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Computing

Samsung’s Super-High Density Flash Storage Will Cram More Into Your SSD

Samsung has been trying to squeeze as much storage as it can into its latest flash chips, and it has done a good job: these 128GB chunks of silicon are, apparently, the industry’s highest density memory storage available.

17 October 2012

Gadgets

The Latest Tokyo Flash Watch Hides The Time In A Maze

Tokyo Flash is the go-to watch brand for people who don’t care what time it is. Here’s its latest creation, which hides the time in the negative space of a maze.

13 October 2012

software

IE10 Metro Won’t Run Flash Unless Your Site Is On A Microsoft Whitelist

Yeah, you read that right. I just received an interesting email from Brightcove (the video delivery guys) about issues with their Flash-based solution and Windows 8 running the new Internet Explorer 10.

21 September 2012

Computing

Samsung Building 128GB Flash Memory Chips For Next Year’s Superphones

There might just be a 128GB memory option when it comes to upgrading to the Galaxy S4 next year or the S5 the year after, thanks to Samsung now mass producing 128GB memory chips for use in mobile devices.

3 September 2012

software

Adobe Bows To BBC Pressure, Puts Flash Back In UK Play Store

Last we heard, Adobe was pulling the plug on Flash for Android by taking the player application out of Google Play, but after a bit of pressure from British “strategic partners”, Adobe has done a quick-180 turn and popped it back in the UK store. For how much longer, is the next question, as Adobe has said that the plug-in would be removed “soon”.

16 August 2012

Software

What Do You Use Flash For On Your Android Phone?

Today is the last day that Flash will be supported on Android in any sort of official capacity. Once seen as a killer feature for mobile devices, HTML5 has all but decimated the web standard on portables and is making Flash increasingly irrelevant in the PC space.

14 August 2012

Science

Spintronic Breakthrough Promises Better Flash Memory

Scientists have long spoken about the possibility of using the natural spin of electrons as digital storage — but it’s never been a reality because of the transient nature of the effect. Now, though, IBM researchers have found a way to keep the effect alive long enough for it to actually be useful.

11 August 2012

software

Latest Chrome Update Boosts Flash Security, Cuts Crashes By 20%

Chrome users, if Flash content has felt a bit more robust this week, don’t worry, you’re not imagining it. With version 20 of Google’s open-source browser, the company was ported the popular multimedia extension from the ancient Netscape plug-in API (NPAPI) to Google’s modern alternative, called “Pepper” (PPAPI). The result is a drop in Flash-related crashes, sandboxing for Windows XP and a path for performance improvements in the future.

25 July 2012

Cameras

Does Flash Photography Really Damage Art? The Persistence Of A Myth

You’ve seen the signs. No Flash Photography. But why do they exist? Imaging Resource’s Steve Meltzer did some digging about the continued existence of this law of the art world.

3 June 2012

Gadgets

R2-D2 Flash Drive Cufflinks Are Obviously The Best Cufflinks In The Galaxy

If I had to wear a suit to work, I would definitely buy these R2-D2 USB flash drive cufflinks. They can store 2GB of data each, which is pretty good. In fact, I can’t think of a better cufflink — except a pair that also made R2 sounds.

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