A hard drive with its internal components visible - Suwan-Studio/Shutterstock There are many urban legends about computers, and while some might be true, others lack ...

So I've always thought that having magnets near hard-drives was bad for the hard-drives, yet these days all I see are magnet-tipped screw drivers. Even those "iFixit" branded ones, which are obviously ...

Quantum physicists at the University of Hamburg have finally worked out how to read and write data using skyrmions -- tiny twisted knots of magnetism that could allow for storage densities 20 times ...

It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't a teaser for the latest superhero trio in a Marvel blockbuster. This is about our precious digital data. We need to store it somewhere ...

Electro-permanent magnets (EPMs) are pretty nifty concepts, and if you aren’t familiar with them, they are permanent magnets with the ability to be electrically switched on or off. Unlike an ...

There are many urban legends about computers, and while some might be true, others lack any real foundation. One we've been hearing for decades is the claim that magnets can damage electronics, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are many urban legends about computers, and while some might be true, others lack any real foundation. One we've been ...