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Hitachi Goes Perpendicular

Posted by Zonk on from the get-perpendicular dept.

Nimrangul writes "Hitachi has recently announced perpendicular recording with their harddrives, allowing for 10 times the data storage on a disk, meaning 20 G microdrives are on their way as soon as 2007. Hitachi is so pleased with this technological development that it has broken into song." This is, without a doubt, the most surreal thing I've seen today. Flash Required.

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  1. 30,000 songs? =D by An+Ominous+Cow+Erred · · Score: 0, Troll

    Aside from the obvious silliness, this animation mentions that the new microdrives will be able to store 30,000 songs!

    I imagine some people out there have 30,000 songs, but I highly doubt legally.

    The RIAA thinks $1 a song isn't enough, and want to charge $2 or more a song... but for a second let's assume that the $1/song price stays. That's still $30,000! Who's going to pay that much for their music?

    Hitachi obviously is encouraging piracy here. =D Would be cool if they took on the RIAA head on. =3