Category Archives: Data storage

Hard Disk price from 1956 to 2016

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Stefano

I recently came across a very interesting page in which John C. McCallum has collected a huge number of hard disk unit specs along with introduction year and price. Beginning from 1956, with the 24″ IBM sporting a hefty 3.75 … Continue reading →

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Google’s Vint Cerf warns of ‘digital Dark Age’, talks about ‘digital obsolescence’

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Stefano

Vinton Cerf (now a VP at Google) talks about how we should take care about our “digital heritage” in this BBC video-interview. Vint Cerf, a “father of the internet”, says he is worried that all the images and documents we … Continue reading →

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Facebook introduces Graph Search: natural language search within the social network giant

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Stefano

Mark Zuckerberg introduces Graph Search. Looks like natural language searching will be soon available to all Facebook users! Check for more details on Graph Search here on Facebook Newsroom. During the live coverage provided by Mashable, an example search was: … Continue reading →

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What Facebook knows – about human behaviour and a lot more by mining its huge users’ database

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Stefano

Technology Review, published by MIT: if you still don’t know it you’re in trouble. Get a copy, now. I love it, it’s one of the very best publications around. Period. August 2012 issue features a cover story about Facebook and … Continue reading →

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Cloud computing for business: a well thought-out presentation

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Stefano

If you’re somehow wondering how this crazy little/big thing called Cloud will change your life – and your business, anytime soon, check this Slideshare presentation by Ramkumar Lakshminarayanan. Discovering the value of the cloud for the business View more presentations … Continue reading →

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Social networks like you’ve never seen before: Amazing Social Visualizations

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Stefano

I’m quite involved into social network, social media and users’ profiling – and social behaviour interpretation – so I always check for content like infographics that sum up all valuable social media data – and don’t mess with useless details. … Continue reading →

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IBM smashes data storage drive record: 120 petabytes, the biggest hard drive ever?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Stefano

According to a white paper study from IDC there will be 1800 exabytes (EB) of digital data in 2011, up from 220 EB in 2007. Such growth places the data user under tremendous pressure to turn data into actionable insights … Continue reading →

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