One of the joys of old science fiction movies is watching the giant reel-to-reel tape drives spin around as they serve computers less powerful than a modern wristwatch. But magnetic tape isn't just ...

There was a time, in computing's not-so-distant past, where magnetic tape was the best way to back up large amounts of data. In the mid-90s, tape could store tens or hundreds of gigabytes, while hard ...

Not so long ago, cassette tapes were the only medium of listening to personal audio till the time CDs hit the market (for a short span of time only to be replaced by iPods and smartphones). While the ...

The 50s called and they want their tapes back. Forget crystals, holograms, or even DNA. The storage solution of the future might come from the pass. And that's not an exaggeration either. Sony and IBM ...

The people behind the 185TB tape aren't creating the technology necessary for its existence so they can make the world's longest mix-tape. Instead it's far closer to a proof-of-concept than it is to ...

Sony has developed a magnetic tape material that can store data at 148 gigabits per square inch, roughly 74 times the density of standard tapes. The technology represents the world’s highest recording ...

Sony and IBM have jointly announced a twenty-fold increase in the areal density of magnetic tape storage, producing a cassette capable of holding 330TB of data. In the early days of computing, paper ...