Memory capacity sparks a technical revolution

And the ordinarily mundane storage sector is revitalising all sorts of other areas. Recently, Toshiba launched an 0.85-inch hard drive. What possible use could this have, I hear you ask? Well, the drive is designed to be incorporated inside the new generation of mobile phones. Toshiba and others hope mini- drives will replace the more expensive and lower capacity flash memory in handheld computers and mobile phones. Their drives will

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Fayed wins injunction against BBC: A high court judge has ordered the BBC to pull a TV investigation into Mohamed Al Fayed’s tax affairs after granting the Harrods owner an 11th-hour injunction. Fayed blocks BBC tax probe Multimillion dollar TV brand targets children worldwide: Fox Kids has unveiled a corporate revolution that will result in children in countries as far apart as Israel and Brazil feasting on an action-adventure diet