What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision.

Half a century later, magnetic tape remains surprisingly well-used in government. NASA uses it to back up vast amounts of ...

The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) boasting the IT team of the US ...

DOGE on Friday said the General Services Administration is saving $1 million by converting magnetic tapes to permanent modern ...

DOGE recently announced that it has replaced 14,000 magnetic storage tapes used by the US General Services Administration ...

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5 mil where 1 mil = 1/1000 inch) for different purposes, which now include video and digital recording. The tape is coated with an oxide EMULSION, which when exposed to the variations of the magnetic ...

The first electronic storage medium, magnetic tape is made of flexible plastic with one side coated with a ferromagnetic material. The data are recorded as binary digits (bits) in the form of ...

Elon Musk's organization aims to save $1 million annually by converting government records to digital formats. That switch ...

Ever heard of the Mellotron? It was a British made audio sampler that used the most cutting edge technology available back in 1963… Magnetic tapes. You could record different sounds, music ...