Next time someone trots out the old argument that “only pirates hate digital rights management (DRM),” just point out what just happened at the old Googleplex. They just canceled their pay-per-download Google Video site and locked everyone out of the content that they legally paid for. We all knew this could happen with DRM, and […]
Thoughts on Mark Lewis’ Future Storage
EMC’s Mark Lewis posted another thoughtful “blog episode”, outlining five predictions he has for the next few years. I don’t really agree with him much more than I did the last time, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless!
Emulex and QLogic Learn to Speak Klingon!
Well, not exactly Klingon, but both Host Bus Adapter powerhouses chose today to announce 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs. This would be somewhat more exciting if there was any device these high-speed adapters could speak to. But switches, arrays, and drives are still a ways off. So for now, Emulex and QLogic can only speak […]
Reyes Found Guilty On All Counts
This just in: Greg Reyes, former CEO of Brocade, was just found guilty on all 10 counts relating to stock option backdating. Reyes maintains his innocence and vows to appeal.
Water-Cooled Hard Drives
It seems that water-cooled storage isn’t just for IBM spinoffs anymore! NEC and Hitachi have unveiled a new water-cooled hard drive module for PCs (in Japan) to keep their drives nice and cool (and quiet, too!) Don’t expect to see this tech widely used, though. It’s way too complex for mainstream application. Once again, in […]
