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A Terabyte of Data on a Laptop Hard Drive

KaosConMan writes: "TechnologyReview.com has an article describing a new technique being developed by General Electric and IBM to further decrease the size needed to magnetically store data. This new technique could produce 150 gigabits per square centimeter-- that's ~57,000 songs on an iPod or a terabyte on a laptop size hard drive!"

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  1. Re:Yawn by Com2Kid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    AC thus spoke:

    This is already obsolete. Terabytes of information on a creditcard sized medium have been announced years ago.

    And it was replied:

    Along with anti-gravity, ways to earn infinate money, and the secret of eternal youth.

    The only difference is that this announcement comes from an actual lab with people who have actual degrees.