MSNBC's Steven Levy on letting search engines store your search history long term:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14639922/site/newsweek/
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50th birthday for the hard disk:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14096484/site/newsweek/
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We talked last night about the first hard disk I bought. Here is a picture of one that was a little bigger than mine:
http://www.russelltexas.com/pcparts/quantum4.JPG
It cost over $800 and I had to save for 6 months to buy it. I figured I would never fill it. I replaced in less than a year for a drive five times as big for about $200. I couldnt believe how fast the prices dropped.
Just this week I bought a drive that is mid sized at 320GB for $99. And I expect that will be overpriced in 6 months! That is 1/8th the price for a 9,696x storage increase!!!
Here is a chart that shows you how hard disks ballooned in size and shrunk in price incredibly fast:
http://www.alts.net/ns1625/winchest.html
Here is a picture of my first PC, a Tandy 1000TX. This is circa 1987 or so I guess. Before that I had an Atari 2600 with Basic programming game pack, a TI 994/A amd a Commodore 64.
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/reach/435/trs1000.htm
http://www.oldskool.org/shrines/pcjr_tandy/#history
http://www.switchtech.us/Tandy1000/T1000Catalog.GIF
http://www.answers.com/topic/tandy-1000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000
Memories!
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