Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called 'organic spintronics'.

The goal of replacing electronics with optics for processing data in computers is coming closer through cutting edge European research into the mysterious properties of “fast and slow” light. The long term aim is to boost processing speeds and data storage densities by several orders of magnitude and take the information technology industry into a new era, combining greatly improved performance with dramatically lower energy consumption.

Although the digital age is well under way, one crucial detail remains to be worked out--how to store vast amounts of digital information in a way that allows future generations to recover it.

Ah yes, how many online data storage services are there? Unlike that old saying about "there's something you don't see every day," a new data storage service in the "cloud" seems a daily occurrence. But here's something we don't see every day: an announcement about such a service by a company as large as HP.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Security Service Federal Credit Union has implemented a new archive and data retention solution to dramatically improve data storage performance, scalability and reliability -- as well as improve archive solutions for its more than 600,000 members who access the technology system.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that small businesses can now order the AT&T Remote VaultSM service with a credit card via a new e-commerce Web site, making it easier than ever to purchase the remote data backup and data storage service.

There are right-handed and left-handed yoghurts, right-handed and left-handed snail shells, and right-handed and (occasionally) left-handed screws. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now demonstrated the existence of right-handed and left-handed "magnetic vortices".

Network Appliance (NetApp), Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), a leading provider of storage and data management solutions, has conducted a pan-European survey into the way in which Midsize Enterprises deal with data storage and what challenges they are facing. The survey was conducted among 1,000 IT managers in eight different countries.

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Flash memory and micro-drives, all using less power and space than current memory technologies.

Toshiba Corporation today announced commercialization of two advanced 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDD): the MK1626GCB offers a storage capacity of 160GB, the industry's largest in this form factor, while the thin and light MK8022GAA has a capacity of 80GB. Both drives are designed for mobile devices, such as portable media players.

Decru, a NetApp® company, today announced that the California State Automobile Association (CSAA), a branch of AAA providing insurance, roadside assistance, travel, and financial services to over four million members, has standardized on Decru storage security solutions to protect sensitive data at rest.

RenewData, a leading provider of electronic evidence and data migrations services for corporations and law firms, and Index Engines, the leader in enterprise discovery solutions, today announced that RenewData has added the Index Engines Offline Tape Discovery technology to its suite of Data Migration Services.