According to technical reasons we are not clever enough to be able to argue with, the version of the HTC One sold here lacks an SD card slot due to internal space restrictions. Because of something to do with our mobile radio frequencies. That's what HTC says and we are powerless to argue. Read More >>
Samsung has issued a slightly vague response to that kicking it took on the BBC's Watchdog last night (above), claiming it's the "innovative and unique features" that hoover up so much of the phone's internal storage space. However, it is looking at, perhaps, optimising things to free up a few more bytes for use. Read More >>
Featured comment by njcsolutions:
"Least you can add a Micro SD 64GB, many phones on the market can't even do that.
They picked on Samsung, when most phone companies tell the same li..." More »
Samsung might be about to make its Galaxy S4 even more appealing to the Android hardcore, with a rumour suggesting a version of the phone running unskinned Android may be one of the announcements to come out of today's Google I/O developer event. Read More >>
Featured comment by H00pyFr00d:
"Oh yes, sorry. That was only an example. The Bootloader, the camera, the update frequency, the settings menu, OTG..." More »
In a move suggesting there's no more serious a crime in today's society than a rich man's new toy not quite working as advertised, the BBC's investigative TV show Watchdog is planning to shame Samsung over that disparity in advertised and real-world storage space. Read More >>
Featured comment by OMG:
"This is bound to be a silly story by journos use to iOS devices that can't add more memory
"oh dear, we don't have 16Gb only 8Gb shock horror" = be..." More »
Samsung has been trying to squeeze as much storage as it can into its latest flash chips, and it's done a good job: these 128-gigabit chunks of silicon are, apparently, the industry's highest density memory storage available. Read More >>
Flash memory is fast, it's stable, but it's not without its flaws. It has a tendency to wear out after too many write-erase cycles, for example. Now there's a way to deal with that problem, and it could lead to self-healing NAND flash memory that could last for much, much longer than the stuff we have now. Read More >>
Featured comment by Phenomenological:
"You can't use waste heat at 30 degrees to heat components to hundreds of degrees. That's not how physics works, I'm afraid. If it was, all our devices..." More »
These are Samsung's latest memory chips. They might not look much, but they're 20 per cent smaller and 30 per cent faster than the current standard — and they're already destined to appear in your next phone. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"It tends to be that the lowered scales give better efficiency and lower power consumption. They also tend to run cooler so don't waste as much energy...." More »
Those left in charge of such things as memory specifications have published plans for the next-generation of computer RAM, with the spec revealing memory that operates at twice the speed while drawing less power. Let's just hope it doesn't cost 12 times as much. Read More >>
Featured comment by otaviokz:
"Well this things are always launched for a apple'ish price then start to get cheap slowly. By the time they get cheap, all the games will consider the..." More »
Data, like all things, eventually dies. Your music, your movies, your documents, your files, your computer. You don't expect it to live forever but... what if it did? Hitachi claims that they've developed a new quartz glass plate that can store data forever. Read More >>
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. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"So in a few years we got a cheap 4G connection and everything is synced remotely at home or in the cloud, and you need shed loads of mobile phone stor..." More »
Great news for those of you who opt for tea in the morning instead of coffee. In a study published in the Molecular Nutrition & Food Research journal, researchers have found that a key antioxidant chemical in green tea, epigallocatechin-3 gallate (or EGCG for short), boosts the production of neural progenitor cells which develop into various types of brain cells. Read More >>
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. Read More >>
That favourite childhood memory of yours — you know, the one that still seems like just yesterday, the one that you can still smell and taste — may actually be the result of a select few neurons firing deep within your brain. Read More >>
Featured comment by EtherealKid:
"Study shows engrams may relate to specific groups of cells and may not just be conceptual/hypothetical structures.
Gizmodo reports "Just a few ne..." More »
At high school, it's invariably the kids that day dream who get told off. But a new study suggests that it's those of us whose minds wander that have the best working memory—and working memory is itself directly associated to intelligence. Read More >>
Featured comment by Phenomenological:
"My mind wanders constantly and I tend to do substantially better than average Joe Blogs on tests, both subject related and arbitrary intelligence/IQ m..." More »