Memory

Science

Men Remember Bad Times Better Than Women

7:30AM February 2, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Do you remember your first break-up in great detail? Maybe sex from the other month? Or, most vividly, the really bad sex from last year? Turns out, men remember unpleasant and sexual experiences far more accurately than women. More »


Computing

This Giant Chunk Of Metal Is 4KB Of Memory

1:00AM January 25, 2012 | Sam Biddle

What’s this gent holding? A toaster? Farm equipment? Part of an engine? Wreckage from a destroyed tank? Nope — that’s 4KB of old-fashioned IBM memory. That’s enough to hold 12 per cent of my Facebook profile picture! More »


Computing

Under The Hood: Four Blazing-Fast, High-End Memory Kits Reviewed

11:00AM December 29, 2011 | Thomas Soderstrom--Toms Hardware

You just bought the fastest (and most expensive) desktop platform on the planet. Which company’s memory will you use to populate Intel’s quad-channel controller? We tested four purportedly high-end kits in order to find out which set is the best. More »


Computing

128GB NAND Chips Promise SD Cards With Terabytes Of Storage

3:40PM December 7, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Mobile phones have taken another step towards becoming full-fledged pocket computers with an announcement by Micron and Intel. Get ready to carry even more of your digital life on your phone. More »


Computing

IBM’s 3D RAM Will Make Your 2D RAM Irrelevant

6:08AM December 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

3D transistors? Ugh. Dude, that’s so 2011. IBM’s new design for RAM, employing a 3D manufacturing process, is where the real future magic lies. More »


Science

Walking Through Doorways Causes You To Forget

2:00PM November 18, 2011 | Brent Rose

You ever get up to do something, walk into another room, and then immediately forget what you were going to do? Don’t worry, it’s probably not early onset Alzheimer’s. Turns out it was the door’s fault. Yep. The door. More »


Science

Yale Stores Data Mechanically — With Frickin’ Lasers

2:30AM October 26, 2011 | Neil Savage - IEEE Spectrum

Engineers at Yale University say they’ve invented a new type of mechanical memory device that is read from and written to by light. According to its creators, this development could lead to better sensors and new techniques in optical telecommunications. More »


Science

Sex Can Literally Blow Your Mind

11:00AM October 13, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Could sex have adverse side effects on your memory? Livescience tells the story of a woman who, an hour after having sex, began experiencing an episode of temporary global amnesia. More »


Science

Why Your Wife Remembers Everything Barry White Sang

7:20AM September 22, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Want your wife or girlfriend to remember that you need the car on Saturday, drop your voice a few octaves. NPR reports that research conducted by Kevin Allan of the University of Aberdeen King’s College in Scotland determined that women are more likely to remember something when spoken to in a low-pitch voice. More »


Computing

Memory Buyer’s Guide: The Best RAM For Your PC

8:30AM September 2, 2011 | Paul Escallier - MaximumPC

RAM. How much do you need? How fast should it be? Are latencies important? Today, we’ll be covering everything you need to know to get the right RAM for your system. More »