Archive of posts tagged CompactFlash (CF)

Electronic Device Advice for Air Travelers

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The International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) issued some helpful advice for air travellers flying over the Christmas holidays with digital storage media, photographic film and battery-powered electronic devices.

Lexar Ships 600x and 300x 32GB CF Cards

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Lexar Media announced the availability of its Lexar Professional ExpressCard CompactFlash (CF) Reader and Lexar Professional 600x and 300x 32GB CF cards. According to the statement, the Lexar Professional 600x and 300x CF memory cards offer increased speed and performance, with a guaranteed minimum sustained write speed capability of 90MB/s and 45MB/s, respectively, when paired …

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Get the Picture: Digital Cameras and CD-R Need Each Other

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Conventional photographs, properly kept, can survive for a hundred years, but where’s the digital photo storage equivalent? Storing photos on expensive flash memory cards won’t preserve them forever, nor will dumping them onto volatile hard drives, corruptible magnetic tape, or floppy disks. Surely universally readable, durable, reliable, portable, and embarrassingly inexpensive CD-R media makes a …

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Iomega’s Clik! and the Realities of Portable Storage

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With the tremendous growth in the type and number of handheld digital devices being introduced into the market, an urgent need has emerged for small form-factor removable storage devices and media.