The History of Digital Storage [INFOGRAPHIC]:
The whirring hard drives that once occupied entire university labs held but a fraction of the data we carry in our pockets every day — and that’s only 50 years of progress.
Today, as we move further into the cloud, and witness the latest and greatest pocket media devices, we thought it fitting to take a look back at how far we’ve come on our quest to store as much information in as little space as possible.
LinkedIn Lets Companies Post Status Updates [VIDEO]:
LinkedIn has long let users follow companies, but Thursday the professional networking service is finally allowing the more than two million businesses with company pages to post status updates to their followers.
Company Status Updates will enable assigned administrators of company pages to post updates, up to 500 characters in length, to the “Overview” tab of their pages.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
513 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011
ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-022300-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
513 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011
...TURNING WET AND COOLER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON..
THE CHANGE TO A COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK AS A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVELY
STRONGER PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEMS AFFECTS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
THIS WILL BRING MORE CLOUDS...RAIN AND COOL TEMPERATURES TO THE
REGION.
A STRONG EARLY FALL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE COAST LATE
TODAY AND MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
LOOK FOR RAIN...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES NEAR THE COAST...AND
TEMPERATURES BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. SNOW LEVELS IN THE CASCADES
WILL INITIALLY BE AROUND 8000 FEET...BUT LIKELY FALL TO BETWEEN 5000
AND 6000 FEET IN THE CASCADES WEDNESDAY.
THE DOWNTURN IN THE WEATHER WILL GREATLY AFFECT THOSE WITH OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES PLANNED...AS WELL AS MAKE CLIMBING MOUNTAIN PEAKS IN
THE AREA VERY DANGEROUS.
BE SURE TO LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER NEWS SOURCE OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES TO THIS DOWNTURN IN
THE WEATHER THIS WEEK.