The Salt Lake Tribune reports a University of Utah associate discovered a rare 1973 UNIX V4 software tape, believed to be the ...

Researchers have taken the fight to online hackers with a giant leap towards realizing affordable, accessible quantum communications, a technology that would effectively prevent the decryption of ...

Magnetic tape storage is something many of us will associate with 8-bit microcomputers or 1960s mainframe computers, but it still has a place in the modern data center for long-term backups. It’s ...

THE WHIRR of spooling magnetic tape is more likely to evoke feelings of nostalgia than technological awe. Yet tape remains important for data storage, with millions of kilometres of the stuff coiled ...

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a compact and affordable personal computer when it first launched in 1982 for £125 (the equivalent of £470 or $745 in 2022). Designed to use tape cassettes for storage, it ...

You may think that computer tape memories died out before Rubik's cubes came in, but IBM and Fujifilm have teamed up to develop a record-breaking new sixth-generation tape storage system that can ...

We talk to Axel Stoermann of drive maker Kioxia about the efficiencies and performance that flash storage can bring, but why hard disk drives are still a key choice in some use cases Continue Reading ...

New custom tape reader relies on a minimal optical setup using modern parts LED tuning and sensor calibration demanded serious patience during early testing phases Crosstalk reduction became a key ...