February 15, 2003
Washington Post: Plan Approved To Save U.S. Digital History.
Now, with congressional approval of the plan, the library continues work with federal, university and corporate partners to develop the infrastructure needed to carry out data preservation, to build a network to manage the data, and to assemble people and set guidelines to help choose which data to save.
NY Times: Out With the Old? It's Not So Simple.
"Some day," she said, sounding vaguely wistful, "I will get those files off that computer. Or something." In the electronic age, when the trails one leaves are often digital, the biggest trail of all may be the stream of computer hardware left behind in the process of upgrading.
News.Com: Blue laser format gets green light.
The nine companies promoting Blu-ray Disc technology--a next-generation recordable DVD format using blue-violet lasers--announced Thursday that licensing will begin Feb. 17. Blu-ray Disc technology allows for 27GB storage capacities on a single-sided 12cm disc.
Technology Review: 10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change the World.
But in this special section, Technology Review’s editors have identified 10 emerging technologies that we predict will have a tremendous influence in the near future. For each, we’ve chosen a researcher or research team whose work and vision is driving the field.
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