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Is Data Ever Really Gone?

By j2fi 263 days ago from http://www.j2fi.net

Can a 30 year-old Unix command eliminate data from a hard drive just as effectively as the outright destruction of the platters? This is the question being asked at 16Systems, where they're holding a contest with data recovery specialists.

I've had some experience with dd, and it's been a pretty powerful tool whenever I

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Blu-ray Is Not The Future

By j2fi 227 days ago from http://www.j2fi.net

Blu-ray is dead. Not only is Blu-ray dead, but it was never a real contender to begin with.

Buying forms of media that'll just be phased out with the next great format war is "old-school", and people are tired of converting their libraries every decade. Rather than continue this vicious cycle of waste, people are looking

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Where Are The Hybrid Hard Drives?

By j2fi 363 days ago from http://www.j2fi.net

Seagate told us months ago about their Momentus 5400 PSD hybrid notebook hard drives. These little units come in 80, 120 and 160 Gig capacities and are equipped with a piddly 256 MB of flash for the most commonly accessed OS files. These are a God-send for anyone that wants to extend their battery life, but where can we find them?

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