Storage Bits

iPad: Gateway drug to Mac addiction?

Robin Harris — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:03:06 +0000

The iPad is not a notebook replacement - although many will use it that way - but the high-end of Apple's wildly successful iPhone OS (iP/OS) product line. Will it be a bridge to Mac use by millions of iP/OS users?

Colossus: The Apple Project

Robin Harris — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:58:50 +0000

Apple not only unveiled a new product - the iPad - but also a new financial metric: gross margins of almost 40% that dwarf the competition. Likewise, Apple's market share and/or mindshare dominate it it's chosen markets. Will the iPad help or hinder Apple's margins and growth?

iPad: storage challenged

Robin Harris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:30:32 +0000

Will be the iPad be a big success? If it is, it won't be because of the storage. Because there's hardly any. And that will be a problem.

A 70 TB tape cartridge: too much, too late?

Robin Harris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:41:41 +0000

IBM and Fujifilm have demonstrated a technology that, if productized, could give us a 70 TB tape cartridge. Is tape dead - or merely sleeping?

Bad governments love big storage

Robin Harris — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:59:59 +0000

Does stored data make you a target? Recent events underline the risk of massive data storage: the US Government's continued policy of arbitrary search and seizure of storage devices at the border; and the China-based hack attack on Google and 20 some-odd other companies. Microfiche, anyone?

USB 3.0: freakishly fast - maybe

Robin Harris — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:13:25 +0000

You'll be hearing a lot about USB 3.0 this year. And well you should, because its potential is vast. But will system vendors step up to the plate to deliver all of USB 3's goodness?

Blu-ray's special Xmas gift: no 3D for you!

Robin Harris — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:45:54 +0000

The Blu-ray Disk Association (BDA) announced last week that your brand new Blu-ray player is already obsolete: it is incompatible with the new 3D Blu-ray spec.

Are you ready for 4k sector drives?

Robin Harris — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:53:33 +0000

The industry is shipping new 4k drives that drop the ancient 512 byte disk sector for a 4096 byte - 4k - sector. What's in it for you? And what will it do to you? Here's what you need to know.

Why the Air Force wants 2200 more PlayStations

Robin Harris — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:13:55 +0000

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has put out a request for 2200 PS3s just in time for Christmas. Here's why.

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Linux kicks Microsoft back

Robin Harris — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:13:12 +0000

Analysts say Linux has 1/3rd of the netbook market. Microsoft says they have a 93% share. They can't both be right. Who's lying?