'Surrogate memory' stores your life on hard disk
Published:
22 November 2002 y., Friday
Hoarders everywhere will be heartened to hear that Microsoft is developing a database that will give them an electronic outlet to their obsession, storing their whole life on a hard disk.
According to New Scientist magazine it believes the database - dubbed "MyLifeBits" - could hold a huge amounts of information, catalogued and easy to search.
Many people already record important moments in their lives - but shoeboxes full of photos, piles of documents and scattered video tapes take much longer to search than the repository the researchers are working on.
Gordon Bell, one of the scientists driving the project, is already putting as much material as he can in a directory of his life.
He stores every email he sends and receives, along with everything he reads or buys online. He is also recording all his phone conversations and any meetings he attends.
The researchers are working on smart tags to allow items to be found, and on ways to record the relationship between items in the database.
Šaltinis:
vnunet.com
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Software company announced new structure_ of it_s business.
more »
According to the council's report, ATM-skimming fraud, which involves illicitly copying ATM card information stored on magnetic stripes, is increasing in Europe.
more »
Building on the success of the recent HP TouchSmart PC for the home, HP today introduced the market’s first all-in-one, touch-enabled desktop PC for businesses.
more »
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the beta availability of the Windows 7 operating system as well as the availability of the latest version of the Windows Live, a suite of personal communications services and applications.
more »
Cash-cycle management, branch optimization, sales/marketing consultation and automation, automated checkout and managed services are expected highlights for January's Wincor World 2009.
more »
We all need to better understand the media we are touched by daily, especially the young, says Austrian Socialist Christa Prets. MEPs backed her report on “media literacy in a digital world” on Tuesday.
more »
Since October, readers of the European Parliament's web pages have had access to RSS, which allows them to keep up-to-date with what is going on via a free subscription.
more »
Fox and Motorola collaboration results in first all-HD programming distribution strategy.
more »
Wincor Nixdorf has won a contract to integrate its cash management solution, consisting of staff-assisted self-service terminals, software and comprehensive services, in the checkout zones and IT operations of Shell Deutschland’s 1,300 service stations.
more »
The role that the internet can play in parliamentary democracy was explored this week when 400 people gathered in Brussels for the annual “e-Parliament conference”.
more »
The EU’s new digital library brings vast treasure trove of historical documents, rare and valuable manuscripts and exquisite cultural artefacts to your desk.
more »