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Sony Memory Stick technology and background

Sony are the only consumer goods manufacturer to have stuck with their own proprietary removable memory card. Their Memory Stick brand, introduced in 1998, actually covers a variety of different formats that have evolved as devices have changed, getting physically smaller but demanding more storage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Portable RAM Tagged With: M2, memory card, Memory Stick, Micro, portable RAM, PRO, PRO Duo, PRO-HG Duo, Sony

xD Picture Card , the Fuji and Olympus memory card

The full title of the xD card, the xD-Picture Card, gives away its target market, it being squarely aimed at the digital camera market. And if that wasn\'t enough, the fact that it was developed by Fuji and Olympus, two camera firms, gives the game away completely. The xD card is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Portable RAM Tagged With: digital camera, digital image, digital photograph, Fuji, Olympus, portable RAM, xD Picture Card

Guide to SmartMedia cards, introduced as Solid State Floppy Disk Cards (SSFDC)

The SmartMedia memory card format was one of the earliest, introduced by Toshiba in 1995, when it was referred to as the Solid State Floppy Disk Card (SSFDC). It was launched shortly after the CompactFlash (CF) and of much the same size but a lot thinner, at 0.76mm rather … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Portable RAM Tagged With: memory cards, mobile RAM, portable RAM, Smart Media, SmartMedia, Solid State Floppy Disk Card, SSFDC

Secure Digital (SD) Cards – popular digital camera memory card format

Secure Digital (SD) is a memory card format used to transfer data between PCs and smaller devices, such as digital cameras, PDAs, MP3 players and mobile phones. Because the memory used is solid state, i.e. it remembers what's been written to it when the power is removed, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Portable RAM Tagged With: Matsushita, memory cards, Panasonic, portable RAM, removable RAM, Sandisk, SD, SecureDigital, Toshiba

MultiMediaCard (MMC) – SanDisk and Siemens NAND memory card for phones and smaller devices

Ten years after releasing the CompactFlash card and watching it become very successful, SanDisk had a go at repeating the trick, this time in collaboration with German company Siemens, releasing the MultiMediaCard (MMC). This was designed to take over from CompactFlash in most markets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Portable RAM Tagged With: memory card, MMC, MultiMediaCard, NAND, portable RAM, removable RAM, Sandisk, Siemens

Guide to SanDisk’s CompactFlash memory card

Memory manufacturer SanDisk introduced CompactFlash (CF) in 1994 as a small format memory card, which used the existing PCMCIA-ATA specification to communicate with PCs. These cards are roughly a quarter the size of a PC Card and use flash technology that allows data to be stored indefinitely, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Portable RAM Tagged With: CompactFlash, memory card, portable RAM, Sandisk

The Impact of Modern Technology on Relationships

Technology has changed dating in tremendous ways. It has gradually become more immersed in the modern quest for intimacy. In 1995, only 2% of … [Read More...]

Benefits of Instagram as a Powerful Marketing Tool for B2B Brands

The ever-growing popularity of the social networking app Instagram makes it a popular channel for businesses to launch their services, advertising, … [Read More...]

6 Simple Ways to Improve Security of Windows Computers

Millions of Windows PC users experience some form of cybercrime every year. According to one study, there were 2,953 reported cyberattacks between … [Read More...]

2021 PC Hardware Releases to Bolster Your Gaming

If you are a PC gamer, then chances are you are looking to upgrade your kit over the coming year. However, a lot of money can go into building the … [Read More...]

New Transfer Feature in Dropbox Enable Sharing files with Third Parties

Dropbox has been a popular P2P sharing platform for many years. They don't announce new features as often as other applications, since they have a … [Read More...]

Ransomware Operators Find Data Theft Profitable

How valuable is your data? That’s not a question that organizations or individuals have to ask themselves all that often. You might know the market … [Read More...]

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