Data recovery company DriveSavers has recovered over six billion data files for Apple users since the company’s debut some 25 years ago. So they decided to announce the feat to the world.
According to their estimates, six billion data files are the equivalent to the amount of data stored in the Library of Cong... |
26 January 2012
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With 55 million new tweets every day, there is starting to be a need to preserve the increasing amount of data that Twitter generates. Now, you’re probably thinking that the vast majority of tweets can’t possibly be worth preserving, but it’s not just the value of the individual tweets that’s ... |
15 April 2010
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The US Library of Congress, in Washington DC, currently displays a very old map, created by an Italian more than 400 years ago, and depicting China as the middle of the world. The artifact is incredibly valuable for our understanding of the geopolitics of the time. It also yields a clearer insight into the way the As... |
14 January 2010
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Ever wondered why so many great movies of the past are rarely now on television? Why you never see Oscar features from the '50s or '60s anywhere? Mostly, it's because of the bad technical shape in which those movies are. Up until digital technology became available, movies tended to lose quality rather... |
28 February 2008
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Yahoo!'s photo sharing service has had this one in the brewing for a while now and the magnitude of the whole thing is yet to be seen. With the launch of the two sets of photos, we've been given a small taste of what is yet to come in "The Commons" pilot project, which brings together Flickr and the Library... |
17 January 2008
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Microsoft is right on track to "upgrading" the Library of Congress, connecting history with the digital age. According to an agreement inked with the Library of Congress, the Redmond company will take upon itself the responsibility of delivering new interactive experience for the visitors. Unfortunately, the upgrade ... |
10 January 2008
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