Holographic disk at the same speed of a Blu-ray

General Electric (GE) just burn a disc hologram at the same speed as a Blu-ray, between 4 Mb/s and 5 Mb/s. This is a step closer to commercialization of this technology remains still far from the general public. As highlighted GE on his blog, the democratization of holographic media depends on their capacity and speed of data processing.

We must still remember the price. For now, these solutions are for very large companies. They are very expensive and have speeds of about 20MB / s read. They are quickly overwhelmed by the hard drives and SSDs, which is why they are reserved for a niche market. The HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) have so little conviction that InPhase, a pioneer of this technology  went bankrupt last year.

A big bug on Intel SSD 320

Intel has just recognized his forum that a significant number of users reported that a big bug in the firmware of its SSD 320 erases all data and only allows to use only 8 MB of memory, which earned him the name "bug 8 MB" or "8MB bug" on the forums in English. The problem occurs randomly after a reboot or power failure.

It seems, according to testimony on the forum's founder, in some cases the SSD begins to cause problems that require restart and cause the deletion of data and loss of capacity. The problem occurs randomly after 24 hours of use or two months. The evidence also indicates that hard reset can resurrect the SSD for a short time, but the problem comes back almost immediately.