CBS News -- World)
Sales tax cash will keep Minnesota forest wild Jun 29, 2009
5 million for related efforts, including money to purchase high-resolution digital data on waters. Runoff: 38. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Ode to the Cup Holder Jun 29, 2009
Or we could pop in a CD. Or we could download music to an onboard hard drive, which also has the capacity to store all kinds of other digital data. has also arrived, enabling passengers to surf the Web while rolling along. (Slate)
SIGGRAPH Curated Art Presents Generative Fabrication Jun 16, 2009
Real world chairs are "printed" directly from digital data - each one a unique solution. Ground Substance. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
U.C. Berkeley Device Could Store Data for Billion Years Jun 4, 2009
"I think this project is a stepping stone, showing that there are ways of storing digital data that are very different from what is currently used and that may hold great advantages in data lifetime and density," he said. This story was filed by UWIRE, which offers reporting from more than 800 colleges and universities worldwide. (Fox News)
Google Ramps Speed in Enterprise Search 6.0 Jun 3, 2009
Google's announcement comes as a report from IDC, "As the Economy Contracts, the Digital Universe Expands," said that the volume of digital data will grow by almost five times over the next four years while IT budgets grow only 20 percent and staff increase only 10 percent. In response, IT organizations will need to develop and enforce data management policies, align business and IT organizations, and get IT staff involved in business. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Neil Young puts his all in long-awaited 'Archives' Jun 3, 2009
" The set's illuminating timeline excludes personal matters, though there's plenty of career drama, he promises. "The most depressing point is when CDs come along," he says. Blu-ray, which holds up to 60 times as much digital data as an MP3, "is the highest-resolution clarity available now. Ultimately, we'll go to something better. (USA Today -- Life)
UT partners with Raytheon on cybersecurity research May 28, 2009
Cybersecurity, or protection of digital data, is now one of the major national security problems facing the United States, and President Barack Obama has said that protecting the country's digital infrastructure is a top priority for his administration. The 21 faculty members in the CIAS, a research unit in the Department of Computer Science, are working to address increasingly critical issues such as privacy, password cracking, network security, intrusion detection, verification and wireless... (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Gigabit culture May 28, 2009
Page last updated at 18:08 GMT, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:08 UK. Broadband goes big in Japan. (BBC News -- Science)
Racetrack Memory: The Future Third Dimension of Data Storage May 27, 2009
We owe the arrival of this information age to the rapid development of remarkable technologies in high-speed , data processing and perhaps most important of all but least appreciated digital data storage ... Most digital data today, such as the information that makes up the Internet, resides in vast farms of magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs) and in the HDDs of individual computers. (Scientific American)
Play Wii Games From a Hard Drive? Here's How May 27, 2009
Warning, I haven't personally transmogrified my Wii into a spindle-free digital data bucket (without holes, Dear Liza, Dear Liza) but it's one heck of a bold little hack if it works. Per , who got it from a guy who either owns or actually is , if you're feeling equally intrepid. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Electronic 'Smoking Guns' Can Go Off at Your Computer May 15, 2009
In a world where forensic computer specialists often find the most important information, a grasp of the power and legal limitations of digital data can pay practical dividends. Bits and Bytes Linger. (PR Newswire)
Wi-Fi coverage spotty? Put your power lines to work May 14, 2009
The DHP-303 system, at $140, is a handy way to pump digital data all over the house ... Gadgets like the D-Link Systems Inc. DHP-303 power line adapter are a simple, handy way to pump digital data all over the house. (Boston Globe)
CORRECTING AND REPLACING -- Silicon Motion Announces First Quarter Results for the Period Ended March 31, 2009 and Revisions to Fourth Quarter 2008 Results May 13, 2009
We are confident that NAND flash growth will rebound as consumer confidence returns and device makers continue adopting NAND flash as the preferred media for digital data storage. Currently there are some bright spots in our business. (Primezone Releases)
LevelOne MobilSpot Portable Wirel... May 11, 2009
Company: Digital Data Communications GmbH. Uniqueness: 65. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Storage Appliance Corp. introduces Clickfree Traveler, world's smallest totally automatic PC backup device, and Clickfree Transformer, a simpler way to burn data to optical discs May 7, 2009
Our expanded product line and new form factors give consumers numerous options and price ranges for backing up their precious and irreplaceable data (Canada Newswire)
Writing on the wall for paper? May 7, 2009
The UK launch of the Sony Reader has sparked another round of frenzied speculation over the future of the printed book in a world of screens, networks and digital data. Like the iLiad or the US-only Kindle, the Reader is a paperback-sized electronic book with a high-resolution display that uses "electronic ink" and looks and acts more like paper than a screen. (BBC News -- Technology)
Wireless HD video gets boost from WiGig Alliance May 7, 2009
WiGig is 10 to 20 times faster than WiFi, and should cut from hours to seconds the time it takes to wirelessly transfer gigantic digital data files ... WiGig is 10 to 20 times faster than WiFi, and should cut from hours to seconds the time it takes to wirelessly transfer gigantic digital data files, such as HD films, according to alliance president Ari Sadri. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Microsoft, Cisco Help Tech Sector's Early Rally May 4, 2009
Many of its chips are used in instruments that convert analog inputs such as pressure, temperature or sound into digital data. The stock sells for 14 times earnings and yields 4 percent in dividends. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Experts map whitewater for best fish environment Apr 28, 2009
The project uses an innovative underwater video system that takes Global Positioning System (GPS) digital data and stores it continuously on the audio track of the DVD as the kayak floats down river. Simultaneously, the river s surface features are recorded using a similar geo-referenced video camera. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
