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Milestone moon lander mission targets an otherworldly frontier for DNA data storage

GeekWire

(Astrobotic Photo) A mission to send a commercial lander to the moon , set for launch in a couple of days, will bring the fruition of projects that have been in the works for years — including projects that aim to put DNA into cold storage on the final frontier. NASA TV will stream video coverage of the countdown. PT Sunday).

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University of Washington and Microsoft researchers win award for DNA-based data storage

GeekWire

University of Washington computer science professor Luis Ceze and Microsoft principal research manager Karin Strauss have won a prestigious award from the Association of Computing Machinery for their work on DNA-based data storage systems.

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Happy 15th Birthday Amazon S3 -- the service that started it all

All Things Distributed

Back then, Amazon was ~2% of its size today, and was growing faster than traditional IT systems could support. We had to rethink everything previously known about building scalable systems. Storage was one of our biggest pain points, and the traditional systems we used just weren’t fitting the needs of the Amazon.com retail business.

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Cloud Technology: Beyond Data Storage

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Cloud Technology: Beyond Data Storage - Information Technology Blog. Main usage of the cloud which has bought cloud into limelight was its data storage and pay-for-use facilities. But today cloud is much more than data storage. Windows Azure is one of the well-known clouds that provides PaaS.

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How to use the PS5’s M.2 SSD expandable storage

The Verge

2 SSD expandable storage support. Here’s how it all works: To use the expandable storage in the PS5, you’ll need to remove the side panels from the console. Make sure you’ve unplugged the power cord, and then follow this really useful YouTube video on how to remove the side panels correctly. The PS5 software beta now supports M.2

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Minnesota passes landmark right-to-repair law for electronic devices

TechSpot

The Minnesota law is part of an omnibus appropriations bill (SF 2774) that goes into effect on July 1, 2024, and contains a "digital fair repair" clause that covers most consumer electronics, except video game consoles, motor vehicles, medical devices, cybersecurity tools, residential energy storage systems, and farm and construction.

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Fed Forum 2013 Videos and Briefings Posted

CTOvision

You can see video and download slides from all the sessions. Anthony spelled out that the transformation in government IT networking is important for many reasons and underscored them by the metaphor of a road system. But since that old system was put in place every other component of technology has been modernized and improved.

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