Back in the 1990s, historical societies, museums and symphonies across the country began transferring all kinds of information onto what was thought to be a very durable medium: the compact disc. Now, preservationists are worried that a lot of key information stored on CDs — from sound recordings to public records — is going to disappear. Some of those little silver discs are degrading, and researchers at the Library of Congress are trying to figure out why.

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You may have doubts about moving your business processes to the cloud, but who doesn’t like free cloud storage? No one that I know of! So which simple Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud storage programs are best for your business or department? It’s not simply a matter of who gives you the most storage for free. The real question is “which one best fits your business’s existing IT infrastructure?”

So you want a monster solid-state drive do you? Boy does Samsung have a drive for you!

Not just the world's highest capacity SSD, but the world's highest capacity drive of any type. The PM1633 uses Samsung's new 48 layer V-NAND, itself a technical tour-de-force, and represents a new thrust in flash storage beyond performance: capacity.

Seagate has been showing off its monster 60TB solid-state drive (SSD) this week, which breezes past the 15TB SSD that Samsung launched in March. But don't expect to see Seagate's SSD in a consumer device any time soon, with the new drive set to join the high-performance end of its datacenter portfolio. Samsung's PM1633a has a 2.5-inch form factor and holds 15.36TB of data. For now, it remains the largest commercially available SSD and reportedly costs $10,000 per unit.

Days before announcing what's supposed to be good third-quarter earnings, Micron shuts down Lexar, its consumer products division. What's up?

More data is generated daily than ever, and it has to go someplace. Will it be flash or traditional disk?

You can add advanced data storage features in only a few lines of code. Consider using one of these APIs to extend your applications and save yourself time.

Organized School Memory Storage Boxes to keep all the clutter and chaos to a minimum so you don't have to spend hours managing it

As more and more news about Facebook comes out, I’m feeling less and less comfortable with being on Facebook. But life is messy, I have friends and family with whom I want to keep in touch, a…

We can remember it for you wholesale. But we probably prefer to use today's storage technology, at least for now.

A straightforward "explainer:" Discover the difference between solid-state drives and hard disk drives, including speed, lifespan and cost. Find out which is right for you: HDD or SSD.