BC senior fights seizure of computer, cellphone Apr 15, 2009
On March 30, campus police and State Police entered Calixte's dorm room and carried away "all objects capable of storing digital data in any form," including several personal computers, two iPod music players, a cellphone, and a variety of software and external data storage drives. Calixte is "a computer science student who's had his computer and cellphone taken away," said EFF senior staff lawyer Matt Zimmerman, who argued that the loss of the equipment harms Calixte's ability to pursue his... (Boston Globe)
NJIT electrical engineer cracks code to detect media tampering Apr 2, 2009
Since then, Shi, an expert in information assurance and digital data forensics who lectures worldwide, has made it his business to highlight new and better ways to detect tampering with electronic images ... Rather, the science of digital data forensics, which gathers evidence of data composition, origin, and history, is necessary. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Rocks Don't Need to Be Backed Up Mar 28, 2009
Commentary: What a 4,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk can teach us about data backup, archiving and preservation of our history and why it's critical that we get started now (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Qualcomm Launches 'Kayak' Mobile Solution To Rural Broadband Mar 26, 2009
Qualcomm has been pushing a , which navigates the digital data stream somewhere between a PC and a broadband enabled phone to provide low cost, low-power Internet conectivity. The FCC actually has two broadband plans to bome up with, the rural strategy in concert with the Department of Agriculture per instructions in last year's farm bill, and a nationwide plan in concert with that agency and the National Telecommunications & Information Administrations per the economic stimulus bill. (Multichannel News)
Canon Digital SLR Camera Shoots HDTV Video Clips Mar 26, 2009
1-megapixel CMOS sensor and the DIGIC 4 imaging processor, which uses 14-bit analog-to-digital conversion to generate digital data with incredibly smooth tones. The new camera also has an HDMI output to make it easy for users to display their images on an HDTV screen. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
National Science and Technology Council releases strategy for digital scientific data Mar 24, 2009
The report, Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society, was produced by the NSTC's Committee on Science under the auspices of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President ... Digital data are the common thread linking these powerful trends in science ... The report lays out a strategic vision for "a digital scientific data universe in which data creation, collection, documentation, analysis, preservation, and dissemination can be... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Calgary Printer Retrofits with EPG KeyColor C System Mar 24, 2009
Integrating KeyColor with prepress will enable CentralWeb to convert digital data from a CTP system to accurately preset all ink keys for even faster makeready. E&P Staff (). (MediaWeek.com)
Google will tailor ads to Web surfing habits Mar 12, 2009
"We are now in an arms race of digital data collection where companies are trying to outdo each other in pursuit of the 21st century's Holy Grail advertising.". Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Notable Solutions secures $5M investment Mar 11, 2009
which turns paper documents into digital data for business software, has received a $5 million boost from to execute the company s growth plans. Rockville-based Notable Solutions will use the financing to increase its sales, marketing and business development efforts. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Fujitsu CeBIT 2009 Showcase; Stylish Scanning Innovations For Windows And Mac Operating Systems, The New ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M Series Mar 4, 2009
"Fujitsu's new ScanSnap S1500 and S1500M models combine stylish design and functional scope with ease of use, lending optimal support to the general office user. Its concept matches the claim that document scanning needs to be fun to become an integral part of daily office life. To receive a digital copy of a valuable paper document must be as simple as pressing a button. And with the ScanSnap it is - even more now - through its many new digital data usage capabilities," emphasised Klaus Schulz,... (JCN Network, Japan)
UNC gets $1M grant from NSF Mar 4, 2009
Managing several million records of digital data for the NARA TPAP project to ensure that our nation s information is safeguarded and available to all its citizens over the long-term is a significant challenge. The assembled team is especially well qualified to address these issues and produce usable results. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Western Digital flashes home backup and media server Feb 21, 2009
Whether WD can remain a provider of single drive products in the face of the apparently relentless growth of domestic digital data and the resultant need to centrally protect, manage and secure it remains to be seen. For now the My Book World Edition seems to be a neat-looking, quiet, economic (in the electrical sense), capacious and very easy to use product. (Register)
`Virtualization' the buzzword for servers and storage Feb 16, 2009
Digital data is being generated at increasing speeds. As the number of applications grows, so does the storage requirement. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
NEC to Provide the Philippines' Largest Mobile Phone Carrier with a Trunk Microwave system Feb 9, 2009
Furthermore, PLDT also plans to capitalize on the network to provide high speed digital data transmission. NEC has worked previously with PLDT and SMART to provide services that include Switching systems throughout the past 18 years, and i-mode platforms. (JCN Network, Japan)
Losses Hit TW Cable Feb 9, 2009
Basic Subs Dip, RGU Adds Slow: Layoffs Coming. by Mike Farrell -- Multichannel News, 2/9/2009 12:00:00 AM MT. (Multichannel News)
IBM Adds Dedupe to Tivoli Storage Manager Feb 8, 2009
IDC research reported in August that the amount of global digital data created and stored on a worldwide basis has increased over 3,000 percent in the last three years, a trend that is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Not surprisingly, it's that trend on which IBM is seeking to cash in with the latest upgrade to the 15-year-old TSM.. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
