We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A general trend in the advancement of technology is the slimming down of devices. Phones have become pocketable, computers now actually fit on ...

The following article on the legality of optical storage was written by and is reprinted with permission of Robert F. Williams, president, Cohasset Associates, Inc., a records management consulting ...

We are entering an age of data explosion. The volume of digital information generated from the internet and from portable and high-definition video devices has doubled every two years since 2000 and ...

An optical memory based on a semiconductor ring laser is under development in a new project by a pan-European consortium of universities and companies. Photonics scientists have long sought an optical ...

Optical storage and even DNA storage could be a significant contender for the digital archive market in the coming decades.

Digital still cameras (DSCs) that have more than 3 mega-pixels CCD have been increasing. Most DSCs record not only still images but also moving pictures. Typically, DSCs use a flash memory card such ...

LG Electronics, the world’s leading* supplier of optical storage devices, previewed its Network Attached Storage (NAS) device and its broad line of storage options at the 2009 International CES.

A new proposal borrows from the principles of quantum mechanics and a technique called "wavelength multiplexing" to hypothesize an ultra-dense new storage format. When you purchase through links on ...