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Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

...in Psion XChange software — word processor, database, drawing and spreadsheet functions — and microdrive data storage. The end result was surprisingly usable and on paper had... Read more

2 May, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
TestDisk and PhotoRec 6.14

TestDisk and PhotoRec 6.14

...or lost files from digital camera memory (CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SecureDigital, SmartMedia, Microdrive, MMC, USB Memory Drives), even Hard Disks and CDRom. PhotoRec is safe... Read more

16 April, 2012
TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.14

TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.14

...or lost files from digital camera memory (CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SecureDigital, SmartMedia, Microdrive, MMC, USB Memory Drives), even Hard Disks and CDRom. PhotoRec is safe... Read more

16 April, 2012

Happy Birthday, Sinclair QL - 28 years today

...and anyone caught mournfully balancing a 3.5" floppy drive above the microdrive slots was ostracised until lunchtime. Sales drooped, money was lost in astronomical... Read more

12 January, 2012
CardRecovery 6.0

CardRecovery 6.0

...types including SmartMedia, Compact Flash CF, Secure Digital Card SD, Memory Stick, MicroDrive, xD Picture Card, Multimedia Card MMC and more. The digital photo recovery... Read more

18 October, 2011
The outer limits of vintage tech uncovered

The outer limits of vintage tech uncovered

...disguise its true nature, which is a Spectrum+ with thermal printer and Microdrive storage: without a display, it is not entirely clear how it was... Read more

25 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
TestDisk and PhotoRec (64-bit) 6.14

TestDisk and PhotoRec (64-bit) 6.14

...or lost files from digital camera memory (CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SecureDigital, SmartMedia, Microdrive, MMC, USB Memory Drives), even Hard Disks and CDRom. PhotoRec is safe... Read more

16 April, 2012
Flash File Recovery 5.1

Flash File Recovery 5.1

...popular flash cards, including but not limited to SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, MicroDrive, xD Picture Card Flash Card, PC Card, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital Card... Read more

12 August, 2011
ProtectStar Data Shredder Server 2.5.11.04.09

ProtectStar Data Shredder Server 2.5.11.04.09

...sticks, flash drives, CompactFlash, Secure Digital (SD) card, memory cards, MMC, xD, MicroDrive. System partitions and individual system drives can be deleted securely in offline... Read more

14 April, 2011
ProtectStar Data Shredder Professional 2.5.11.04.09

ProtectStar Data Shredder Professional 2.5.11.04.09

...sticks, flash drives, CompactFlash, Secure Digital (SD) card, memory cards, MMC, xD, MicroDrive. System partitions and individual system drives can be deleted securely in offline... Read more

14 April, 2011
DiskInternals Flash Recovery 4.2

DiskInternals Flash Recovery 4.2

...drives, cameras, and flash memory devices such as SmartMedia , CompactFlash, Memory Stick, MicroDrive, xD Picture Card Flash Card, PC Card, Multimedia Card, and Secure Digital... Read more

24 December, 2010
MediaRECOVER 4.0.1.0

MediaRECOVER 4.0.1.0

...Common media types supported by the program are: SmartMedia , CompactFlash, Memory Stick, MicroDrive, xD Picture Card Flash Card, PC Card, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital Card... Read more

10 July, 2010

Toshiba unveils mini microdrive

...Dell adopted it in its Digital Jukebox. Similarly, Hitachi, which acquired its microdrive technology from IBM in 2002, dominated the market for 1-inch drives... Read more

11 December, 2003 by Michael Kanellos
PowerDrive 425

PowerDrive 425

...also allow use of ANY other CF card instead of the original microdrive for size and speed improvements, naturally. To use this application, make sure... Read more

27 July, 2008
Canon EOS 60D firmware update 1.0.4

Canon EOS 60D firmware update 1.0.4

...timing: Thumbnail is black. Data is not written to CF card (or microdrive). Only the thumbnail image is affected, there is no problem with the... Read more

17 June, 2005

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

3 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

6 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

8 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

8 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

12 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

13 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

16 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

20 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

22 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry