Throughout the history of computers, one aspect has plagued and restricted its growth more than any other: permanent storage. From the very first computers that used punched cards and tape for ...

In January, the Computer History Museum will open a new exhibit called “ Revolution: The First 2,000 years of Computing ” that will tell the story of computing from the abacus to the smartphone.

From Paper Tape to Data Sticks: The Evolution of Removable Storage Over the years, people have tried to transfer information from one computer to another in a dizzying number of ways.

Two plastic data packs, one in a blue plastic case and from Control Data, the other in a translucent black plastic case and from WANG. As the name data pack suggests, the objects are layered groupings ...

Hard disk drives sure have come a long way, baby. In the 1950s, storage hardware was measured in feet—and in tons. Back then, the era’s state-of-the-art computer drive was found in IBM’s ...

Optical storage did evolve-from the early monsters like the 55-pound bruiser mentioned in this story-to magneto optical drives, compact disc drives, writable CDs, rewritable CDs and now DVDs. And some ...

A full DNA computer is a step closer, thanks to a new technology that could store petabytes of data in DNA for thousands or even millions of years. The system can also process data, as ...

Scientists successfully stored 'Wizard of Oz' into DNA, and this yellow brick road could lead to the future of a data storage.

Racetrack Memory Will Make Your Computer Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger Meet the data storage technique of the near future.